"Nosk" | Hollow Knight Animation

[@AlterDahMan]

"Out of my way faker, I need my pale ore."

[@ILOV3BUTT3R]

Exactly how I heard it.

[@Brd6147]

FAKER? I THINK YOU'RE THE FAKE KNIGHT H-*_REEEEEEEEEEEE_*

[@notveryartificial4486]

Nosk:*runs away in panic*

[@Lady_in_Yearning]

Faker? I think you're the fake bug around here. You're comparing yourself to me? Ha! You're not even good enough to be my fake!

[@gamerdomain6618]

@@Lady_in_Yearning I'LL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS! [Uses Nailmaster's Glory dash-slash]

[@axolotl0424]

I love how incredibly unphased it was as the Eldritch horror broke free from the identical replica of its body

[@darnok6407]

Because it is literally made of void

[@JaySteiny]

I'm pretty sure its cause he straight up has no emotions

[@thespud608]

Well of course it did it is the *✨Pure Vessel✨*

[@thatonemoominfan]

me or Ghost?

[@Concerned_Custodian]

@@thespud608 The Knight isn't the pure vessel.

[@enderethan229]

It’s a good thing Nosk knows how to telekinetically close doors, otherwise the knight could’ve just walked out while he was transforming.

[@pichuperez9037]

Yeah what was up with that anyways

[@successfulfailure1298]

@@pichuperez9037 Maybe he’s smarter than we give him credit for and he has a mechanism that shuts the door. On the simple end he has a string he cuts to drop the door. On the advanced end he has a lever to flip the door, as seen elsewhere in hallownest. My head canon is that he swaps out his mask depending on the prey he is targeting, and he’s been following the knight for a while. Yeah.... I’d like to think he’s smart

[@somerandommodeler]

@@successfulfailure1298 it might be he gets the masks off the mask artist ya know the guy that makes masks?

[@successfulfailure1298]

@@somerandommodeler Bro that’s so good

[@SleepyFunkin]

@@somerandommodeler he uses the person's memories to lure people to his lair, because the knight doesn't have any memory of outside of hallownest, nosk takes the form of the knight, if you explored deepnest a lot before fighting nosk, you might have encountered exact copies of the knight, that's nosk, trying to collect memories from the knight

[@SaturnSnapple]

I love how everyone in the Hollow Knight community is extremely careful with spoilers. Restored faith in humanity and incredibly thoughtful.

[@firebal6129]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing! Although they don't apply to me, I'm sure there are many who are greatful!

[@blazethehedgehog1159]

Yeah

[@Flymerick]

Yeah, greatness doesn't like to be seen. Dumbness, however, is such a showoff

[@firebal6129]

@@muppetmuffins1295 how are they supposed to find out about the game without knowing how good it is first though? That doesn’t make sense. It’s not as though it’s a hard thing to add, it hurts no one, and even if it helps one person avoid spoilers it’s worth it.

[@loogan2391]

@@firebal6129I think they will see gameplays and things like that, not the community. At least it was like that for me

[@Link9058]

Who would win? Mind-invading spider-creature that uses deception to lure prey into its den before slaughtering them. OR *Ledge*

[@LivingAlkalineSolution]

ledge

[@arshmarahman7904]

Ledge

[@toaster83]

Ledge

[@gurt69]

The ledge.

[@specialbruh2996]

"The spot"

[@dhruvdoesstuffs6494]

"dear team cherry, where tf is silksong" I AGREE

[@spiko7]

Where?

[@digaddog6099]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnPRd3V6qZ6kl9U Uploaded a week ago "We've been so focused on finishing silksong, we haven't a moment to blog."

[@faddedreality6885]

At least it's not elden ring level of where the hell is it

[@bartimeas]

are you trying to get another cyberpunk? let them take their time

[@faddedreality6885]

@@bartimeas yes I agree

[@Mortal_Tezer]

That's so cool... But yeah... KOF UGH KOF WHERES KOF SILKSONGKOFKOF

[@the3killers751]

Hi mortal Didn't know that u like hollow knight

[@ninaavakinlife4927]

Good question! When?( Oh,hi Mortal

[@BrotherBot3000]

More importantly where’s the void update that team cherry promised us.

