I love how the theater creature looks all fancy and classy but it eats popcorn and candy off the floor.

"I was trying to make him scary" 5 seconds later: "So i gave him a knitting hobby"

"I dont know why he's not scary anymore" " *So his hobby is knitting* "

i adore the first character- he looks so sweet and loving. i could see his guilty pleasure being romance movies

I feel like the first one crawls around on the walls & ceiling. He tries to blend in with those squares on the ceiling and steals your popcorn when nobody's looking

This is a rather interesting idea especially because most media about liminal spaces use more threatening entity's but the concept of someone inhabiting the places between our memories is sorta interesting less outright hostile and more unknown

Does anyone else notice that the three images she chose are like the three extremes of liminal spaces? You have the vivid feverish space (theatre), the bright but unsettling space (the school) and the dark and murky space (the cave). Idk if this was intentional but either its amazing, like the three monsters make up some liminal space council

The last photo almost gives me anti-liminal vibes, like “something wants me to be here,” and that’s almost more exhilarating. I think it’s the gate, or maybe the light. Great work on these!

I’ve always thought about the liminal spaces, but never about the potential monsters that lurk within the places. Seeing the thumbnail, those two creatures look so cool for being so creepy

could you imagine the first monster hanging off the ceiling and you can't tell if it's an actual light or its face?

Once when I was in elementary school, we had this “after school” party with just my class. So we stayed after until like 9 pm, and we watched movies just as a class. We all ate pizza for dinner, and when we were done I was given the task of taking the pizza boxes down to the trash. So I had to walk down the halls of the school at night. It was weird because there were only a few lights still on. Some the the halls had a light or two on and others were pitch black. I found it really cool and creepy, but that was one of my experiences with liminal spaces

9:10 I feel like it would be scarier if it didn't. Imagine you're lost underground, you can only see because of a dying flashlight. You find this gate. You almost hope this gate will do something, a portal will be there, but nothing happens. The wave of realization rushes over you as you realize nothing will happen and nobody knows where you are.

The indoor tennis center I play at feels like a liminal space. It's always dark, there are no windows, it's dusty and kind of hard to breathe in. You have absolutely no concept of time. You enter when it's dark and leave when it's dark.

the theatre monster stole my heart and I love him and I hope he enjoys all the movies he sees. I imagine his name could be Theadore because he adores... the theatre... but 100% would read his movie reviews! 💜

I love how in every single video her voice starts so soft and then gets louder the more comfortable she gets

Lavender is actually a really skilled because the amount of creativity she puzzles into all of her drawings is really amazing like its so inspiring..

I really love how the tunic is done, this may/may not be intentional but when the top is folded like that (left over right) it means that the person wearing it is dead, which is a cool detail

Entering the backrooms and hanging out with these characters sounds fun, honestly. I’d like to watch a movie with the theater man or listen to stories from the cave ghost as he knits. Edit: Y’all have convinced me that I need to write a fanfic. I love these characters too much now.

i love the first one so much! he seems like if you were upset he would offer you a seat beside him and a bag of popcorn and quietly watch the movie with you,,, idk he just has comforting vibes

11:59 I feel like the big brother vibe comes from how soft he looks, the circles and especially the robe yukata-ish shirt just have a nicer and comforting feeling

They look like a friend group now I wanna draw them chillin together

I imagine the second one being in a spooky horror game/school simulator, where in the start it's mentioned how prestigious it is, and how clean it always is. Farther into the game you get to talk to the janitor, where he tells you about he's not the one cleaning, and how "she" does it. You would sneak into the school after hours and see the janitor and rose just talking while cleaning the halls.

something I always found so interesting about liminal spaces is that we can pick up on them even as children. Even before we have the vocabulary to describe what we are feeling, its there.

I absolutely love the movie theater creature! Being a movie lover myself, I might be biased, but I just think he looks neat haha. Question: in his finished drawings he has 3 arms (one for eating popcorn, one keeping his balance in the background, and one keeping his balance in the foreground) but on the frontal sketch you only drew 2 arms. Was that intentional?

