IF MONSTER HIGH WAS ACTUALLY TERRIFYING

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  • @mediocolor8159
    @mediocolor8159 2 місяці тому +3090

    I think it would be funny, and maybe even a little bit scarier, if the horror version of Draculaura still had an aversion to blood. She *has* to drink it in order to survive, but she's fighting the urge to throw up every time, and is probably pretty emaciated from going as long as possible without feeding. Though maybe that's being a little too cruel to the poor girl

    • @Michael-es4dt
      @Michael-es4dt 2 місяці тому +372

      That's some tokyo ghoul shit lol.

    • @StormyCoyle-dk5dt
      @StormyCoyle-dk5dt 2 місяці тому +432

      Honestly, that's how Lavendertowne's design read to me. A horrific breakdown where Draculaura gives into the bloodlust, but internally is suffering.

    • @virginiafernandez6846
      @virginiafernandez6846 2 місяці тому +159

      Yooo! That's so sick tho! (In the beat way.) The way the vampire herself reflects the horror of being forced (emphasis on forced) on sustaining yourself on others.

    • @Riley-vy5qm
      @Riley-vy5qm 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@Michael-es4dt教えて、愛してよその仕組みを。

    • @vampiredildo8192
      @vampiredildo8192 2 місяці тому

      Or maybe kinda like in many vampire horror stories she's going as long as possible without blood until she goes on a feral hunting spree which would go very well with body horror since what's more terrifying than losing control of your own body even for just a day

  • @axhlyn_
    @axhlyn_ 2 місяці тому +4418

    i honestly would love to see a more mature take on monster high that doesn't default to "edgy teen netflix series" solely because watching monster girls be actual monsters would be so cool imo

    • @VioletCauliflower
      @VioletCauliflower 2 місяці тому +137

      I feel like they could either do this really well, or it could become velma 2.0 but with monsters

    • @eastdakota6954
      @eastdakota6954 2 місяці тому +102

      monster high but everything's basically the same except the characters are actually scary

    • @onlinegirliee
      @onlinegirliee 2 місяці тому +42

      well it's a kids show, mattel would never do that because their main focus will be forever toys for kids. sadly but true, the collector dolls in other hand it's what you call their "mature" take, they were always campy fashion dolls

    • @DoveJS
      @DoveJS 2 місяці тому +11

      Oooh well there WAS Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School! (Which I honestly think inspired Monster High.) If they rebooted that for a mature audience it wouldn't be the same but they could easily get that vibe. Like @violetcauliflower said though it could be awkward haha. I'd still love to see it!

    • @awhimsyreader9015
      @awhimsyreader9015 2 місяці тому +17

      @@onlinegirliee Barbie is also for kids but the movie still leaned in for mature themes and was targeted towards a more teenage and adult audience so I don't think Monster High being for kids would necessarily stop them for making a more teen/adult adaptation

  • @JackdawFeathers
    @JackdawFeathers 2 місяці тому +1679

    The doll with the stone texture-skin *was* a Monster High doll! Her name was Rochelle Goyle
    She also had a love interest who was also a gargoyle named Garrett, and I think he had the stone texture-skin, too

    • @alastoridk
      @alastoridk 2 місяці тому +68

      Actually this name is spelled Garrot I'm usually the type to correct people on this but I wanted to since the creator of monster high is called Garett Sander

    • @DoveJS
      @DoveJS 2 місяці тому +27

      @@alastoridk That's so cute to think he might be a bit of a self-insert though! Garrot Sander sounds like a gargoyle name lol

    • @judrawing
      @judrawing 2 місяці тому +31

      Yeah, I find it cool that because she is already made of stone Deuce can’t petrify her, so she’s imune XD

    • @jwideuluisinaein
      @jwideuluisinaein 2 місяці тому +6

      I love Rochelle ❤

    • @JackdawFeathers
      @JackdawFeathers 2 місяці тому +3

      @@alastoridk Oh, thank you!~

  • @sigamigs
    @sigamigs 2 місяці тому +1600

    Man imagine a Monster High reboot where the characters are actually scary

    • @Babyybean
      @Babyybean 2 місяці тому +35

      Instead of the terrible bs they gave us ong. I'm still pissed about it.

    • @spunchflopbadpants
      @spunchflopbadpants 2 місяці тому +8

      I mean in the reboot the designs are certainly scary looking

  • @jacobw618
    @jacobw618 2 місяці тому +542

    I feel like Monster High is like one of the only kids properties that would genuinely work well as a horror series since it’s entire concept is already horror oriented
    But if I’m being honest it’d be kind of funny if the Monster High characters, even in this gorey and spooky retelling still act like their canon selves. Like oh yeah they kill people without a second thought but they still act exactly like their original counterparts

    • @megthefrostdragon
      @megthefrostdragon 2 місяці тому +30

      Lol it would definitely give off Helluva Boss vibes- mass murderers just doing everyday things like paying taxes

  • @SkellSeer
    @SkellSeer 2 місяці тому +288

    One aspect that I thought could be incorporated into Cleo is having her look a little more rotten/run down. Female mummies aren't as well preserved as male ones because Egyptians would wait for the body to start decomposing, this way the people mummyfying them wouldn't mess with the body. Cleo having to struggle with her body not being preserved well would certainly fit the horror aspect, albeit in a more psychological way.

  • @GHXST_09090
    @GHXST_09090 2 місяці тому +1114

    I would have of made Cleo bleeding from her nose because you know they used the hook in that area but other than that I love all the redesigns :D
    (Edit: HOW TF DID THIS GET 1K LIKES 😨 TY)

    • @SunshinePIRRATA.
      @SunshinePIRRATA. 2 місяці тому +121

      You'd think after like 5000 years, she would've rinsed that dried up crusty blood off.

