One thing I noticed with the Red Horsemen was that the little bodies attached to thier chest also remind me of military badges of honor, which I think is a really neat detail.

I got to admit, Pestilence is my fav design, she looks so innocent if she had a resting face and didn't have the gas mask, so if they were like REAL people sort of people might let their guard down and approach her which would get them sick. It shows that when you're sick and it isn't like the black plague or it shows any outward appearance you look fine even though you're health is crumbling, and let's admit, if you were sick and coughing a lot or throwing up you wouldn't want anybody to see that, when you're sick you're in a vulnerable state. So when you're sick you may look fine but you're not. And that's why I like Pestilence's design.

I think you should draw the seven Heavenly virtues next and I like your art style, it's cute

I like how pestilence almost seems like she would reach out a grab you. With famine, something is being withheld, with war there is a sort of choice in the matter, but with pestilence it seems like she is actively hunting you to infect you. I could see her flying around very quickly, like a mischievous fairy and just infecting millions in her wake.

My personal favorite interpretation of the white horseman is from Good Omens! Pollution is the white horseman, and in both the book and show it’s stated that “pollution took over when pestilence retired”

The four horsemen being drawn in your art style is pretty adorable.

you should turn cameras into cute boys and girls! like through history, pin holes, polaroid's/instant, digitals, etc. it could make some really cool designs!

The horsemen are one of my minor obsessions, so here's what I've gathered from researching them. (This is from the book of Revelation as it's quoted the most from what I've seen regarding the horsemen.) First off, my understanding of the confusion with the white horse is that Conquest and War were too similar, so for modern media interpretations they went with Pestilence. I've also heard that it's because Pestilence (sickness) is the result of Conquest but I think that's unlikely. The first horse is Conquest: "And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer." The way I take Conquest is to mean "glory" and stealing people's land. Conquering some other group of people. I image he wears a crown because it was kings who made the decision to conquer. (Domination over others, greed, status, glory.) The second horse is War: "And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword." War is the result of the kings desire for Conquest. It's bloodshed and slaughter. As the quote says, it's a disruptor of peace. (Bloodshed, slaughter, violence, chaos.) The third horse is Famine: "And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart[a] of wheat for a denarius,[b] and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!” And she covered in the video, it's not Famine from scarcity or ill crops. It's Famine caused by the greed of kings. And since this comes after War, we can usume it's during war times. Kings would hike up the prices for food so much that the lower class wouldn't be able to afford them and they'd go hungry. Meanwhile, they kept all the wine and such for themselves. (Hunger through exploitation, ruling class greed, cruelty, oppression of the lower class, starvation.) The fourth horseman is Death: And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth." Self explanatory. (Death.) The horsemen are said to mark the start of the apocalypse/bring the apocalypse. With that in mind, it implies the world will end when Kings conquer another land, bring bloodshed and slaughter, exploit the poor during war times so their people go hungry and starve while they sit with their luxuries, untouched, and then bring about the resulting death of all the people. Which I think is horribly ironic considering how many capitalists are Christian. (Also considering Jesus said to feed the poor and stone the bankers or whatever.) Seems very anti-greed anti-oppression to me. Seems like nobody got the memo. (This is also why I'm not the biggest fan of modern interpretations of the horsemen because I feel like it loses the main purpose behind their presence in favor of "bad stuff = apocalypse." The apocalypse will be brought about by the greed of man.) Edit: also here's some quotes I pulled from Google: "The Book of Revelations in the New Testament lists the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as conquest, war, famine and death, while in the Old Testament's Book of Ezekiel they are sword, famine, wild beasts and pestilence or plague." "Under another interpretation, the first Horseman is called Pestilence and is associated with infectious disease and plague. It appears at least as early as 1906 in the Jewish Encyclopedia. This particular interpretation is common in popular culture references to the Four Horsemen."