[@nthqwerty]

thanks french 𝓁𝒶𝒹𝓎

[@milk_choc7889]

@@BrotherBot3000 pretty sure the kickstarter never made it there

[@sfdragon9946]

Other bosses may have been harder, but this was definitely the scariest

[@erina4407]

*flukemarm noises*

[@savakirilov5263]

i dunno if it was scarrier than flukemarm but ill agree with you

[@raistlin3462]

Flukemarm scared me more than anything from the Deepnest.

[@THEYORKSHIRE-PUDDING]

Cough cough, no eyes

[@raistlin3462]

@@THEYORKSHIRE-PUDDING No Eyes was more tragic than scary, given her backstory.

[@Halloweddd]

Reactions to Nosk: The Knight: calm Me: JSHFHFJISK WHAT THE ACTUAL-

[@notveryartificial4486]

Me: OH WELL THAT'S CREEPY AND... oh, nice music... Vibin' great

[@moving8176]

SCREECHING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS

[@randomdude1890]

"OH hey little secre- WHAT THE FUCK"

[@darkdragon8316]

"Hey, I finally caught up to you! Why are we in a big room with hanging creatures? What's going on here replica of me- WHaT thE aCtuAl fuC- AAAAAAA" My reaction to fist seeing Nosk

[@houndtwo0783]

Me: *turns computer screen upside down* is this how I’m meant to fight you but you are pretty cute like a kitten.

[@TaurusTheCrazyBull]

Nosk: ''Prepare to die small one!'' Knight: ''I don't think you understand, i'm not trapped in here with you'' points nail at Nosk ''You're trapped in here with me!''

[@blazethehedgehog1159]

😂

[@leedle2171]

“Call an ambulance!! But not for me.”

[@TaurusTheCrazyBull]

How did this dumbass comment get this many likes?

[@oreomint8255]

@@TaurusTheCrazyBull if you think this one is stupid, my highest comment was “Anyone: *steps on those weird pointy rocks* Also anyone who steps on those weird pointy rocks: *distorts time and reality*

[@turtlelord8021]

@@NotASandMan hey uhh taurus made the comment in the first place

[@shadefire8605]

And then he cheesed the hell out of it by standing in that one spot right up against the platform. The end.

[@shadycorvus]

Imagine: Nosk, but a flat arena.

[@themockingdragon135]

@@shadycorvus say hello to Nosk on Ascendant.

[@paradoxsans8640]

Tbh ascended nosk also isn’t that hard- while the double damage can be annoying my suggestion is just use sharp shadow when he dashes

[@paradoxsans8640]

Other then that it’s just a game of dodge the annoying orange slime thing

[@Marxhog]

Aaaawww... I thought I was smart lol

[@jarjarplays5463]

I really like how he's really just interested in destroying Nosk's infection

[@silent1672]

Right? It's such an amazing detail

[@ElenyxPokinul]

Omg! You’re totally right! Ghost was like “I see that infected and sacrilegious tummy of yours. Must destroy.”

[@neththeobnoxioussponge8929]

Really fits ghost honestly, whose sole mission is to destroy the infection. -yeah yeah i know, im captain obvious-

[@nexcode769]

@@ElenyxPokinul Hes not called ghost or something like that. Hes called vessel

[@nexcode769]

@@neththeobnoxioussponge8929 Hes not called ghost or something like that. Hes called vessel

[@HuneeBruh]

*He's just standing there... menacingly*

[@lucass1603]

I love how this can be applied to both Nosk and The Knight

[@obscure_genesis]

@@lucass1603 they both have the same energy.

[@maxifire32]

@@obscure_genesis yes but one is cotrolled by the player and the other is a creature that fakes to be other creatures controlled by the game AI

[@babymanter0936]

RUN AWAY-

[@theadarcel9048]

Damn and you call this simple? it's a masterpiece bruh I adore it and it's A m a z i n g

[@blazethehedgehog1159]

Yeah

[@kellysloan1757]

Oh, I like the over shoulder shot. The little tilt of the head that shows he's noticed nosk. It's crazy, they don't even have eyes really but the characters are so expressive. Very cool aspect of the art design and you captured it perfectly!

[@kanyenortheast3546]

Honestly Nosk was a really cool boss thematically. The game kinda tricks you into thinking "Hey another one of me! Cool!" and you follow it. Then you either dreamnail the corpses or the gates shut and you're like "Oh no." Then Nosk comes out and you're like "OH NO."