    • @GHXST_09090
      @GHXST_09090 2 місяці тому +30

      @@SunshinePIRRATA. yeah probably-

    • @lady_wearel_lp
      @lady_wearel_lp 2 місяці тому

      I think they drained blood first, before removing brain

    • @royalrahman4681
      @royalrahman4681 2 місяці тому +51

      ​@@SunshinePIRRATA. Then maybe a scar would be a better idea? I'm not sure..

    • @AllanGuiHaya70
      @AllanGuiHaya70 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@SunshinePIRRATA. Maybe just give her like, GIGANTIC nostrils or something

  • @HOBGOBSNOB23
    @HOBGOBSNOB23 3 місяці тому +3085

    Monster high could have been so interesting with less doll like designs. If it was an indie show for teens/adults it would be so interesting to see what it could have been.

    • @LavenderTowne
      @LavenderTowne  3 місяці тому +703

      Maybe someday in the future they’ll go that direction? They did a gritty reboot of some girls media like Sabrina and Winx Club, I’d love to see a teens oriented Monster High 💕

    • @HOBGOBSNOB23
      @HOBGOBSNOB23 3 місяці тому

      @LavenderTowne with media such as helluvaboss and hazbin hotel exploding. Seeing how mainstream media will react to profit off their success. Will be interesting.

    • @antuando
      @antuando 2 місяці тому +67

      @@LavenderTownethey are kind of doing that with the new comics that are coming out for g1

    • @airacummins5076
      @airacummins5076 2 місяці тому +57

      ​@LavenderTowne if they do that they _better_ write it well

    • @looberdoober
      @looberdoober 2 місяці тому +44

      I think it would've been awesome but I mean like. They are a doll line so of course they're gonna have more doll leaning designs lul

  • @lizdee3243
    @lizdee3243 2 місяці тому +298

    Idk if you've seen the newer Monster High cartoon, but they had a lot of fun takes on the monstery aspects of the characters. Cleo in particular has all of her organs in jars in a purse, and if she gets too far from them she feels a physical effect. Like if she gets too far from the jar with her inner ear, she can't balance or walk straight. I just thought that was really cute practical character building and you might enjoy it when thinking about Cleo.

    • @Eclipsed3
      @Eclipsed3 2 місяці тому +24

      Wait that’s a really cool idea

  • @TheRatKingDoesArt
    @TheRatKingDoesArt 2 місяці тому +332

    Monster high has a reboot now and one of the new cleo dolls actually comes with a jar with her heart inside. It is a really cute detail.

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +80

      That is one of my favorite changes made to cleo in this generation of monster high. She has other organs too, but she has to keep her heart close because if not, she will become cold and uncaring, like how organs from real mummies were kept with them bc they were needed for the afterlife!

  • @KlownKumiho
    @KlownKumiho 2 місяці тому +385

    “I loved all kinds of media that I probably wasn’t supposed to be watching.” same, girl, same
    (ps. congratulations on beating your nightmares! i feel like people underestimate how horrible it can be to have them)

    • @Insert_Creativity_Here
      @Insert_Creativity_Here 2 місяці тому +14

      Looks at MLP Cupcakes
      Idk children are drawn to gory horror media, or at least I was, watched way too many creepypastas as a kid ha

    • @KlownKumiho
      @KlownKumiho 2 місяці тому +5

      @@Insert_Creativity_Here same, and I’m still in my Creepypasta phase lol

    • @teeth_of_a_rat
      @teeth_of_a_rat 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@KlownKumiho cakey pfp?? ghost and pals fan??????

    • @KlownKumiho
      @KlownKumiho 2 місяці тому +4

      @@teeth_of_a_rat teehee~

    • @sherbetron
      @sherbetron 2 місяці тому +4

      Me too, but it's a blessing and a curse growing up a horror fan
      Always trying to find something scary, but nothing on screen can scare you anymore
      So we settle for the unsettling and horrific haha

  • @batshxtcrazydog
    @batshxtcrazydog 2 місяці тому +164

    Honestly though something cool that could’ve been cool or scarier is showing her starving or something, because she refuses to eat blood, so she’s thin, like she crumble at any second but she still refuses to eat what is meant to keep her thriving

    • @Maghreb_.
      @Maghreb_. 2 місяці тому +5

      genius

    • @mastermindmokie7401
      @mastermindmokie7401 2 місяці тому +5

      That was exactly my thought. Not one original idea in my head I guess

  • @edible_paint
    @edible_paint 2 місяці тому +201

    hey haley, I know you probably won't see this, but you were SO important to me on my art journey. My art started to significantly improve once I started watching your videos. Not just the tutorials, the redesign and other vids too! They are all so educational, even unintentionally, and entertaining! I copied some of your techniques, tried to copy your art style ( I have my own style now fyi) and took on ALL of your tips. Even in recent years, I always, whenever doing digital art, think of the tips you gave me. The "by the book" series is one of my favourites ( i adore all of them) because the little incorrect bits in books-turned-movies always bothered me.I *LOVE* your books and your art. Thank you so much.

    • @novelle.27
      @novelle.27 2 місяці тому +14

      same here!! I’ve been watching her since maybe 2018 (so 13-14) and I can owe a lot of my growth as an artist to her. I definitely also tried to copy her style way back when.

    • @LavenderTowne
      @LavenderTowne  2 місяці тому +41

      this is so kind and encouraging, thank you so much! I’m so honored that I could help in your art journey ;;

  • @Tina-gr7sq
    @Tina-gr7sq 2 місяці тому +336

    I think if monster high got a teen/adult reboot, it should be a horror comedy, because lately these edgy teen reboot of our childhood shows have taken the fun out of it with all its serious themes. I feel monster high would be the cutesy creepy teen show with some dark humor and puns

    • @Jenny-pl6el
      @Jenny-pl6el 2 місяці тому +29

      i agree with you, now monster high is like barbie, but monster version of barbie and they're just cute, not scary cute looking. They completely lost their uniqueness and scary cuteness to them, and also the mythology, monster movies aspect of them, that they were inspired by,. Like now lagoona pink (blue) could be mistaken as a barbie doll, but barbie decided to turn their dolls into monsters

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +4

      OMG YES!

