Please tell me y’all remember Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego from childhood 😭
I finished watching all the ghoulbangers ball episodes yesterday and for no reason Vanessa’s search for Toblerone reminded me of Carmen Sandiego. So I made this crossover using my free will.
I made an art collection for Ghost's Skeleta album
Hi y'all, I had this idea back in May to make a story that follows the album's song lyrics/themes in order and then make that story into an art collection. Started on May 25th and finally finished it on August 3rd! (8-5 in office life really kills your time to draw and I am very slow)
It doesn't focus on any particular existing Ghost character since I didn't want it to interfere with the lore in any way. This focuses on a new character, following him from childhood through his adult life with some nods to Ghost in each piece. The character starts as a young boy with a soul so loving it shines like starlight. But since this album is, as described by Tobias, like going through a hard winter, so life will not be so easy for him and he has a lot to learn.
It'll be under the cut in case you're not interested, it's a long one! There will be both the artworks and the written out story <3
TW: Death, implied physical abuse, and sexual themes.
PEACEFIELD
"Our story starts with a young soul. One who some would say was born with a deep, loving heart that shines as bright as the stars but also one that may perhaps be too gentle for this world. We, unfortunately, cannot control what the outside world throws at us. We only control how we respond to hard times with our actions and how we cope with our emotions. For our young soul, his life will begin in a darker, colder season than most. But he believes in the love he feels so deeply, and has faith that the love shining from him will see him through to the end."
LACHRYMA
"Our young soul decides to leave the only home he’s known. After heartbreaking loss and years of tears, sleepless nights, fear, a loveless home, being misunderstood, and feeling drained, he finally gains the courage to leave. He wants to find someone that will show him the love he knows exists so deep in his heart. He’s done crying over someone who has let their life choices turn them into something so rotten and vile. He’s done crying over someone like that. Right?"
SATANIZED
"Our young soul grows to be a nice young man, despite the coldness of life. Trying his best to stay on a path where he shows compassion and warmth’s to others, what he wished he’d received all those years before. He’s even made a few friends now that he’d call brothers. But his heart suddenly erupts with emotion! He feels weakness in his knees and is overcome by a sudden burst from his heart. His friends check on him. Is he sick? Maybe possessed? What could cause such a reaction? Our protagonist has just laid eyes on someone who will consume his every thought and feeling for many years to come. Maybe this is the one he’s been waiting for, the one who will understand his gentle, loving heart and have no desire to harm it."
GUIDING LIGHTS
"It’s hard, seeing the one you love so deeply walk towards a path you know (and they know) is leading them toward self-destruction. You try to keep on the same path with them, try to nudge them to make good choices. But saying something outright could mean the end of your connection, and end to your ability to stay close to them. So our young soul watches and hopes things will go right for his love. But when you reach that crossroad, the light you choose to follow will ultimately decide your fate."
DE PROFUNDIS BOREALIS
"Unfortunately for our young soul’s love, letting our negative emotions and actions dictate our life for too long sometimes catches up to us before we can turn things around. She wasn’t a bad person, but her chosen path led her to bad decisions and actions with no desire to change. She was unable to open her eyes and see her own damage before it was too late. Every action left a mark until the consequences of all those marks caught up to her. Our young soul rereads the words he tried to tell her, all the songs and memories he tried to share to help her change, but in the end nothing made her open her eyes. He cries, knowing that his own love, no matter how bright, was not enough to get her through this dark winter and see the mornings light."
What actually ended up causing the girl’s death is left vague on purpose. I feel there are a lot of various bad or wrong actions we can do and also refuse to change that can lead to our end.
CENOTAPH
"Our young soul has dealt with a hard loss. A scar that will linger. Why weren’t his words enough? His love? The good parts of her will always be part of him, a part of his memory. But how he handles his grief from here on is up to him. His actions and how he copes with his emotions will determine his path. While he has tried his best to stay on the path of love and positivity, her absence appears to cast a dark shadow on his trajectory…"
This song is supposed to be positive, but I needed it to fit in with Missilla Amori following it. Sorry folks!
MISSILLIA AMORI
"Our young soul see’s his love everywhere. But his grief has twisted his memory of her into someone he despises. Angry at her for not changing her ways, angry she is gone, angry she didn’t get to stay with him. But he is unable to deal with that warped memory in a positive way, a darkness clouding his judgement. Instead of trying to remember her for who she really was, he uses that warped memory to justify his own harmful actions and emotions. He is consumed by the false memory, trying to take out his grief out on anything (or anyone) that reminds him of her. Doing anything to make himself feel better, if only for a moment. But all he is doing is making more scars for himself, following that same path his love took, without realizing it. Can he open his eyes before it’s too late?"
