IF THE WORLDS DEADLIEST DISEASES WERE PEOPLE

sorry for my sick voice in this video, though it is very appropriate I suppose! I haven't done a creepy/monster design in a while so this was really fun .w. oh and if you're waiting for the Hazbin remake, I'm still working on it so hold tight. c:

∆ My book Unfamiliar is available here! -

[LavenderTowne]

Hey guys! The Hazbin video had an error so I'm still in the process of remaking it! It'll be reborn soon but I hope you enjoy these creepy character designs in the meantime!! :3c

[NearsightedNarhwal]

I love watching a soft voiced lady draw spooky fellas

[eveejojo]

"She don't bite" *rabies girl foaming at the mouth trying to chomp down on someone*
"YES SHE DO!"

[damprat]

Prion diseases are actually so fascinating on a chemical level, they are not like bacteria or viruses, but actually a improperly folded protein that causes a chain reaction unfolding other proteins in your body

[eastdakota]

meningitis is genuinely one of the most terrifying things to me. every time i have a headache, i have the thought "what if i have meningitis?". it also tends to come along with "what if im having an aneurysm?"

[wolfc]

I love how the prion disease character looks to be absolutely starving to death, because to my knowledge that tends to be the main time when when cannibalism occurs, at least in animals.

[Emperor-Quill]

There's a two sentence horror story I'll remember forever.
"This is a Public Service Announcement. Rabies is airborne."

[amer]

The Prion disease one was so well designed. The emaciated figure made me think of Chronic Wasting Disease, the prion disease found in deer.

[YouveBeenMegged]

If this is going to be a new series, may I suggest:
Polio
Smallpox
Brain-eating amoeba
Malaria
Ebola
Encephalitis

Disease as a concept is such a terrifying thing, and art with themes of disease is weirdly fascinating because of it. I would love to see more of this!

[sigamigs]

Prion be like: "yoink got your brain 😃"

[hvbg]

One thing you forgot to mention about rabies is that you don't experience any symptoms until it's too late, and by then your brain will have mostly turned into mushy goo from how the virus destroys your nervous cells

[bone_dust]

Hey lavender towne!!! I just wanted to let you know youre not alone in that fear of having a deadly disease all the time. Im 15 and constantly terrified that i have ovarian cancer, endo, etc. Just the most crippling anxiety. Knowing that you also have that and have lived as long as you have and gotten past it is very comforting. Funnily enough, the pqrt about prion disease definitely drove me into a mini anxiety attack lol.

[detectivesupersomething]

the little rash marks at 7:31 looking like creepy smiley faces was such a great subtle detail

[wowitscoldout]

Favorite thing about rabies is that it probably explains the uncanny valley.
When we were evolving and say something not quite right, one of the members of our pack acting strange, aggressive, paranoid, paralyzed, or a prey animal acting like that too. We learned that when something isn't quite right, it's unpredictable and dangerous, so we developed the uncanny valley as instinct so we'd stay away from them

[sophiemcgeorge]

Lavenders voice: 🥰😚🩷🌸🌷
What she’s talking about: 🥀☠️🔪⛓️

[croissantnuggetnoelle]

Remember when Lavender did character designs for the four horsemen? What if these guys are like servants or workers for Plague?

[Gachakitty-oghx]

Lavenders voice: ☺️
What she draws: 💀

[LemonZestify]

i think this is my favorite way to learn about posions and sicknesses

[Amy_the_Lizard]

Aspiring epidemiologist here! I really enjoyed this episode, and would like to touch on a few design features that - while not discussed in the video - are still quite fitting:

1) The emaciated appearance of the prion character nicely references Chronic Wasting Disease - a prionic disease in deer that causes them to lose the capacity to feel hunger, and becone emaciated (among other things.) I also like that the skull of the character appears to have been split open, since contact with infected brain tissue is one of the main ways it's spread (even if the brain itself isn't eaten, if any misfolded proteins from it contaminate an object that isn't properly disposed of, crosscontamination and an indirect infection can potentially occur.) If there's one thing I'd change, it's that I would've given the character dark circles under the eyes to reference Fatal Familial Insomnia, a genetic condition that all but garuntees that those who have it will eventually have proteins misfold in their brain, leading to a prionic condition that prevents them from being able to sleep, with death usually occurring for reasons related to sleep deprivation rather than the actual holes in the brain that usually kill prion victims.

2) I appreciate that the rabies character is female, as the scientific name of the virus is actually named after the Greek goddess of rabies and violent frenzies, Lyssa (yes the Greeks had an entire goddess whose main thing was being in charge of rabies. She also nade Hercules murder his family because Hera threatened her, and also sicked rabid dogs on a guy who peeped on her and Artemis bathing. That's pretty much all of her surviving mythos.) I would like to clarify that rabies doesn't simply cause a fear of water, it causes the victim to have violent spasms if they look at water or think about drinking - because this hurts, the patient typically exhibits a fear response to water because it's presence is causing them pain, so they want to get away from it. This doesn't occur in all cases though, and is thought by sone to be the reason why vampires (likely at least partially inspired by rabies) are said to have an aversion to running water.

3) I like that the meningitis character doesn't have visibile legs, as a common complication of meningococcal meningitis (one of the more common bacterial meningitises) is necrosis of the limbs, causing them to essentially die and rot off while the person is still alive.

No idea if any of these were intentional or not, but I still thought they were really neat.

Also, I can somewhat relate to the hypochondria thing. It's something I've rarely experienced myself (which surprises a lot of people considering that I have contamination focused OCD, ) but I have fallen prey to it on occasions where I have a sudden onset of severe symptoms, or a combination of symptoms that's rather ominous - especially if it's things I'm not used to. I got sick a lot as a child (11 seperate cases of strep throat in kindergarten alone, ) so the realization that sickness could KILL me set in a lot earlier than most people, which feuled the phobia, but it also meant that I got used to dealing with a lot of common symptoms, resulting in more of a "Oh, it's this again, " response to them rather than a "What's wrong with me?" response like most people. I'd feel a certain sort of throat pain, and know it was probably just my old nemesis strep throat yet again, and thus avoid panicking about other, more exotic possibilities. I also find learning about diseases was very reassuring, in my case at least, since I know which are the most likely suspects, and which can probably be ruled out due to missing key symptoms, low probability, or lack of exposure opportunity - though I'm fully aware it has the opposite effect on a lot of people. (Which is why my mom got told not to research breast cancer when she first got diagnosed. It didn't stop her, but luckily she had the same response as me and felt calmer once her research reassured her that she didn't match the features of the worst case scenarios.)

[leelamb]

me: has a headache
Lavender: one of the signs is a headache
me: starts writing my will