    • @summersnyder5436
      @summersnyder5436 2 місяці тому +1

      No! No more reboots! I'm sorry but after Gen 3, Velma and a few terrible ones, I don't want anymore reboots! It's not towards you but I'm just saying

  • @soliloquy272
    @soliloquy272 2 місяці тому +91

    I'm SUPER into monster high so it was really fun to see your take on their designs!! Your artstyle really complements the dolls's and shows's aesthetics really well!
    A fun fact I wanted to add is that in g3 Cleo canonically has had ALL her organs removed and she carries them around school in actual canopic jars which I find. So delightfully morbid and funny lmao
    Also the stoneskin character you were talking about is most likely Rochelle Goyle, who IS a monster high character! She's a pastel goth gargoyle :>

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +3

      OMG YES! The organs thing has been one of my fave changes to cleo in this reboot. I also absolutely adore monster high!

  • @Meamery
    @Meamery 2 місяці тому +84

    A small fact to do with werewolves. In France literature werewolves were often used as a name for child predators. Hence were the plot for little red riding hood came from

    • @blackmounthare
      @blackmounthare 2 місяці тому +7

      I have also heard of one original, where the wolf in the story was supposed to represent Germany, while the girl portrayed young France and the grandma old France

    • @tell-me-a-story-
      @tell-me-a-story- 2 місяці тому +5

      That makes sense. It’s often a trusted adult that you wouldn’t expect, thus the secret identity.

  • @greenapple9477
    @greenapple9477 2 місяці тому +213

    I wonder what Dollightful would say about these designs! She loves both cute and scary stuff!

    • @klee_.fangirl
      @klee_.fangirl 2 місяці тому +33

      DOLLIGHTFUL MENTIONED

    • @lizdee3243
      @lizdee3243 2 місяці тому +17

      I feel like she would really enjoy Twyla in particular

    • @priscacollier2473
      @priscacollier2473 2 місяці тому +8

      I love dollightful!!

  • @blap152
    @blap152 2 місяці тому +82

    5:48 Fun fact: After the publishing of the Malleus Maleficarum, the popular beliefs around werewolves shifted negatively, and eventually, werewolf became a synonym for serial killer, especially in Europe. Fascinating to research, would recommend

  • @MeatBurnt
    @MeatBurnt 2 місяці тому +150

    They still slay… just literally! These remind me of the more mature doll repaints.

    • @MeatBurnt
      @MeatBurnt 2 місяці тому +1

      Over 100 likes? Thanks!

  • @EAFiqa
    @EAFiqa 2 місяці тому +371

    i miss watching monster high 😭😭

    • @Whatasunnyday97678
      @Whatasunnyday97678 2 місяці тому +6

      Fr

    • @D3cayH0urs
      @D3cayH0urs 2 місяці тому +5

      ugh me too

    • @Unikitty_124
      @Unikitty_124 2 місяці тому +1

      Same

    • @tallemajas
      @tallemajas 2 місяці тому +17

      go watch it then lol you are never too old for the things you enjoy doing!

    • @Autistic_Menace00
      @Autistic_Menace00 2 місяці тому +2

      g3 has a canonically and explicitly autistic character if you don’t have any motivation to watch it

  • @PrincessPooonyPoona
    @PrincessPooonyPoona 2 місяці тому +382

    The terrifying versions of monster high characters look cuter than the actual characters themselves in my opinion

    • @spam-el3ee
      @spam-el3ee 2 місяці тому +61

      There is something to be said about the inherently creepy, plastic, not-quite-human look of the dolls. They're obviously replicas of humans with some things changed to make them more cute, but at the same time, it makes them more alien.

    • @sheersternfeld1914
      @sheersternfeld1914 2 місяці тому +11

      They look more real, more people. They look like they've been through life, whereas the original characters look like they were just dolls.

    • @jurtheorc8117
      @jurtheorc8117 2 місяці тому +2

      It's what made me click on the video. I love monsters and things with an edge to them, but also like it when they have color and some approachability. And likewise: when soft things have said edge.
      It's kinda like Tolkien Orcs vs "babes and hunks with tusks, pointy ears and green/grey skin".
      That's what made series like Zeno Clash and Oddworld very appealing for me. A large part of their designs is being genuinely bizarre, off-putting, having some edge or grimness or off-putting part.
      Seeing that contrasted with more approachable traits (like Abe's voice and biggol eyes, or Pseudo's moments of sharing and receiving wisdom and jokes with the kid under his temporary care) highlights both aspects.
      Or perhaps, in another way: We are wary of extremes and find imperfections more natural.

    • @tell-me-a-story-
      @tell-me-a-story- 2 місяці тому +1

      The duality of scary and adorable makes characters interesting.

    • @PrincessPooonyPoona
      @PrincessPooonyPoona 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jurtheorc8117 the resson they loom better to me is because of no brats style lipstick and have a more hevy take on actually being monsters instead of girly advertisement

  • @limbo_was_here
    @limbo_was_here 2 місяці тому +37

    16:49 you are thinking of Rochelle Goyle! She was introduced in Friday Night Frights. She was on the opposing team during a roller derby game. She’s super cool I love her!

  • @-AnythingElse-
    @-AnythingElse- 2 місяці тому +90

    I would kill for you to make a sequel to this video, maybe with Frankie or Rochelle? I think she's the one that had the grey stone skin you mentioned. I grew up obsessed with monster high and I love how spookier stuff looks in your art style.