Lavender: What if the 4 horsemen where cute girls? Tatsuki Fujimoto: Hold my beer.

i like the poses you gave them, i found some meaning in them too. famine has both of his hands full, signifying the greed that leads to man made famine and the lack of a helping hand in times of it, he's turned away from you like his attention is only on himself. war has one hand covering his chest in almost a protective manner while the other is reached out dripping filth, leaning into that aspect of how those who start wars keep themselves safe but enact suffering to everyone else. pestilence is hunched over with her hands free, kind of like she's unpredictable and always ready to pounce and grasp onto anyone she can, which is the nature of sickness. death has a straight posture like she's always looming over you, her docile stance suggests that instead of reaching out to take you, she waits for you like she's the one you go to when you take your last breath from her colleagues.

Fun fact: the color pallet you used for death's hair is also the colors of a rotten corpses (I don't know if that was intended)

In some interpretations, the white horse is pristine, while the palid/pale horse is sickly, as in how human skin looks when the person is deathly ill. But these are in descriptions of their horses, and while the horsemen tend to have matching attire, the exception seems to usually be Death, who is more commonly depicted as the Grim Reaper, a faceless figure in tattered black robes.

the four horsemen are such interesting ideas, I'm loving your take on them.

I love how the first three are like scary/malicious entity's and Death, although scary, is kind and/or peaceful showing how after all the hardships the other three brought the final end is in fact someone's final rest

when Haley touches on already established topics like this in her videos, it’s like a museum: her art are the exhibits, and she’s the tour guide walking us through them

haleys soft voice + art style is the perfect combo 💕💕

I see them as like a family, death: the mom. War: the dad. Famine: eldest child. Plague: youngest child. Famine would definitely be the older sibling to make fun of the younger and manipulate them into doing his chores

I like pestilence a lot! The juxtaposition of the terrifying gas mask with the frilly outfit really scratches my brain. Great work!

Famine is always manmade, everytime someone starves there's a neighbor who had more than enough to share. Great job!

I'm in love with the depiction of Famine forcibly tipping the scale in his favor.

I've been a Christian most of my life, but I've never heard of that interpretation of Famine before. You learn something new every day.

11:43 I love how you give the one basically death long fingernails because finger nails don’t stop growing after death

I think that the characters you made are perfect and really represents how terrifying and spooky this actually is. The horsemen of death just shows how dreadful the peace of death is. The others are more like the ones that give me like the picture of chaos. Death is probably the one that scares me the most out of all of these.

For deaths center peace of the dress that’s holding it up, it looked like angel wings to me.

I like her because honestly the art style is everything, the dark yet somehow gentle characters representing something sinister, plus i am into the personifications of evil things

Ngl at first I was a bit doubtful that the first Horseman’s jacket would come together, but as always it ended up looking awesome! They all look so awesome and I love listening to your voice, it’s so calm

Yooooooo… these designs are so COOL!!! I love how you specifically designed the Horseman of War as a general/political figure to symbolize the selfish desires of war rather than a violent brute symbolizing the brutality of it. It’s a very different take from what I’ve seen prior!!! Famine too, being a wealthy elite tipping the scales against the poors is delightful and the design itself is exquisite!!! Plague and Death looking so natural, kind of ethereal, and overall unsettling is also so fitting, as they aren’t entirely human-caused, but are nevertheless devastating and potentially disastrous in their own right. Well done!!! Your designs are so inspired and fitting for all of your art projects like this, and it’s such a delight to see! Honestly, very well done!!!

dude. that death one is so good. it would make a cool holloween costume

I picture Death as a sort of motherly being, like how a mother lays her child to sleep, and Death believes all of humanity to be her children which she lays into a painless sleep. So making Death a girl really fits, to me at least.

I got my copy of Unfamiliar today, I love it so much and can’t wait for more! I loved Alice and Lucy’s part of the story and all the characters as a whole!

