Sticks and stones may break my bones, but this Halloween even howls, hoots or meows can scare the bejeezus out of us. This is largely thanks to the great designers and their mosaic of spook-iferic creations that rule the hearts and mind on this most popular holiday.
In case you’re looking to design your own custom-Halloween themed invites or decorations, take a look at these resources and the devious minds behind them. We selected 21 Halloween resources because duh… Friday the 13th!
Instead of scaring people away, use these Halloween icons in your projects to make them scary-attractive.
If you’re looking to decorate your desktop with some Addams Family-styled iconography, this cartoony yet spooky icon set by Sooodesign is exactly what Uncle Fester would like.
If you’re looking to decorate your desktop with some serious monster iconography, this cartoony yet spooky icon set by Marina Green is exactly what Pennywise would recommend.
This icon set is a treat for all game developers out there. Neat detailing, sharp curves, and rich colors dominate these 3D illustration icons by UIGO Design. Let your players decorate their online lairs with the most alive icons.
We know flat icons are all the rage these days but something that combines flat iconography with some neat and subtle 3d perspective are also a spooky favorite with some people too. If your icon tastes veer towards the three-dimensional aspect, check out Sunbzy.
Bring some raz-a-dazzle to your Halloween icons this spooky season with bright and chunky icons that pack on the glam!
Jory Raphael lends quite a unique minimalist flair to his designs and it also shows in his orange and white icon combo. A must have for people who like their icons minimalist.
Not a fan of OTT graphics? Denis Rodchenko lends quite a unique minimalist flair to his designs and it also shows in his orange and white icon combo. A must have for people who like their icons minimalist.
Ethen Fender does Halloween icons with a tribal tattoo-ish aesthetic. Check out some of his icons that are unusually well done.
Fonts can make or break the content. So choose your fonts well, lest they choose you.
This Serif font has pazazz and flair that will keep you hooked to the scene!
Sarid Ezra is an accomplished font designer who wanted to create a font that would look well with Dracula-styled posters and artwork. Lo and behold, the Freaky Story font is exactly what many designers had in mind for the task.
Want a font that evokes vibes of death and pale faces? David Kerkhoff’s typeface creation is what you’re looking for.
We are not playing around here with our fonts, do we? When we said we were gonna give you spooky, we meant every bit of it. Want a font that terrorizes the living soul out of you? Brittney Murphy has got you covered.
How about something from a slasher flick? Something so bloody that it makes you scream! Nate Piekos’ typeface is exactly what those horror directors were looking for.
How about something from a slasher flick? Something so bloody that it makes you scream! Nate Piekos’ typeface is exactly what those horror directors were looking for.
If Mary Shelley were alive today, she’d have endorsed this font style for her most famous creation, Frankenstein’s monster. Måns Grebäck has accurately captured the looming behemoth vibe that those hulking monsters give no?
Will it even be a proper Halloween if you don’t get creeped out by monstrous spider crawleys? This curvaceous creation becomes equal parts scary and equal parts fun when you know where to put it.
What if one day, you discover that corporeal entities are real and hovering all around you? You’d have come up with a font like Chad Savage’s Ghoulish to accurately reproduce that chill factor to the zenith.
What if one day, you discover that corporeal entities are real and hovering all around you? You’d have come up with a font exactly like this to accurately reproduce that chill factor to the zenith.
To round up our Halloween discourse, here are some pretty nifty resources that can make your projects come alive.
It’s the time to trick and treat after all, which means Halloween parties will be all the rage. Designing those invites and flyers for the party might have been time-consuming if it wasn’t for the sleek Halloween flier template. Customize it to your heart’s content.
It’s the time to trick and treat after all, which means Halloween parties will be all the rage. Designing those invites and flyers for the party might have been time-consuming if it wasn’t for Abu Naser’s fullfledged and sleek Halloween flyer template. Customize it to your heart’s content.
Looking for some cool Halloween patterns and wallpapers, but in pink? Say no more.
You think we were gonna let this list go without including a poster link to make it even more click-worthy? Oh, my sweet summer child. Here’s a ghoulish halloween poster to decor your walls, wallpapers, or whatever you care for.
And we mean scary good stuff to design your own custom flier, invite, theme, goodie bags and more on this Halloween. When even Halloween t-shirt designers are hoping to capitalize on this season, graphic designers and event planners are not too behind. After all, this scaredy cat of a holiday is something… wicked, to quote the popular vernacular. Happy trick or treating, folks.
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