    • @galaxyskeleton
      @galaxyskeleton 2 місяці тому +6

      Yesssss I couldn't believe she didn't draw Frankie

    • @jess1245
      @jess1245 2 місяці тому

      Yes I also think she meant Rochelle I would love to see her rendition of a gargoyle 💕

    • @lori0747
      @lori0747 2 місяці тому

      Maybe even do ever after high designs

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +1

      YES! I Litterally love monster high and her adaptations. I was surprised by frankie being missing too. I thought Frankie was the main character and Draculara was a main side character, but such a fan favorite that she became more recognized.

    • @-AnythingElse-
      @-AnythingElse- 2 місяці тому +2

      Frankie was definitely the show protagonist, but Draculaura was the star of several of the movies, so I think it just depends on what media you saw more of. Both were definitely very important tho

  • @moniqueneill
    @moniqueneill 2 місяці тому +65

    If I’m remembering correctly but female mummies are more decomposed than their male counterparts because families would wait for them to begin decaying then start the process to avoid necrophilia among tomb workers

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +8

      That's really interesting. Thanks for that tid bit

    • @tell-me-a-story-
      @tell-me-a-story- 2 місяці тому

      A little skeptical of that.
      In a culture where people respect the dead so much, how could anyone even think to do such a thing?

    • @moniqueneill
      @moniqueneill 2 місяці тому +3

      @@tell-me-a-story- I definitely understand where ur coming from but I think it was more of an individual than culture
      Like we can all agree culturally murder is bad doesn’t stop it from happening? Extreme example sorry
      But it definitely could of been a rare occurrence but it was enough of a worry that people took precautions
      But u r right I’m not extremely knowledgeable on ancient Egypt and know the occasional fact! I did double check with a quick google search and it did support my first comment but I get if that’s a flimsy excuse so pls correct me! I love learning facts and I definitely don’t want to spread the wrong info!

    • @moniqueneill
      @moniqueneill 2 місяці тому

      ETA: a better example might’ve been grave robbing/tomb robbing it’s averaged that usually a tomb gets robbed 100yrs after being sealed but either way culture or not people have always prioritised their own interests in whatever extent

    • @tell-me-a-story-
      @tell-me-a-story- 2 місяці тому +1

      @@moniqueneill
      Huh.
      Maybe.
      It just seems to me that murder comes a lot more naturally to people than..That.
      But I guess degenerate people always existed, no matter what the culture.
      Seems like someone who’s so far gone would be beyond caring about the sex of the corpse though…
      Maybe I’m wrong though, I don’t understand people like that and I don’t want to. 😂😅

  • @calamity_k_
    @calamity_k_ 2 місяці тому +75

    Can’t believe they passed up that goodwill find I bet they’re kicking themselves now
    Wonder how much it was being sold for

  • @Fil--fil
    @Fil--fil 2 місяці тому +87

    the mangus archives have a great desciption of a vampire-like monster that i think you would love

    • @fineves247
      @fineves247 2 місяці тому +15

      MAGNUS ARCHIVES MENTIONED ‼️

    • @eaglelord145
      @eaglelord145 2 місяці тому +10

      MAGNUS ARCHIVE MENTION 🔥🔥 also also the design philosophy for the boogey-girl really reminded me of The Stranger

    • @Fil--fil
      @Fil--fil 2 місяці тому +4

      @@eaglelord145 i havent listen to this one yet what episode is it?

    • @eaglelord145
      @eaglelord145 2 місяці тому +9

      @@Fil--fil ooo well don’t let me spoil anything for you then, but it’s a monster that does appear in Season 1 (ep 1-40), but they’re a big focus in Season 2, so ep 40 onwards I’d keep an eye out for things that are *almost* people

    • @Fil--fil
      @Fil--fil 2 місяці тому +3

      @@eaglelord145 thanks!

  • @siamuchesiameja3566
    @siamuchesiameja3566 2 місяці тому +67

    M O N S T E R
    MONSTERS
    MONSTERS
    YES WE ARE!!💀💅🎀

    • @jwideuluisinaein
      @jwideuluisinaein 2 місяці тому +7

      M. O. N. S. T. E. R.
      MONSTER
      MONSTER
      SO BIZARRE

  • @DecayingAnt
    @DecayingAnt 2 місяці тому +105

    I had a monster high doll as a kid that would weirdly trigger a very specific, very horrifying nightmare that i would have multiple times a week. It was weird because I loved the doll, and was never scared by it at all, but whenever I woke up, I somehow knew that the dream happened because of the doll. I got rid of it, and the dreams stopped. My chronic nightmares kept happening, but i didn't have that one again.

    • @dollzo
      @dollzo 2 місяці тому +11

      Which doll was it?

    • @loreleiwhiteblade7919
      @loreleiwhiteblade7919 2 місяці тому +7

      I’m curious, but it’s okay if you don’t want to say which one

    • @Zivvia_Moonshine
      @Zivvia_Moonshine 2 місяці тому +2

      WHAT DOLL WAS IT???

    • @Dressup_Doll
      @Dressup_Doll 2 місяці тому +7

      Clearly, it wasn’t Twyla.

    • @loreleiwhiteblade7919
      @loreleiwhiteblade7919 2 місяці тому +24

      @@Dressup_DollIronically, part of the monster high lore is that Twyla sneaks into kids’ rooms at night and eats their nightmares. She does it to help them sleep.

  • @KittenPanda
    @KittenPanda 2 місяці тому +17

    I would love to see you redesign the Tinkerbell cast! I think doing things like incorporating their jobs into their outfits more, as well as giving them a bit more variety, since they definitely suffer from the “we all look the same so they can just make one doll base” syndrome.

  • @bugbear2357
    @bugbear2357 2 місяці тому +18

    kinda want a Dollightful and Lavender Towne collab. it's pretty unlikely, but I can dream

  • @helobejeweled
    @helobejeweled 2 місяці тому +22

    12:04 if I remember correctly (I could be wildly wrong) these mummies with more realistic paintings over their wrappings were of romans/ roman decent. Since Egypt and Rome had a strong relationship, their people would usually share and mix religion and beliefs. Romans tended to make more realistic paintings, rather than the stylized art in Egypt

  • @Radiowaves11037
    @Radiowaves11037 2 місяці тому +19

    I think another thing that could make cleo more interesting is how important death was to the ancient egyptians, and that she is undead. I really loved the video , I too was a kid who loved horror and watched horror stuff that I probably shouldn't have. It always annoyed me how little horror for kids there was.