LT: I wanted him to be scary but he turned out to be more comforting, idk why tho Also LT: His hobby is knitting

I like to imagine the first character's suit texture isn't like a normal fabric, and that it moves when he does. Every time you look at it, it shifts a bit! Kind of like some of the textures in Chowder, but more spontaneous and random. It could start to move faster whenever he gets agitated or scared, too!

I feel Movie Theatre Boi on a spiritual level. Eating food scraps off the floor in the middle of the night, avoiding people, just vibin. I love him.

12:32 When you put him in the image, it gave serious "Mom, I threw up, pick me up" vibes- 😆 Jokes aside, I love what you did with the characters in relation to the spaces. Your art style and the things you draw are so inspiring, I love watching your vids even though I don't comment much.

The shape on the face of the cave ghost could translate to: "Dwell", "Muscles", "Meat", "Next", or "Become" Do with that what you may

liminal space photos often feel “creepy” because it’s usually a place with many poeple around empty, (creating another feeling of “im not supposed to be here or odd or just wrong), an obscure and basic thing that brings a sense of naltalgia or “i know that…i think” feeling, or is just edited to be more saturated/vibrant/darker and desaturated, or just something wrong. like a picture of a balky but the sky is different colors. sometimes these are added togther and so on. i love them so much

I love how well the first character blends in; I feel like I'd have to look twice to make sure my eyes weren't tricking me if I saw him

Honestly, all three made me feel a lot more comfortable in these spaces. The janitor girl with the scythe made me a bit uneasy though, but that was more the scythe than anything.

The last one does look quite comforting, however when put in the environment I feel that it does give the vibe you were looking for.

Just from the thumbnail and title alone, this 1. sounds really cool and interesting! 2. reminds me of the movie "Cube", but especially the sequel "Hypercube" (horror movies)

honestly for the third character he gives an "I want to leave but I have nowhere to go" or "I have to live with my mistakes" Definetly a more somber vibe

With the cave ghost, I absolutely love when any like sinister creature had those long spindly fingers that go wispy and taper off into nothing so yea it looks awesome

If your going to name them: Rose one -Elpis (idk it fits her to me) Movie one- Usher (it has to do with movie theaters) Cave one- Yemon (Japanese for guardian of the gate)

Your stuff is a huge inspiration for me and seeing your ability to make characters from even the strangest concepts is incredible. Love it

I love the monster designs! I am an AP art student, and my entire portfolio that I’m making is based on liminal spaces in my childhood. So seeing this definitely gives me more of a drive to keep going. I’ve always loved your art!

I love liminal spaces, the first one is such a goober. He definitely collects little kids’ lost toys under the seats.

the creatures are really cool, i especially love how the first one has the neon lights. i feel like the second one has a rose-like face, it’s pretty but somewhat eeire

i absolutely LOVE how you didn't give them any faces and even just eyes! it looks really good plus it gives them the same vibe as liminal spaces give off. super cool design choice

im in love with all of them and i want to hang out with the movie theater one. also i like that they have 3 arms in the main sketch and it wasnt mentioned or included in the second sketch of them. so nice and comfy

Your liminal space monsters seems like if Trevor Henderson's monsters were comforting and wholesome. Your art is so cute!

Oh the last one is my favorite! Within the space, he looks TERRIFYING, but you're right, he has comforting guardian spirit energy. I also love the rose eye face and the dapper neon lad! These are good monsters.

You should definitely explore weirdcore/dreamcore! It has the same vibe as liminal spaces ^^

I loveeeeee the movie theater one! I think it's so cute that he scurries around eating popcorn and M&Ms. Its 3 hands are so cute!

this is random but i love the way you’ve done the thumbnail- swapping the two characters around really makes it pop and the colors go together so well

Oooh the way you put the left fold on top of the right for third character! It's a nice touch to the character since it would be that way for a dead person. I don't know if it applies for other japanese traditional wear besides a kimono and yukata, but it adds that touch of that thing not being human, or a ghost.