I am obsessed with your interpretation of Death. The most widely represented of all the horsemen, but I’ve never seen one like this! Very cool, stylish, scary and beautiful

your designs always enchant me, they are all very lively and beautiful

What a lovely little friend group that wouldn't hurt a soul 🙂

I have 3 siblings so my dad would yell out HORSEMEN! To call for all 4 of us

i LOVE the black horsemans design and pose especially, leaning on the scale like that, its SO fitting

"Shushing You To Your Final Silence" (In A Calm Voice)

Girls = Natural causes Boys = Human causes this art = My happiness causes

I absolutely adore the contrast of death compared to the others. I feel like it embodies how soft and impersonal feath can be compared to the other horsemen. Absolutely lovely work lavendertowne!!!

Pestilence’s mask is nightmare fuel! True great character design

for the death design i loved the eyes, they make me think of like someone moments before dying, eyes blank and dead

These "if were cute girls or guys" are so creative, really you always do so well when adapting these characters into humanized drawings in your style.

Its actually very interesting how you made the pale horseman's irises gigantic, because the way doctors test if a patient is in critical condition is to shine a light in their eyes, and if the pupil doesn't contract to block the light out, then it means that they are, ultimately, about to die and needs serious attention.

I know you feel more comfortable drawing women but I love seeing your designs for males as well, I'm glad you brought in some guys for this one too because I love the way you draw them !! 💖

The one part holding death’s outfit I feel like could also be like a way of representing that she is the pinnacle of all 4 because it is the one most important part of the outfit so it stays together

I love the way you drew death, she looks so calm and relaxed yet unsettling

I love these character design challenges. You always pick out the most interesting storytelling details! I really love War's cloak of little faceless people, that's such a great idea.

Can we just appreciate how calming her voice is to listen to

I love the pale horse man. It shows that death can be unsettling, and scary but also apart of nature and strangely calming to the the mourners knowing that their loved one is at peace. This depiction captures death very well.

I like your designs. I especially am interested in Death's. It's supposed to be described as ultimate death, not just of the body but of the soul. I think your perception of the character is quite creepy and accurate! You're awesome and talented.

I love how Lavender always makes the most scary character, scary and adorable at the same time

I’ve always liked the concept of the four horsemen of the apocalypse because of how their designs can vary and be interpreted. I actually made some Monster High OCs that were the children of the four horsemen of apocalypse with the oldest of which being one of my oldest mh ocs with a pun name, Dee Zeez (you can probably guess who she’s the daughter of)

Both the designs and the explanation manage to give me chills despite them being so cute at the same time 👀

All of the characters look amazing honestly. Idk why but from all of them the first one kinda gave me shivers. Something about those little pupets from him, the sacrifices represent the real end of humanity. I mean the others don't show it directly, the people who fall because of them, but with the first one was pretty evident. And kinda makes you more aware of the damage of it.

i love how you can turn like the most disturbing concepts like plague and poison and things like that and make them into cute lil people and capture the topic really great

I hate myself for reading it as horse semen💀

My personal favorite design is the White horse, she just looks so unsettling and like she is really out to take your life.

My friends and I recently made four horsemen of the apocalypse themed friendship bracelets lol. It's super fun to see your interpretation!

lavendertowne always captures all of these prompts so well. she's literally a genius.

The only 4 horseman I’ve seen are in the tv show Good Omens. So it’s interesting to see another interpretation of them :)

I studied the book of revelations and i gotta say, these characters are amazing! you draw so well

I love the way you explain all your design choices. It's so fascinating to see the amount of thought and care you put into each character design.

I can totally imagine Pestilence vibing with the diseases you've drawn

Whenever I see the name the four horsemen I connect it to the game series called "Darksiders" I just really like how they handled their designs.

Oh my the white and pale horsemen are my favorite. It could be because they’re girls, it could be be because they’re lighter colours. But honestly, I love the insane look of Pestilence and the calm look of Death. Famine and War are also very cool because I adore when characters have the face where you can TELL they look down on others, it makes it so interesting! Overall, bravo on the designs and your take!

You should do more thoughts/ideas/categories as people, this is a theme which I truly enjoy

I get so much inspiration watching her videos

I’ve only ever known them from the story of babayaga and the beautiful vasalisa (I probably spelt it wrong) and it’s so fascinating to know they’re from more and learn about them

Her voice is so calming even if she is talking about death.