  • @abbey2cold
    @abbey2cold 2 місяці тому +26

    16:54 Rochelle! Rochelle Goyle, the daughter of the Gargoyle. 💖

  • @artimations3161
    @artimations3161 2 місяці тому +18

    Darn it! I really wanted Frankie to be in this video! But other than that, your monster designs look great! (Also, pls make a part 2 for this because I want to see Frankie! (:)

  • @little.mizzfit
    @little.mizzfit 2 місяці тому +21

    I've always adored Monster High, even as I've gotten older. Seeing these girls in your style is so interesting, and I absolutely love it!

  • @pilotlovelacee
    @pilotlovelacee 2 місяці тому +20

    really random but i really loved cleo because 1 as a kid i was OBSESSED with ancient egypt stuff, and 2 since I live in Turin and there we have the second biggest ancient egypt museum in the whole world and i would ask my parents to take me there all the time. I think I've been there atleast 10 times throughout my entire life, and I'm 17

  • @alicemoonlight123
    @alicemoonlight123 2 місяці тому +14

    If I remember correctly, there were episodes that explored Cleo having her organs in jars. Like, she has to carry her heart with her at all times and she becomes immobile if her heart gets too far away.

    • @bisctmurc8931
      @bisctmurc8931 2 місяці тому +3

      Yes, but this just started now, in G3.

  • @reiayanami6290
    @reiayanami6290 2 місяці тому +47

    Love your videos Lavendertowne!! I love the concept, my issue with monster high was always that they don't really fit the convention of monster, more like a yassified version of the creatures, but you solved it perfectly! Keep being amazing and talented!

  • @amaura_77
    @amaura_77 2 місяці тому +14

    It’d be cool to see you do a video on the evolution of your art style (like how you stylize anatomy or your lineart and coloring?)

  • @Not_Monday
    @Not_Monday 2 місяці тому +3

    The Draculara one reminds me a lot about that one scene in the show where she gets seen by some humans when she was eating a tomato and they run away screaming because they thought it was a bloody heart.
    Love your videos!!

  • @beautifulclouds8888
    @beautifulclouds8888 2 місяці тому +13

    10:31
    Girl learned from last time XD
    The hate is so unwarranted. You’re an amazing artist, it was an honest mistake! Love these designs!!

    • @LotusHearted
      @LotusHearted 2 місяці тому

      Which last time? It’s slipping my memory.

  • @deadlynightshade_art
    @deadlynightshade_art 2 місяці тому +10

    Monster High was one of my favorite things growing up, and now being into cute and creepy things i still think its such a great balance of the two (for a younger demographic.) Their character designs will always be some of my favorites. These re designs are so fun!! (Also fully obsessed with Clawdeen's redesign!! 😍😍)

  • @OfElusivePoets
    @OfElusivePoets 2 місяці тому +3

    In monster high they actually have her with jars of her organs and such! In the reboot I remember an entire episode about her with her heart in a jar and all her scarab pals

  • @sophisticatedPJs
    @sophisticatedPJs 2 місяці тому +13

    I would love it if you made fully unrestricted horror art on patreon or something, I feel like youtube can be very limiting when it comes to violence or macabre subjects and I'd love to see what you could make without worrying about censorship

  • @judrawing
    @judrawing 2 місяці тому +10

    11:14 in g3 one of Cleo’s dolls (the core refresh one) comes with a jar with her heart inside, of course it’s not an anatomically correct heart, but it is still very cool. I don’t watch G3’s show, but if I’m not mistaken she can’t be too far apart of her heart or she will pass out. Also in her music video the lyrics say that the further away she is from her heart, the more she acts cold and distant (heartless)

  • @pastelcatnip
    @pastelcatnip 2 місяці тому +17

    This is a really cool concept! I feel like they kind of don’t completely read as the characters though, since a lot of their unique outfit details aren’t there. Clawdeen especially doesn’t really feel like Clawdeen since she doesn’t have her original color palette. But I still think the designs are cool!

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +1

      Really? I actually thought they did a great job of truly taking the essence of the characters and horror-ing it up, particularly draculara and clawdeen's. I thought twyla did miss the mark and I read cleo in cleo's, but it didn't take the kind of twist I would have expected for her. I feel like draculara caries of that small frame silhouette and petite feel, but has just gone blank into full human eater mode. Clawdeen reminds me of when they had that clawditions episode and she goes feral bc the spotlight looked like a full moon and triggered her wolfier side. Cleo has very similar outsides, but I don't connect the blank and hollowed look in her eyes with cleos character as she is usually more queen bee energy. Twyla does look like she maybe didn't have a grasp on the twyla character, but her interpretation of what the boogeyman daughter should be like was cool.

  • @SomeRandomIdiot.
    @SomeRandomIdiot. 2 місяці тому +19

    COME ON DON'T BE SHY, MONSTER HIGH 🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @quinncedergren6948
    @quinncedergren6948 2 місяці тому +9

    I seriously love these ideas, but i NEED to see Frankie in this style! Justice for horrifying Frankie please!

  • @fluffyfloppastudios
    @fluffyfloppastudios 2 місяці тому +4

    I saw a picture of a disembodied mummified foot without any wrappings. It was horrifying, and even though all the designs were beautiful, the Cleo one brought back that image. I’m facing the consequences of not looking away vefwkjhnefv

  • @Lovebugdraws
    @Lovebugdraws 2 місяці тому +3

    PLEASE continue this series! I would love to see how you draw Frankie and Ghoulia, heck even Abbey in your style! It really fits the Monster motif!