Oh my gosh i love the movie theater one~! i can imagine a scene where maybe a child drops some popcorn and notices that it disappears/isn’t on the floor anymore, so they look closer and can kinda see it hiding in the shadows eating the popcorn

The last one seems very warm and loyal he also seems to demand respect

'who would live in a school' teachers: NOW THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR ME

Liminal spaces always give me a feeling of nostalgia and like I've been there or even that it appeared in my dreams when it never happened. The pool, arcade and movie theatre ones are the ones that trigger this feeling the most. The movie theatre one you included in here actually triggered it and with the adorable little creature design you make with it looks amazing! I wanna do one of these someday when I have enough creativity!

This whole concept of characters and liminal spaces has a name and a classification. Depending on the moods, they are either dreamcore or weirdcore, but there are many sub-classifications under those too, such as kidcore and nostalgiacore.

I like to think the theater guy makes tentative friends with the employees who clean up after movies

the first monster is so adorable, i want to give him a hug and popcorn

11:55 Honestly SO many liminal spaces give a creepy yet comforting look that reflecting the feeling in a character is extremely on the nose

This is so dreamcore :dreamcore or weirdcore is basically nostalgic or weird. It feels creepy and comforting at the same time

OMG I love how you did all of the characters/creatures they are all freaky and adorable!

all of them look soo sweet instead of scary, it gives me a sad feeling for them idk why😭❤

When I went to school, I used to fantasize about living in one. Time is fleeting, and it seemed to pass slower there, so I liked it.

As a person who randomly got obsessed with the backrooms a bit ago, I was happy to see this

I feel like the last one is like a spirit more than a ghost like someone/something that tries to warn you to not go down there bc they died there, with the movie theater one might be a soul or a monster who died at a young age trying to live a life again at the place they lived to be most, the schoolish one might be a child that is trying to take care of the school they used to go to bc of how badly they noticed the children treated the school and the teachers there

I love liminal spaces because they feel like a place that is odd but not evil, and these characters perfectly represent that! They express a weird feeling but they don't seem mean or harmful. Amazing video and art

I really love the 1st and 3rd, kinds eerie but also harmless. The 2nd one felt a bit too disjointed to me. I like the janitor Spector idea but the uniform and grim reaper elements just didn’t click for me. But I hope you do more of these in the future!

Some name ideas, even though there's no suggestion prompt I want to :) All of these are based off from the term 'liminal' in liminal spaces, like a gateway or a doorway, some place you pass through but don't stay. The first one could be Janus, and while , in Roman myths, he is the God of gateways and passages I read something about him being the 'God of Frames' , kinda like movie frames. It's a Percy, as a nickname for Perseverance. I've got a few janitors in my family and we do not respect them nearly as much as we should as a populous, they are very resilient. Anyways, it also fits with the theme, 'to continue doing something' no matter what. In this case continue living, remaining, and cleaning at this school. Finally, Seishi. The name Seishi is from Japan and means different things based off the Kanji used, two of which are 'arrive' and 'sacred'. The gate in the image I believe is a Torii gate which is a symbol or marker for a sacred territory. The 'arrive' is in reference to arriving somewhere and never leaving. If I need to be corrected, please reply, I've only done quick research for this and therefore is not entirely reliable.

11:04 I haven’t seen anyone mention this but I found it fitting how the fabric of the yukata is crossed backwards. The fabric is meant to always make a y shape, as crossing it backwards is how yukatas are worn by the dead

You know, I’m really mad that I haven’t found you earlier. Your style is so cool/cute, and your voice is so soft! The perfect combo for a channel that you can watch and draw yourself while listening to it

for some reason liminal spaces don't really creep me out, honestly i love it. it's weird but i kind of feel at home maybe i'm a liminal space monster 👀

All of these feel so friendly to me. Perhaps it's just my romanticized viewpoint on all creature designs, but I can't help but imagine a cute little hang-out scene with all of them being a wholesome little friend group. :>>>

TYSM DOR DOING THIS, THIS IS GIVING ME MORE INSPO ON HOW TO MAKE THE MONSTERS LOOK IN MY FIRST EVER NOVEL!!! agaon TYSM

You're giving your characters cozy vibes because you have so much of that I think

2:44 another thing you can do to add a glow is to use a color dodge layer and go over with an airbrush it looks real crisp (you can also use it to draw attraction to a certain area in your art piece)

I've always loved characters that have some sort of object in place of a head or face, especially when the entire head shape is changed. It's just so surreal to me, and thats the exact same feeling I get when looking at liminal spaces. There's just something so otherworldly and hauntingly beautiful about them both. These were all so cool, keep up the amazing work

the first one feels like it’d be hiding under the back row of theater seats and snatched your mild duds the second one seems like it’d help you get your grades up the last one seems like you shouldn’t be there, although nobody told you you shouldn’t

I ADORE YOUR CHARACTER DESIGNS SO MUCH!!! Your art gives me so much joy, thank you!

