Consider this the follow up to my Catnap Inktober entry and my exploration into my attempt at redesigning the Nightmare Critters because I l’ e been thinking about them since Chapter Four dropped with less than stellar reviews. Particularly, it unintentionally confirmed my conspiracy theory that they were created solely because of the success of the Smiling Critters and Chapter Three as a whole.
For my approach, I looked to stuff like the gross-out toys of the late 90s/2000s/early 2010s, as well as fashion doll lines like G1 Monster High(heck I basically put Rabie Baby in G1 Draculaura’s series one outfit)and Novi Stars. I want to give them the energy of “they were ahead of their time and cancelled too soon”, in that they had an edgy/alternative style of clothing and geared to a more teen audience. I also wanted to play more into the fact that they are the “evil” counterparts of the Smiling Critters and changed their scents into something more tacky and unhealthy and gave each of the Nightmare Critters a “gimmick” that plays into their character. For example, I like to imagine Rabie Baby’s charm is one of those voice recorders. I also made mockups of Baba and Toullie as conceptual drawings.