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +1

      I was just thinking she would draw Abby soo coop, but I can't imagine what direction she would go to make her horror so I would be so excited to see

  • @mang0.s0da96
    @mang0.s0da96 2 місяці тому +3

    I LOOOOOVE the glassy texture of Draculaura’s eyes, you absolutely. NAILED. IT. ugh im addicted to them.
    btw, the stone skin doll is Rochelle Goyle! I love her as well! I think her skin and color palette are very cool and well done.

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +1

      YES! The glassy look and the red lines that look like bleeding cuts from her irises like sinking of or transforming or SOMETHING. It makes me want to know what unimaginably unhinged and violent form she just changed back from.

  • @Professionalnerd213
    @Professionalnerd213 2 місяці тому +72

    I never got to watch monster high as a kid😭

  • @vazzero5096
    @vazzero5096 2 місяці тому +6

    I would die for a part 2 to this video they all came out so awesome! I’d love to see Lagoona or Spectra! 💖🖤

  • @butterflycraft2269
    @butterflycraft2269 2 місяці тому +2

    Twyla was the creepiest for me because of the nightmares and sleep paralysis i constantly have, just the thought of something watching you when your least expecting it is so enticing and creepy to me, the others where fascinating to watch you design, but Twyla was the only one i found truly creepy

  • @JollyGoodDay555
    @JollyGoodDay555 2 місяці тому +8

    OH MA GOSH I LOVE THEM ALREADY AND I'VE ONLY WATCHED 10 SECONDS!! But, in all honesty, you are you of my BIGGEST inspirations and role models when it comes to art. I can honestly say that if i hadn't watched you when i was younger, my art/artstyle would **not** be the same at all. I love you and your artwork so so much, and i just wanna say thank you for continuing to post, even after all the dumb 'controversies' you've been in.
    I love you! And congratulations again on the nominee!❤❤
    Ok, i watched the whole video, and i LOVE the boogie girl!! She's amazing, and i love very much. Like, the kitchen tile teeth? The neck?? The fingers??? The ribcage???? Yes please!! It'a my headcannon that she always has a dark shadow over her, no matter how bright it is out.

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +1

      Wait I love the idea of the shadow always being over her. Lol that makes so much sense with her litterally controlling the shadows.

  • @aagamesyt2282
    @aagamesyt2282 Місяць тому +2

    Here is how I rank all your versions of these monsters from Least Best to the Best (I like them all, but some prefer more than others)
    1. Draculaura
    2. Twila Boogeyman
    3. Claudiene Wolf
    4. Cleo
    Honestly, I think all of them are good. You did great with these designs lavendertowne.

  • @airacummins5076
    @airacummins5076 2 місяці тому +111

    Draculaura's eyes are purple tho,
    Also werewolves got origionally popular when wolves could just wander into country farms and attack someone taking a nightly piss

    • @scourgatory
      @scourgatory 2 місяці тому +31

      im willing to bet that lav knew that and just didnt mention it, considering her eyes are still colder than the rest of a pallet for the redesign. purple wouldnt fit as well as the pink does.
      the wolf fact is interesting but for me it doesnt provide as much of an explanation for the anthropomorphization of them in horror

    • @N4Rl_
      @N4Rl_ 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@scourgatoryI always thought the concept of werewolves came from that one condition where someone had excessive body hair to the point that they basically looked like a walking bigfoot or something idk

    • @scourgatory
      @scourgatory 2 місяці тому +7

      @@N4Rl_ i honestly have no idea where it comes from but i wouldnt be surprised if some early werewolf media came from that. i think the theory of some of the horror coming from the betrayal aspect is also interesting, like if the dogs we domesticated from wolves just turned against us one day

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +4

      I always forget her eyes are purple, and then I remember they are a TRADE MARKED purple and that is so crazy to me. Anyway, I actually thought the changes lav made to the eyes on Dracula were nice bc they almost look like her irises have of bleeding cuts in her eyes.

    • @nomousecat
      @nomousecat 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@N4Rl_ It more likely comes from rabies

  • @crazygamer_1082
    @crazygamer_1082 2 місяці тому +1

    I love this! Definitely going to use some of these ideas for my Monster High fan fic! ❤❤ The idea of a serial killer being obsessed with monsters is an amazing idea

  • @THENOEYEDGIRL_
    @THENOEYEDGIRL_ 2 місяці тому +26

    i never watched monster high but I used to have a doll of the vampire oneand i loved her so much and then she went missing and I was so sad 😭😭 i called her Frankie 😭

    • @sophisticatedPJs
      @sophisticatedPJs 2 місяці тому +7

      that's kind of funny bc there is actually a character named frankie in monster high, they're a frankenstein's monster

    • @Acidfrog475
      @Acidfrog475 2 місяці тому +2

      @@sophisticatedPJsFrankie actually used feminine pronouns in older MH media, but it’s so cute and sweet you used their new pronouns (they/them) here.

    • @dollzo
      @dollzo 2 місяці тому +3

      ​@Acidfrog475 well Frankie still uses she/her if you're talking about G1&G2 Frankie. Only G3 Frankie uses they/them. Mattel released a new collector G1 Frankie and used she/her :3

  • @twoi
    @twoi 2 місяці тому +10

    The doll with the stone skin is Rochelle Goyle! She's a gargoyle.

  • @Addiedust
    @Addiedust 2 місяці тому +3

    14:14 I like rusty spoons - Salad fingers

  • @nos_nos
    @nos_nos 2 місяці тому +3

    I loved this video. I grew up with monster high loving their high fashion vibe but I also really enjoy how you transformed them and made the dolls work in a more creepy setting. I'd love to see you do Lagoona as some creepy undiscovered sea creature. Also I believe the doll you were thinking about to be Rochelle Goyle who is meant to be a gargoyle girl.

