#halloweendevil

FIVE straight days of pinups in honor of Halloween! Today's brand new Dietz Dolls Halloween pinup artwork is another tribute in the style of Bill Randall with ‘Devilish’! "Grace was told she's too sweet to be mean, She dressed up as a devil for Halloween's scene. With her pitchfork ready and a sinful smile, 'Turns out being devilish better suits my style!'"

I had a feeling that I wanted to draw her bcuz it’s that time of the month.

Jack-o’-lantern – the legend of a blacksmith cheating the Devil

The tradition for making Jack-o’-lanterns originated in Ireland. There are many stories about the origin of the lantern. One of the best known is the 18th century Irish folk tale of the blacksmith Jack or Stingy Jack.

One night Jack met the devil who wanted to take him to hell. Jack managed to lure the devil into an apple tree, and then scratched a cross into the trunk of the tree so that the devil could no longer leave the tree. Only after the devil promised Jack that he would never have to go to hell did Jack remove the cross sign and release the devil.

When Jack died years later, his bad walk of life did not allow him to go to heaven, but the devil also did not let him into hell because of the promise made. Since then, according to the story, Jack’s soul has been wandering around the earth. The devil did throw a glowing coal after Jack when he sent him away from the gate of hell. Jack put the coal in a tuber he was eating and thus got a lantern to light his way. Hence he became known as “Jack of the Lantern”, or Jack o’lantern.