Halloween Cat, Witch and Owl Illustrations Clipart

I have been taking some public domain images I have found and cleaned up and turned into vector images, then put them on Pixabay so I can use them as an image host of sorts and help get the images found perhaps by more people than those few who find this blog.

The latest images I put up were from a Halloween set of a witch, a cat, and an owl. I think they look kind of like stamped images from a rubber stamp or a wood cut. I think they are fun and whimsical and the cat is especially cute. You can click on the images to go to the link where you can either download png files in small, medium or large sizes or download the svg file (for use in vector editing programs like Illustrator or Inkscape).





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Halloween Couple Dancing

This illustration from 1920 seems to be of a couple wearing costumes dancing at a party. She is wearing a witches hat with a pom pom on the top and he is a (pardon my ignorance if I am wrong) a musketeer or buccaneer?






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Halloween Party Illustration

A black and white illustration from the year 1909 of a Halloween Party with all sorts of characters, ranging from witches, a fairy, gnome, jester, horse, and more.




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Weird Wednesday: Creepy Lady

Welcome to the first Weird Wednesday on the Vintage Snips and Clips blog!

What is that? Well, I keep coming across things like weird ads or other weird illustrations and thought I'd try sharing them on a regular basis. (I'm really good at procrastinating though, so we'll see how well that goes.) Since I have also been trying to gather Halloween stuff, I thought the first one I would add was something that is weird, but also kind of scary would do.

Obviously this ad for shoes from the year 1912 was not intended to be weird and creepy at all. I really think the people who created this ad did not realize how utterly creepy this woman would look once the drawing was translated into ink pressed onto newspaper. The style of make-up for that point in time, drawn in ink and then printed on newspaper...didn't translate so well in the instance.
 
Her eyes are dark, surrounded by dark, thick lines, and seem almost hollow. Her eerie smile is somewhat reminiscent of The Joker from Batman (but I think those are really supposed to be dimples). She is rather haunting, in my opinion. And what is up with her one hand? It's like an alien's hand or something.

In case someone wanted to use this for a sign, invitation, or other such purpose, I tried editing the shoes and text out and left it at the original size that I obtained it as.

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Weird / Creepy Scarecrow for Halloween

Here is another picture for Halloween from an old advertisement with a Halloween theme. These is a pretty weird looking and, may I add, kinda creepy scarecrow. The string from his hat is hanging across his nose and over his face. He is pointing with both hands in one direction and has a freaky grimacing mouth.

Perhaps he is saying, "The Halloween Party is THAT way!" Or maybe he is saying, "I insist that you go to this Halloween Party!"







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Halloween Pretty Witch

Vintage Halloween Witch

I am trying to get some images up for Halloween in this month of September, so that they can be used for things that need to be made in advance before October...or bookmarked or pinned to Pinterest in anticipation/preparation until one is ready to start making things for All Hallow's Eve.

This pretty witch with her broom, pointed hat and yowling black cat is a fun, black and white, vintage image for the spooky holiday.

Beware, the witching hour is getting near!

edit: This is so funny. I just noticed that this same witch is on The Graphic's Fairy's blog, but from many years earlier. I assume she got this image from the same source as I. But if you look closely at the two versions full size, you can see the different ways they've been edited. I think her's is more "sharp" if that makes sense (mine is also somewhat smaller). Just pick which ever version you prefer. :)


 

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