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Halloween (Illustrations)
Scott Lewis
I've spent enough years curating seasonal sets to know the good Halloween ones share one thing: restraint. They lean into the fun stuff, jack-o'-lanterns, black cats, candy, costumes, and skip the gore. This roundup pulls together ten sets built for designers assembling October campaigns, whether that's a party flyer, a spooky-sale banner, or a seasonal app screen. Each holds together as its own visual style, so you can build a whole campaign on one set or mix a few for contrast.
Fifty-Five Everyday Halloween Symbols, Drawn Clean
This is the foundational vocabulary: witch's broom, bat mid-flight, a lit candle, a graveyard at dusk, 55 pieces total. They read as clean spot illustrations rather than dense scenes, so they drop easily into flyer margins, email headers, or a row of feature icons on a seasonal landing page.
55 illustrations.
Frankenstein, Clowns, and Backyard Trick-or-Treat Scenes
Pulled from a broader Holidays and Occasions library, these 50 pieces are built around little stories rather than isolated objects: a monster watching TV, a costumed kid chasing a chicken, a ghost cozied up with a coffin. They're the ones to reach for when a layout needs personality and a bit of narrative, not just a decorative icon.
50 illustrations.
A Grown-Up Halloween Party Illustration Set
Cocktails, pumpkin-carving parties with balloons, a coffin scene played for laughs instead of scares, this 50-piece set skews toward adult Halloween gatherings rather than trick-or-treating. It's a solid pick for spooky-sale promos, bar or restaurant event flyers, and grown-up party invitations.
50 illustrations.
The Companion Set: Ouija Boards, Vaults, and RIP Headstones
Same visual family as set 29526, right down to shared compositions like the church and the pumpkin-carving party, but this 50-piece set adds new scenes: a spooky message board, a ghost peeking out of a vault, a classic RIP tombstone. Use it alongside its companion when one set alone won't cover a full campaign.
50 illustrations.
People in Animal Costumes for Costume-Party Invites
Pulled from a Nature and Ecology library, these 33 illustrations show people dressed as chickens, lions, cows, elephants, cats, and crocodiles, full costume, full commitment. They're built for costume-contest flyers, dress-up party invitations, and any campaign centered on the costume itself rather than the haunted-house theme.
33 illustrations.
Bold Cartoon Bats, Cats, and a Brewing Potion
Twenty-five single-subject cartoons, several bats in different poses, a black cat, an angel of death rendered more mischievous than menacing, a bubbling potion. The bold, graphic style makes these good hero illustrations or stickers that need to read at a glance.
25 illustrations.
Sketchy Hand-Drawn Graveyard Scenery
A coffin, a dead tree, a cluster of bats, a leaning gravestone, a witch mid-flight on her broomstick: 25 illustrations with a loose, sketched line quality that feels more crafted than digital. They suit print invitations, poster backgrounds, or any layout going for a hand-lettered, autumn-market feel.
25 illustrations.
Kawaii Mini Icons: Bones, Brooms, and Moons
This 25-piece set renders Halloween staples, broken bones, a broom, a coffin, a candle, a crescent moon, as small, rounded, cute-style elements. They're built to be used small: stickers, social badges, or accent graphics tiled across a UI background.
25 illustrations.
Emoji-Style Treats: Candy, Candles, and Bones
Twenty-five icons in a chunky, emoji-inspired style covering the friendlier side of the holiday, a broomstick, candy, a lit candle, a skeleton's bones. They're sized and styled for chat stickers, reaction icons, and quick seasonal accents inside an app.
25 illustrations.
Kid-Friendly Costume Characters, Fairies to Gargoyles
Twenty illustrated kids' costumes, a cat costume, a clown, a gargoyle, a devil, a fairy, a skull costume, drawn in a soft, approachable cartoon style. They're built for school Halloween parties, trick-or-treat event pages, and any campaign that needs to stay squarely family-friendly.
20 illustrations.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between these illustration sets and Halloween icon sets?
These are fuller scene-style illustrations, pumpkin-carving parties, ghost-and-coffin vignettes, costumed characters, rather than single-color line icons. They're better suited to hero art, invitations, and social posts where you want a character or a moment, not just a symbol.
Are any of these sets appropriate for kid-focused or family campaigns?
Yes. Every set here leans playful over graphic, and sets like Halloween Costume Kids and Halloween Cute Illustration were built specifically around lighter, kid-friendly subjects.
Can I combine illustrations from different sets in one campaign?
You can, though I'd pick one or two sets as your backbone for style consistency and use the rest for accents. The two Halloween companion sets in this roundup (29526 and 29560) actually share a visual family, so they mix easily.
How does buying here support the designers who made these sets?
Contributors keep 70% of direct sales, and subscription downloads pay out through a shared daily revenue pool, so a purchase goes back to the people who drew these illustrations.
Will VectorIcons add AI-generated Halloween sets?
We're working toward AI integration done right, where artists share in the rewards and everything is transparent and consent-based, but that's a direction we're building toward, not something live in the catalog today.