Halloween Creatures Clip Art, 1919-1921

Long time no post! I've been busy on the art side of things this summer, and after getting burned out on researching the Little family, I decided to revive one of the things I love doing this fall: harvesting art that's fallen into the public domain and sharing it.

Like my previous clip art post, I'm happy to share a new batch of images sourced from several magazines around 1919 to 1921. This set primarily features "grotesques" designed by Louise D. Tessin for use on "Hallowe'en programs and invitations." While there was a high focus on black cats and owls, it also contains witches, a dog, a moon, jack-o'-lanterns, and a grumpy person shooing away bats.

A sample of the basic art in the pack with some minor edits to repair a malformed face.

Her ink and watercolor art was printed in grayscale with some heavy paper textures, an inconsistently-lit scan, and a few original images show errors we'd likely think of as "AI problems" - six fingers on a hand, legs not attached correctly, "missing details" that makes faces look a bit misshapen. In addition to the cleanup process, I also tried to fix the obvious errors!

Sample of five images in the pack using the Radio Free Society glitching techniques.

Feel free to use these images for your projects: edit, recolor, combine, draw your own...have fun! If you decide to purchase the pack, there's a readme file included if your project allows for credits or links, which I would greatly appreciate.

You can pick up the pack for $2 at Ko-fi, and check out my other art ventures over there!

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