[@maxifire32]

You fight nosk: oh no You stand next to the ledge and spam up stab: anyway

[@agustinberto6138]

Theme, pace and environmental design were sick. The battle itself was very lack luster tho

[@Lorraine202]

Idk what your experience was but when I first saw Nosk in disguise it was after doing everything else because f*** deepnest. I stopped upon seeing this impossible figure in an aracnaphobe’s personal hell, took like three minutes just standing there to try to work out a good plan, and decided that plan was still “f*** deepnest” and nope boated out.

[@123hattan]

Love how you accurate you made the eyeholes that have some ''scratch'' around the edges.

[@ninjiinc.8883]

you only see that in (one of) the intro cutscene(s) when the knight jumps off a cliff

[@123hattan]

@@ninjiinc.8883 What about when it seals itself in place of the hollow knight.

[@ninjiinc.8883]

@@123hattan ummmm...

[@antoni4582]

@@123hattan If you mean how the intro "Knight" has scratches around its mask, whilst Ending scene "Knight" doesn't, maybe due to his journey around Hallownest, those "mask" upgrades essentially "polished" his mask?

[@MagnustheValiant]

As the gate to Deepnest closed behind the little challenger, one of the mantises wondered if it would survive. Deepnest was no playground after all. Soon after, the cries of the Deepnest creatures filled the still air, and a Stalking Devout rushed towards the gate, bashing it with it's hardened foreclaws, screeching all the while. It was in bad condition, two of it's legs were missing and most of it's orange, infected eyes were dark. The creature gave one last desperate wail before being destroyed by a blast of magic that the little challenger had used. It was no longer a question of whether the little challenger would survive, but a question of if the gate was needed to keep the beasts out after the Knight had finished it's business there.

[@totally_dozy]

OMG YOU REALLY CAN FEEL THE EMOTION WHEN WATCHING THIS

[@coder5815]

Ive missed so many small details The nail actually has the 0 upgrades Its very rusty and bad PS:The vessel is here to get pale ore and upgrade his nail

[@savakirilov5263]

basically yea but you forgot the part where the knight just stays under the ledge upstriking for 2 minutes until you beat him

[@zeke70920]

I like the fact the art style of the game is kinda cute but its scary

[@thegreatmindgorb8948]

SUCH A SMOOTH ANIMATION! THE GREAT MIND GORB LOVES HOW YOU DID THE TWITCHING OF NOSK TOO!

[@nthqwerty]

I am Gorb! (thanks)

[@thegreatmindgorb8948]

@@nthqwerty AH! I SEE YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF GORB!

[@thegreatmindgorb8948]

@Ayden Williams GORB CANNOT BE KILLED! GORB IS EVER LIVING!

[@beanmaster3736]

may i ascend with gorb

[@thegreatmindgorb8948]

@@beanmaster3736 YES.

[@fireman3275]

The knight is just standing there like "disgusting beast"

[@jaxryz_380]

Small tip, I think the scream when Nosk reveals itself would be cooler if you animated the head twitching back and forth erratically, instead of a static image.

[@mkks4559]

I think this is better, because of how when someone sees something they're afraid of, time seems to slow down, and instead of Nosk just popping out at once, it just adds to how scary it might be. But your idea might be better I don't know human psychology.

[@mouses_HK]

It's so cleeeaaannn. It looks so nice, even small movements like the Knight moving his head slightly looked good. And the shadow of Nosk whilst the Knight looked up was probably my favorite part.

[@vsptylore3639]

You missed the part where the knight stands next to the platform and upslashes forever

[@tobyuzi]

I knew his style reminded me of something, and today I learned it was hollow night. great work as always

[@Mrstealth93]

Yeah. The entire buildup to meeting Nosk face to face was well thought out. The quick glimpses of him in the other tunnels and the tunnel leading to his den sealing was perfect. Really setting in that unnerving feeling.

[@tobyk5091]

You really should play Hollow Knight person who is scrolling through the comments

[@Mureto]

Already have and I do not regret a single second.

