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Drew an entry for the collective “Ghostbook” comic/artbook kickstarter. I wasn’t picked to be in the book, unfortunately, but I still get to back and behold an amazing project, so that’s all pretty awesome, generally! Haha!

The story behind this piece is inspired by the old urban tale of the ribbon. That tale goes a bit like this :

There was once a pretty lady who always wore a ribbon around her neck. She wore the ribbon when she slept, when she went to church and every single time she went out. No one ever saw her without her ribbon. One day she met a young man and they fell deeply in love. When he noticed the ribbon was always there, he asked “Why do you wear that ribbon?” She just smiled and said, “I’ll tell you when we get married one day.”

Four months later they were married and living happily together. Whenever he asked her why she wore the ribbon, she would say, “I’ll tell you someday, just don’t take it off.” One night he couldn’t take it anymore and had to know why she wore the ribbon. He snuck up on her when she was sleeping and slowly loosened the ribbon.

As soon as he untied it, her head fell off and rolled to her husband’s feet. The eyes opened and the head yelled, “I TOLD YOU NOT TO REMOVE MY RIBBON!!!” The poor man went mad and was never seen again.

One of the camp councelors when I was a kid liked to tell a less scary version, and a more tragic version, where the ghost was doing all of this to be with the man she loved before her death and he basically removes the ribbon when little details hint at the fact that she is dead, to free her. In their last moments, she’s turning intangible, so he can’t even hold her until she fades away.

I do belive that camp councelor was a romantic.

Check out the kickstarter right here. You know you want to : [link]
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*JocastaTheWeird 4 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
I know that story. A different version, but still familiar.
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~glowworm56 Apr 23, 2013
I suddenly noticed that the blood flowing from her neck is in the shape of red fish--what a brilliant touch. Either that, or my knack for seeing shapes in inanimate objects is happening again. :giggle:
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*secondlina Apr 23, 2013
Actually, it's just shaped like a drop, but a fish could have been cool :)
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~glowworm56 Apr 23, 2013
Yeah, it's about 12:12 at night. I have a strange knack for seeing shapes in inanimate objects with textures--like tablecloths and rugs--not shapes--people, animals, cartoon characters--I could tell an entire story out of those things.
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~Merlenyn Apr 4, 2013
I remember a version of this story from an old book (that I sadly no longer have) of short creepy stories... but it started I think when they were kids and the boy kept asking and she would just say she'd tell him someday and they grew up together and got married (and had kids? i can't remember) and it wasn't until they were old I think and she was sick or something when she finally told him to take off the ribbon and he did... and her head fell off and she died. So it was creepy and sad at the same time. I wish I could remember the name of the book and find it again. something about "13 scary stories" or such I think.
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*secondlina Apr 4, 2013
A couple of people mentioned this "13 scary stories book....
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~Merlenyn Apr 11, 2013
I was somewhat wrong about the title of the book. I just did some hunting and found the book I remember. It's titled "In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories" by Alvin Schwartz and the story itself is titled "The Green Ribbon". The artist for this book is Dirk Zimmer. I also found a video reading of the story (only a couple minutes long) with the pictures I remember from the book. It's very short, but when you're a young child reading the stories... they're quite creepy. [link] here's the video if you'd care to watch and see the story I remember. :)

That being said, I do love this piece.
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*secondlina Apr 12, 2013
Oh, thanks for the link! This is awesome!
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~Merlenyn Apr 14, 2013
You're welcome! :) Glad you enjoyed it!
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~LizzywithaWhy Mar 12, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Hey, I know this one! I once heard a weird version of this story - the woman was sewn together like a doll and pulling off the ribbon unraveled all her stitches.
The emotions in this picture are stunning! Nice use of the hairskulls, too.
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