I haven't beaten the Radiance yet (I'm very sorry Hollow Knight) but I love this game even tho I'm bad at it and I think the Pale King should've been alive when we met him because I would've liked to have a Talk.
Quite a few people liked my Adult Ghost/ Shade Lord mortal form so here's some flats and some ref sketches I made for myself. I also need to give Hollow and Hornet new designs, but at least the growth chart is done.
Some Extra notes under the cut
After Absorbing the radiance, poor Ghost had a lot of soul and their body started growing pretty quick as a response. While it wasn't over night, it only took maybe 6 months for them to molt into adult form. The change had other consequences with mobility as they had to get used to getting taller and taller and the perks and drawbacks of that.
Ghost's Adult outfit is a travel outfit and is a mix of preference and need. The back is open to allow the void tendrils to freely be used without damaging the fabric, and the cape opens up for the same reason. Hornet and Ghost designed the outfit together once they were sure that Ghost was finally done growing and had a handle of how their body reacted to things. The other outfits were a mix of friends and travellers trying to find comfortable wear for the rapidly growing Ghost.
They will go full Shade Lord if under enough duress, both physical and emotional. They have to summon the void and their dead siblings out of the abyss in order to get the size and full power, but they still pack a punch by themselves.
They grew heels because they wanted to be as tall as Hollow. They almost made it, lol.
Some notes for their growth
First Major molt: addition of proper hands and fingers, and is definitely welcomed. Horns are thicker, more resembling their two siblings now. They're just a bit shorter than Hornet.
Second Major Molt: Taller now, and their horns start to take a more unique shape. The heels also start to form
Third Major Molt: Their least favourite as they just just constantly growing and it was suffering.tm. The feet are curling up, the second set of horns are growing, they literally have growing pains. This one was Pain.tm
Final Major Molt: Sweet relief as they finally get to their adult form and stay there.
(There is a secret molt, and that's eventually they will get butterfly wings!)
Many many years later, a friendly Ghost still wanders the ruins of Hallownest, helping people who accidentally go too deep and returning them to the surface.
Though strangely they always know where they are, and are very quick to get to them.
A really stupid idea I needed to get out of my head. This is an AU where the Shade Lord gets woken up by PK and they're just fire and gasoline together. Most of the video is my design for them mortal form save the butterfly wings.
This is the finale piece of my Hollow Knight Experience series. I'll start uploading the artwork from that set of videos bit by bit, but for now I'm pretty proud of this one.
The idea is that Grimmchild and Ghost are both grown up and actually get to enjoy a dance that doesn't include violence lol.