[@Were_Cookie]

Sorry can't rn, I'm in school

[@Concerned_Custodian]

Bold of you to assume I never played it

[@tobyk5091]

@@Concerned_Custodian and Philip Ivers I apologize and applaud you

[@primaloftheabyss3139]

I am poor

[@fendrikdrake3320]

The reaction of the knight is so great. "Well, I guess this is what I'm doing now" They are so done with Hollownest

[@paochao6496]

Little Ghost: "I've done goofed"

[@beepboprobotsnot3748]

More like "You done goofed" The Ghost of Hallownest knows know fear!

[@nexcode769]

Hes not called ghost or something like that. Hes called vessel

[@beepboprobotsnot3748]

@@nexcode769 I mean, if you want to be technical, its official name is "The Knight". However, Hornet does refer to it as Ghost several times. Not to mention that while it is a vessel, no one in-game calls it that.

[@beepboprobotsnot3748]

Frankly, I don't care what you call it, but if you're going to be pedantic, be correct.

[@raistlin3462]

Alternatively: "I knew it was a trap but damn, I need that Pale Ore behind it to upgrade my nail."

[@darkwolfag12]

I'll be completely honest.... When I first saw this I legit thought it was a cutscene since I haven't fought Nosk personally

[@TheAdvertisement]

I like the little bits of emotion and reaction behind the Knight turning its head at the sounds and looking around.

[@Mureto]

Looks great, I have just recently started (and finished) the game and I'm kinda sad that I didn't find such a masterpiece earlier. The artstyle is spot on. Keep up the great work.

[@firebal6129]

Well, this is a very recent animation, so your not late

[@invincible3246]

Knight: *equips Shaman Stone Nosk: *Confused Screaming

[@goregoththedestroyer6317]

*Proceeds to stand against the platform and spam up slash until nosk dies*

[@spoon6294]

0:27 when you do a really good neck stretch

[@jumonjikasuki]

nosk show herself hollow: i'm not impress

[@Morningdeuu]

I love how it zooms in on the belly when it screams, its a very nice detail

[@egg2851]

Amazing! I love hollow knight

[@verony9519]

did you guys know that when you enter deepnest from the mantis lord arena for the 1st time, in a certain area you can see nosk in the corner of your screen

[@marcellofp7465]

Everybody gangsta until you need to fight your shade and Nosk at the same time

[@cambriancreature]

THAT'S SO GOOD OMG??? the way you animated nosk kind of twitching and moving like a wild animal is really good like it has such a vibe

[@TheCuteKyuubi]

This could honestly be a trailer for a Nosk DLC

[@badboydragon9278]

When i fought that spider thing I was like: "ooooooooookaaay?"

[@TheZeroHeader]

Looks just like Hollow Knight, impressive stuff.

[@evilesteye]

"Nah i'd win" -the knight

[@shunplayz21]

0:17 "i found you faker"

[@Dockboy-ie4yu]

He clearly knows what he's doing as he has a broken nail

[@SpringDavid]

"I'm going ro fight a demon desguised as myself"

[@chicken7482]

That was really good! something that i felt like it got very right is the fact that the knight had literally no reaction whatsoever to this huge terrifying monster in front of him, which demonstrates the fact that the knight is an empty vessel with no will etc. very well. great job!

[@desadograisedrobot515]

I wonder what Nosk was before the Infection...

[@petereccleston7022]

Just fought Nosk last night and I was screaming the ENTIRE time. So this animation captures how I feel.

[@theneoncactus2743]

What a relief. I've seen like 40 cringe among us animations in my recommended From now on your new nickname is "The Saviour With A Pen".

[@uglyferret9397]

This is genuinely SO SICK I LOVE IT!!! Yea, I remember going through the hallways, just normal platforming and nearly shitting myself at seeing an exact replica of the knight standing in the bottom corner on that little platform you can't get to. The way you KNOW it's got this sense of danger and threat to it but follow it anyways is so good. Also the fact that the it dissapears if you head up the screen a bit then come back down. So eerie

[@a_random_lizard]

Seriously though, I don't know what kind of bug is Nosk. He has spider legs, but scythe arms like mantises

[@ziimulhah3223]

I would say some sort of void construction, but it's clearly infected, so idfk

[@a_random_lizard]

@@ziimulhah3223 remember Lost Kin and Hollow Knight are voids, but can be infected

[@a_random_lizard]

Also, remember that only siblings and Collector are made purely of void, so they don't give focus, but Nosk gives focus when you hit him

[@captaindonut5240]

@@a_random_lizard broken vessel/lost kin gives soul, but maybe bc its infected. Or, its bc he has a soul

[@captaindonut5240]

Id say a spider, but it s not a normal one since it has some form of mind reading

[@lilfox378]

I love the slight tilt head at the knight when he was completely unimpressed

[@yourlocalReptillian]

Mom can I pet him?