Could you try drawing monsters from the backrooms? I think it would look really cool, and I would be exited to see what designs you come up for the creatures! :)

Really cool designs! I LOVE how they each fit into the liminal spaces they respectively occupy. I really like the cave guardian but I think I like the movie theater cryptid the most? They just vibed the most with me 😎

I'm so glad this genre is blowing up!

Oml u have no idea how much i love u just bc of this video im obsessed with weirdcore/dreamcore

I enter a liminal space pretty often, I play volleyball and we usually have practice at night when no students are in the school so when we walk through the hallways and big empty rooms with no students it feels like a liminal space (theres also a janitor that lives in the school haha)

My favorite liminal space monster of the 3 you drew is the Movie Theater liminal space monster. The way his face is red neon squares is just the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! If that thing was chasing me, I’d be mesmerized, but running away haha. And the pink school hallway one is really nice. The cave looking one is really spooky, especially with the rugged clothing he has. Honestly, your designs for these three liminal space monsters are awesome! Again, the movie theater one is my favorite of the two due to the neon colors and the red neon squares for the face. Amazing job LavenderTowne! I always love the art you do, so keep on being amazing with your art talent! I hope that your Friday, and your weekend goes well ❤️

The first creature made me feel very comforted I don’t understand why maybe I relate to the way you described it

Your videos are the reason I got into drawing again. I would take your ideas of like turning people into things but I wouldn’t copy your design, instead I would make my own design and it was really fun. Thanks for making me get back into what used to be my fav thing❤

I absolutely love this. I am definitely going to be doing some of these myself. I like the idea of these being the only creatures that ‘live’ in these spaces. Them being the vague representation of a humanoid shape makes them much more eerie, especially the first one

this is perfect! I was just getting into the concept of liminal space..it’s so interesting

I want to hug 1st one. i can relate to eating candy of the floor and scuttling around

I really love the characters/creatures it’s very creative and they all hit the Liminal vibe I think places like that are quite cryptic and I love it 🖤

I can’t wait until this starts it looks very interesting

I was literally just going through a bunch of liminal space images!! I love them, they're so eerie yet comforting

Watching your videos makes my day so much better. I absolutely love your style and the characters you make.

I love this concept- it reminds me of drawing class in college & the three-day exploration of “negative space”, like it’s fun to explore what DOESN’T fill the space just as much as what does. Thank you for these ‘make you think’ add-ons, @LavenderTowne! Love your work! 💜

Keep it up, your art really inspires me a ton and you’re what got me back into art Thank you!

I got so excited when I saw the last one was a cave! I love caves, and I work as a tour guide at one in the summer (I was partially hoping you'd go for a guide of sorts for the last one tbh!) but I love all of these, they're so cool! And we've seen/heard plenty of ghosts in the cave, ranging from hearing banging from lower down on the way out as the last tour of the day, seeing the deceased owner sitting in parts of the cave, and more so I love the ghost aspect of the last guy too

Thank you so much this video truly helped loving the monster desgins it gave me insparation too

these spaces always have vibes and i loved watching you capture some, i get similar feelings at dusk when all the crepuscular animals come out.

Honestly this is such a cool and unique idea and I think all of the creatures give me some sort of weird primal comfort

​you should draw actual backrooms monsters in your style! :D that would be really cool and creepy

I really love the designs! To me, they emulate the experience of a liminal space perfectly; initially scary or unnerving, but slowly becomes comforting. I wanna be friends with them, they all seem very sweet

Two things, I’m in love with the theatre boi, and also I’m gonna do this now because my heart really needs a liminal pool monster