This is the piece that gave me the most trouble when figuring out what happens in this story. To go from Cenotaph's themes to Missillia's was tough to figure out. (for me at least)
MARKS OF THE EVIL ONE
"Our young soul has opened his eyes and realized how his actions have marked him! Covered in these evil marks of his own making, they’re spreading! But he doesn’t know how to get rid of them, he tries and tries, but he can’t seem to figure out how to stop them from spreading. Impulsive and panicked, he tries every remedy he can think of, every action to make it better. But all those promised cures are just shams, and as he plows through one fix to another, they don’t disappear. His past, actions, are catching up with him. No matter how hard he tries to cleanse himself, he doesn’t know what to do, and they’re still fucking there!! What can our young soul possibly do to get rid of these marks? The world around him grows darker, but the marks only get brighter."
I believe MOTEO is about people falling for deception? I admit this one was hard for me to understand the theme(s) completely, so I took some liberties with the interpretation.
Basically in my interpretation he has deceived himself into thinking others were causing his marks, it was everyone else's fault for how he turned out. But it is actually his own past choices and the consequences of his own actions causing the marks. Does that make sense? Each horseman is just a past version of himself he hasn't healed yet.
UMBRA
"What’s this? Another shining soul, but this one perhaps much wiser. Marked like him, someone who is like him, shines as he does. But her marks are different? Morphed into something beautiful, angelic even. Sometimes it takes a new perspective to change our path. This wiser soul inspires him. A shining example that he is capable of healing those marks through his own compassion and that it’s not too late to become a better person, follow a better path. She shows him the love he feels so deeply for others has never been wrong, but he must learn to show himself the same love he feels for others to begin healing the marks life has left him. The light, the love, outside of him has to shine within him too. Not all the marks will go away, but they can be transformed and become a reminder of what he’s overcome. He can become better. He can forgive and love himself. But he must take the steps to do so."
This isn't one of those "The girl if there to fix him" kind of deals, she's there to basically inspire him to put in the work to fix himself, it's not up to her to make him change, he has to do it himself. Just wanted that to be clear.
EXCELCIS
"Our young soul-or perhaps a more wiser soul now- has lived a long life. One with healing old scars, getting new scars, staying on the path, straying off the path. Making loved ones, losing loved ones, making peace with those in his life. But he has lived his life knowing he has learned how to cope with what the world throws at him. He has not only learned to show himself love and grace to become better, but found someone who he wants to nurture with that very love. No matter how much time had passed, he could change, even though the road was hard. No matter how many marks he suffered, he could start to heal then in his own time, in positive ways. It was a long journey, a painful one. But our shining soul allowed that love in his heart to shine not just for others but for himself as well. Some marks will remain, but they don’t have to dictate his path forever. There was still time. There is still time."
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If you made it this far, thanks, I appreciate it. If you want to see a video of the speedpaints and hear my awful voice talk more about this collection, there's a video on YouTube.
This is also on my instagram if ya wanna show me some love (if you love me that is) over there.
Good luck out there, kids. Make good choices, or at least try to.
fuuuuck i just realized that the future idealized version of myself cant exist without current me being the catalyst for change and doing hard things. has anybody heard about this
Are any Ghost/Tobias Forge fans also fans of the Elder Scrolls and are excited for the Oblivion Remaster announcement trailer? (it has to be Oblivion right?)
I’m just wondering what y’all think Tobias would choose as his race in Oblivion/Elder Scrolls. Breton? Imperial? Maybe Khajiit?
You can’t be a bard, but would he maybe still use magic? Which class? One handed weapons? Heavy weapons? Light armor I think for his claustrophobia?
I kinda want to combine my two muses and draw him as the Hero of Kvatch. 🥺👉🏻👈🏻
On one hand, I’m excited about the new ghost chapter and more lore.
On the other hand, I’m lowkey mad about the theories about Judith being an infiltrator and potentially someone’s love interest, because back in a February when I made my ghost valentines I started outlining a personal fan story about a girl who infiltrates the clergy and ends up as Copia’s love interest.
WHO LET TOBIAS READ MY OUTLINE??? 😭😭😭😭
Now even if I write it someone’s going to think I took it from the theories/official lore. 😭
Anyway, I guess I can’t wait to see how the official lore plays out 🥲🥲
Hey Guys! Long time no see! (For you, I spy on y'all all the time)
I've returned to share some new Ghost Valentines! If anyone remembers way back in 2020, I made some valentines for our dear Cardinal Copia. Now look how far he's come!
I made these with the intention of each being a different art style.
A letter from Copia to his crush that he wrote on his "notes" from class. Starring his brothers bullying him.
Getting retro and bewitching in this parody of the Bewitched tv show
This style references modern day Barbie with some hints of anime.
Ye old comic book style, with a nod towards Pulp Fiction.
Do you think Tobias would approve of my silly drawings?
BTW I have a chatty video on my YouTube going over the moodboard, sketches, and final speedpaints for each of these. :D
I figured everyone here would get a kick out of these, so enjoy! And feel free to send to your loved ones!