  • @StardewCarrot
    @StardewCarrot 2 місяці тому +3

    I love these designs! But I also feel like maybe boogie-girl would have been a bit better if her makeup was added. I could imagine her wanting to spruce up her looks and try and put on makeup, but it’s just really bad and ends up making her look more creepy.

  • @angelcat8886
    @angelcat8886 2 місяці тому +1

    Omg I loved this! I used to love monster high and would watch it and play old DS games with my sister. I think this was a really good take in all of the designs! Love you Lavendertowne! I can tell how much you’ve improved your art and I hope you keep improving!

  • @anonymous-nl9om
    @anonymous-nl9om 2 місяці тому +2

    Lavendertowne AND my current hyperfixation??? I'm knawing at the bars of my enclosure right now

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому

      😂 I'm in the cage next to you. 🦇💩🤪

  • @hellshaven
    @hellshaven 2 місяці тому +2

    We have been blessed. First hazbin redesigns, then mlp, and now monster high all in Lavender's style! My teenage self is now fully self-actualized ❤

    • @jasminreyes1278
      @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому +1

      Omg yes I loved her mlp designs and now THIS!!! 💀➡️🧟‍♀️👼

  • @stardust7635
    @stardust7635 2 місяці тому +3

    The doll you’re thinking of with the stone skin is probably Rochelle Goyle. Additionally the Reel Drama collection is entirely black and white with just a splash of the girl’s signature color as an ode to the early movies they were based off.
    I wish you had made Clawdeen’s outfit purple instead of blue, but not much to do now. Still love all the designs.

  • @sycada7248
    @sycada7248 2 місяці тому +2

    Now that you finished making Unfamiliar (for now!) I’d love to see more behind the scenes stuff from it such as character sheets, timelines, scripts, ect. I think it’d be really cool to sort of get an insight into your creative process and it could inspire other artists to make their own stories! Love your videos

  • @brianahawkins8124
    @brianahawkins8124 2 місяці тому +7

    Nicely done making the ghouls scary.

  • @nyx_official3626
    @nyx_official3626 2 місяці тому +2

    I couldn’t stop thinking about the game “The Quarry” when you did clawdeen, I love the way they made the werewolf’s in that game

  • @Pearakeet_Arts
    @Pearakeet_Arts 2 місяці тому +3

    Interesting fact, mummification can also happen when the body is in incredibly humid and damp places like bogs and ships at open sea.

  • @a.ishchuk5034
    @a.ishchuk5034 2 місяці тому +2

    Congratulations on not having nightmares anymore, that must be a huge relief for you! ❤

  • @sunflowerbug737
    @sunflowerbug737 2 місяці тому +5

    I was the exact same way as a child! The more horrifying it was, the more I was drawn to it. I wonder why that happens to some of us. No one else in my family enjoyed anything of the sort. Hmmm...

  • @arianacorreia7758
    @arianacorreia7758 2 місяці тому +1

    I loved this video! Being a Monter High fan since childhood and a horror fan as well, seeing this designs made me really happy. If you would like to make a part 2 of this, could you please include Lagoona Blue in it? She's my favorite. But I only have one request If you made a second part to this: Could you use her OG look? I still don't really know how to feel about her being pink now...
    Thanks for posting such cool content, huge fan.❤

  • @niradragontakingabreak4594
    @niradragontakingabreak4594 2 місяці тому +3

    "A little too far into horrors" Dear Lavender lemme present to you Jordan Persegati, although UA-cam may hates him with all its algorythm heart, people love his horror drawings
    Go crazy (plus with your artstyle it's quite interesting !)

    • @Cherry-k3r
      @Cherry-k3r 2 місяці тому

      I used to listen to his creepypasta stories when I got bored, his art is definitely gorey

    • @niradragontakingabreak4594
      @niradragontakingabreak4594 2 місяці тому

      @@Cherry-k3r He got a new series, to take a coloring children book and make it... In its style
      It's quite funny
      To see your childhood characters being litteral monsters now

    • @Cherry-k3r
      @Cherry-k3r 2 місяці тому

      @@niradragontakingabreak4594 ive seen a couple of them

  • @dr.ZZZZiMM
    @dr.ZZZZiMM 2 місяці тому +2

    these are so pretty !! I love your art style and monster high :3

  • @mydrakeisbiggerthanyours
    @mydrakeisbiggerthanyours 2 місяці тому +3

    I own a monochromatic Frankie doll from Skull Shores!! She’s completely in grayscale, while still holding up being an interesting doll!

  • @Spruce2.0
    @Spruce2.0 2 місяці тому +4

    0:08 Meanwhile, I was yearning for the mines

  • @aliasfakename3159
    @aliasfakename3159 2 місяці тому +2

    Between ages 12 and 14, I was OBSESSED with Monster High. Binged the webisodes, the movies, loved the theme songs.

  • @xxplaguedoctorxx5350
    @xxplaguedoctorxx5350 2 місяці тому +3

    Honestly as a huge werewolf fan, one of my fav female werewolf characters is ginger from the horror movie ginger snaps. It's more on the body horror side of werewolves but also because of ginger herself was more of an outspoken character and the overall antagonist. So I love seeing more erratic female werewolf characters in media.

  • @itscanimates
    @itscanimates 2 місяці тому +1

    You didn't go too far at all! I loved this video so much! also, in the new show, cleo actually keeps all of her organs in jars! So i think it's so cool you thought of it too!

  • @easybreezey117
    @easybreezey117 2 місяці тому +3

    My sister is literally obsessed with monster high. I sorta wish it was more scary tho

  • @ryliedillman7391
    @ryliedillman7391 2 місяці тому +1

    I would LOVE to see you do more of this with some of the side characters, too! Like a version of Valentine that literally ate his past grilfriends heart?? Maybe Jackson oroginally being a human boy with an interest in science who flew a little too close to the sun and ended up becoming Holt?? There are SO many good possibilities here!!

