Ghostie's World - Tumblr Posts - Page 2

Per a friend's advice, I spent the day yesterday mostly offline to unwind and de-stress, and I'd say it helped a bit—I managed to make Ghostie's character reference sheet from scratch over the course of this evening! I definitely need to do this more often. The head shape took a few tries to get right, but I think having it smoothly go to the body without a neck fits best with how I've been drawing him more recently.

Get ready to swing into action with Ghostie's latest platforming adventure! (...Once I learn how to code. And make better backgrounds. Hey, the only experience I've had so far was drag-and-drop Game Maker with the pre-built assets and a few cheapo handmade ones. Weren't even platformers, just mazes where you bounced off the walls.)

I said a while back that Ghostie's species, while called ghosts, aren't actually ghosts, at least in the spectral sense. Well, how's about I share a little picture to explain?

Here's a picture of Ghostie as he was hatching! Yep, ghosts in his world are actually closer to highly-evolved snakes than anything, and they're born in roughly the same way—the biggest difference is that ghost eggs, while still softer than most, are more rigid. In-universe, the word "Ghost" comes from an old language's word for snake, Ghos. Those of the incorporeal kind tend to be called spirits or specters. And you see those nubs on his shoulders there? Over time, those nubs will pop off and grow into the floating mitts all ghosts have! Ghosts in this world have mild telekinetic abilities, though this tends to be limited to manipulating the neurons of their detached hands—or prosthetics, should it come to that. At birth, they're little more than cute bumps that flap about as they slither around. One final nugget of knowledge for you: This picture, of Ghostie taking his first breath in the world, is one that his father Pete treasures dearly—he will never miss a chance to embarrass his son by showing it to any houseguests.