I’m absolutely obsessed with the bow horns! That’s such a fun concept. Now I’m picturing more ways to use that for characters!! Your character design work is always so inspiring, this is some of my favourite work so far :D

I want an animated series with these guys. Like, a slice of life series where they wait for the apocalypse.

I love death the best, she honestly looks like she'd be the merciful one while her brothers and sister spread mayhem

They look amazing. Your character design mixed with your art style is something that will alway make so many happy. I just realised how bad my grammar was, please know that I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic and really do appreciate the art.

I ended up using this idea to create characters for an original series I’ve been working on. Nemesis (Death) is the only one I’ve given the character to, and she’s not really the same as her “siblings.” She was created to replace the actual Death, and she’s the mockery of an angel. Her design is more based off of your design for Pestilence, since I liked the white and red color scheme. She also has four wings to mock the angels and Gods of the series.

I like the design of Famine. The intentional tipping of the scales with the gold flying everywhere adds so much energy!

i like how death looks scary put peaceful; death isn't always a bad thing

I'm not even surprised she did this lol I like how kind death looks while also looking sad. It's cool!

I really missed these videos, you walking us through your creative process and decisions is a privilege

I love the way you designed these characters. The designs have so much dept to them

You should draw popular sayings into characters or monsters! Also love all these designs! They're all so distinct and intricate and just well colored and aaaah!

How does Haley manage to make amazing vids all the time??????? Everything in her vids are all so good (especially her new ones)!!!!!

Death in this video looks beautiful! I love the design!

I like the teardrops that death has as the tattoos that some people get that signify how many people they’ve killed. Nice touch

You help me go to sleep at night. Your voice is so calming and your art style is unexplainably comforting.

these are such in depth designs, I was really captivated by your process and the explanation of each horseman. They came out really chilling and beautiful, great job!!

Me and my friends have bracelets corresponding with the four horseman of the apocalypse

"He is supposed to look maniacal". If so, why so attractive? 😩

Can we all just appreciate Lavender’s drawing skills 💜

I love your designs ! They’re all amazing, I think my favourite one is war. The idea of making clothes made with thousands of corpses is genius and horrifying

Chainsawman's Makima, famine and Asa looking kinda different (jkjk) I love these designs!

I always love seeing people playing around with the concept of the four horsemen, and you really opened my perspective for what famine is! Death is my favorite design in this video though, very peaceful and calm

oml her art is improving so much!! it’s more detailed and stuff and I really love it, I hope you read this, even tho I wasn’t early I hope you see this and know how much of an inspiration you are to me :) I also really love the design of death

I saw someone else comment this, but I think it’s a great idea! Can you draw the seven heavenly virtues in your style? Also I got your book for Christmas! I literally squealed and I love how some of the things on the cover are kind of rubbery! Are you going to do a volume 2? Just wondering, so no pressure!

you always knock these character design vids out of the park, but DAMN

War could've looked really cool, someone you want to be or look at with admiration. Like how war and violence is often glamorised in media, such as action movies or propoganda posters. The most manly macho guy, but also charismatic

I was just about to embark on designing my own interpretation of the 4 horsemen! They turned out super cool (and I am very grateful for the background explanations, it'll be very useful when I do my designs)

You should draw famous monsters, like dracula, and frankenstein as cute girls

Out of all the designs the pale horse design has to be my very favorite I love the skull mask and bone details as the accessories 😭👏👏

I love this take on war. Every other version of the character makes war a fierce warrior, a one-man army to bring endless destruction. But this version is more like a military dictator or general, sending troops en mass to show strength, rather than be a one man muscle machine.

I think these turned out really good! So beautiful and creative. I feel like these has a little more depth and dynamics and details than you use to which increases their character. I love them!

Thanks for drawing the apocalypse as cute boys AND girls. All us bisexual apocalypse nerds really appreciate it. 👍