  • @MollyDollyy774
    @MollyDollyy774 2 місяці тому +4

    1:22
    I never watched Monster High and never had any of the Dolls {They look soooo cute though} The Vampire is a Vegetarian and faints at the sight of Blood, a Vampire that faints from seeing Blood, that's Interesting, different. I like it
    8:37
    I was also a very Morbid child, just for me it's in Truama... And getting comfort on Cutesy stuff that happen to be dark, it's why stuff like Happy Tree Friend's are soooooo cool to me, my Favourite anime is Madoka Magica, an Iconic dark Magical Girl anime
    11:55
    They seem to do that alot... Male characters. Creators: Let's make him cool {Or in horror} Let's make him creepy and grotesque
    Female characters: Creator: Doesn't matter what her context is, make her hot, make her attractive, which I don't like, If you're making one gender grotesque, make the other grotesque to
    14:22
    Salad Fingers reference, this Boogieman girl is *_AFTER THE RUSTY SPOONS_*
    15:52
    My Momo story: Back when I slept on the Couch {For reasons I don't want to go into} My Parents where out, and my Mother texted me that night _"Momo is watching" and I had the back door behind me, and openblinds, the pitch black outside, I didn't know what Momo was so I looked it up... That night I couldn't sleep {Not just because of the bad Insomnia} but also because of Momo, and my fear continued for weeks witg me seeing Momo in my Head, and my mind played the screams and music from _S u i c i d e_ Mouse.avi...
    Jeff the Killer and Momo have those terrifying smiles, but Jeff the Killer never scared me like Momo did

  • @parkerevergreen4812
    @parkerevergreen4812 2 місяці тому

    love these designs!! and you totally nailed it with twyla, her whole thing in the movies and tv shows when she shows up is how she sticks to shadows and can sort of disappear into them, so having that harsh shading really made the whole thing pop!

  • @BuggzAmillionz
    @BuggzAmillionz 2 місяці тому +3

    ❤❤❤ I adore her art

  • @sepiasmith5065
    @sepiasmith5065 2 місяці тому +1

    so much fun!!! my favorite characters were Clawdine and Draculaura, but honestly i think if i could've kind of combined them into one character it would've been better to me.
    you definitely didn't go too far haha if anything I'd love to see more
    I'm so glad you don't have to deal with so many nightmares anymore!!! 💖

  • @apersononthisearth2276
    @apersononthisearth2276 2 місяці тому +9

    I imagine Chloe as excessively vain, so as her body disintegrates, she replaces it with stolen features that she likes, kind of like Frankie, but as a killer.

  • @PL4N3T-vv6lj
    @PL4N3T-vv6lj 2 місяці тому +1

    i love how often you post like actually ty🙏🏼

  • @Cam_and_the_snake
    @Cam_and_the_snake 2 місяці тому +2

    watching this while redoing a draculaura doll!

  • @jasminreyes1278
    @jasminreyes1278 2 місяці тому

    I litterally love the thought behind the designs in this video especially the first 3. It really showed how to design great horror characters! Especially what you said about focusing on what core fears these monsters make us face!

  • @T19l8g
    @T19l8g 2 місяці тому +5

    5:36 Jekyll and Hyde? Nah, thats just Jackons and Hold

    • @steamboatwill3.367
      @steamboatwill3.367 2 місяці тому

      Dr. Jackson & Mr. Hold.
      (i actually don't know the reference :/)

  • @DarlingJucleee
    @DarlingJucleee Місяць тому +1

    I NEED to see a second version of this with frankie based on the actual design of the monster from Frankenstein 😭😭

  • @moarplzful
    @moarplzful 2 місяці тому +4

    When are you coming back to draw my BitLife 0:02

  • @pinkytiller
    @pinkytiller 2 місяці тому

    I love your more spooky design for the Monster High characters!

  • @SunshinePIRRATA.
    @SunshinePIRRATA. 2 місяці тому +5

    Honestly, I feel like you made them look edgy, not spooky at all, and absolutely stripped them of any of their personality just to make them "spooky" concepts related to death.
    You just grabbed them, threw blood and very unimaginative body horror and called it a day.

    • @judrawing
      @judrawing 2 місяці тому +2

      I think you could have said that in a less mean way, sometimes what we write sounds more aggressive, even tho we don’t mean to

    • @SunshinePIRRATA.
      @SunshinePIRRATA. 2 місяці тому +1

      @judrawing Ah damn, sorry, I didn't realize

    • @captainayaaya28
      @captainayaaya28 Місяць тому

      Exactly.

    • @captainayaaya28
      @captainayaaya28 Місяць тому

      @judrawing They didn’t say anything mean. It’s just criticism

    • @judrawing
      @judrawing Місяць тому

      @@captainayaaya28 but you can criticize in a more gentle way, words hurt depending how you say them, I think it’s possible to say the same thing in a more sensitive way

  • @chibi_peach
    @chibi_peach 2 місяці тому +1

    Seeing one of my favorite artist redesign monster high characters (which is my incredibly concerning special interest) made me so happy!

  • @notpink_is_veryinactive
    @notpink_is_veryinactive 2 місяці тому +1

    “I drew her with a heart cause there’s a lot of blood in there”
    -Lavendertowne 2024

  • @doodledogart
    @doodledogart 2 місяці тому

    These redesigns are so cool! Also I’m really glad you’re free from chronic nightmares, that sounds awful! I definitely have seen the shadow figures that you talked about after nightmares. I used to get nightmares about bear(s) breaking into my house or chasing me (I don’t know what it means, and it’s kind of weird because I actually really like bears) and then I would wake up and the shadows would make it look like there was a bear in my room or right in front of me.
    Anyways I’m rambling, hope you’re taking care ^^

  • @AgonusLastname
    @AgonusLastname 2 місяці тому

    So happy to hear that you no longer have chronic nightmares and love the designs!