[@vbadimothebadassjackass8011]

Nosk: *Lures The Knight into their lair, intending to turn them into a meal.* The Knight: *Kalm* Nosk: *Reveals their terrifying true form.* The Knight: *Kalm* Nosk: *Screechs at them.* The Knight: *Kalm*

[@merlito2882]

"This animation contain spoilers about the game hollow knight" The game, that launch in 2017 Me: i am sorry but you are too late Edit: even with that, the game still great and they will launch silksong, so them i will not look to the spoilers

[@An_Entire_Lime]

Its only 3 years old, and if someone uses this as an excuse to spoil a new player of hollow knight, (because those exist belive it or not) I will literaly ascend with gorb and smite them down where they stand

[@CaptJCB_]

"dear team cherry, where tf is silksong" *yes.*

[@tormentasteel302]

What the name of the soundtrack that starts at 0:09?

[@Will-pl4tp]

That’s Deepnest

[@tormentasteel302]

@@Will-pl4tp Thanks you so muuch!!

[@matyasrudolf244]

Even having seen the buildup and the fight with Nosk, playing through it myself was so unsettling and creepy. An absolute testament to Team Cherry's design skills. And bugs. Also bugs.

[@katherinedobbs52]

This was beautiful! Your animation style worked really well to capture both the simplicity of Hollow Knight designs and the creepy vibes of, well, Nosk In General. And it was super smooth!!

[@q-tip9962]

0:41 The knight be like "Guess I know what day it is today. Just another Tuesday."

[@fury3417]

I was warned that there were spoils but I still stayed. And I don't regret it

[@GippyHappy]

The Knight radiates energy of “not this again”

[@TheWarleader]

Your pc almost caught on fire!? Good lord 0.0 Well thank you for almost risking your computer for this, it was really damn good! Just be careful, don't wanna fry your pc and potentially your living space over the animation XD

[@jerrybean4586]

oh gosh i love this. it captures the horror of seeing nosk really well. especially that moment of quietness at the end where you see nosk right there and it's twitching. this is good.

[@silvercandra4275]

That is so close to the actual art style of the cutscenes it's amazing... and just really well done in general. Man Nosk was weird when I first saw it, but now it's just like "oh yeah... that thing..."

[@outspade]

Nosk: Scary transformation Knight: ............................... Nosk: ....................... uh Knight: draws nail Nosk: .............ohok *demonic scream*

[@koskk_]

Dude!!! This is hella nice!! And that stare-down before Nosk roars? So good!

[@sheepysnowtato824]

I don't even know what to type but I love this. It's terrifying but I love this.

[@GengUpinIpin]

I like how it looks like it has a different face/head even though its just turned upside down My guy is really dedicated in baiting preys

[@reddiz2182]

The Knight: Damn this would be terrifying if I had any emotions. Me:OH SHIT! OH SHIT! OH SHIT!

[@Azreal231916]

Nosk: *tries to intimidate* Ghost: wippy wummy I’mma stab that tummy

[@Smokeboats]

0:42 I do like how Nosk stands still for a while with its legs twitching like they’re asleep from being cramped in that little body for a while.

[@astoopidperson8556]

Ghost was like "Have at thee." In the end

[@SockCloset]

I love this animation! Nosk is definitely the coolest boss in Hollow Knight, and I just love him to bits (even though his fight is pretty easy)!

[@flyingtoast9015]

I love how the knight has a oh shit face and still looks hollow

[@synsyin4725]

This is exactly what it would look like if this were a cutscene, great work!

[@Moonstruck_Arrow]

I like how Nosk looks puzzled in this, as if it’s thinking “why aren’t you running away?” It’s so used to tricking easy prey and using fear to incapacitate them, so when the Knight has no reaction, Nosk doesn’t know what to about it.

[@arthyem21320]

"I've found you, faker !" "Faker ? People compare you to me ? Ha ! You're not even good enough to be my faker !" "You wouldn't be demonically screeching if you were me." "...Shit."

[@kitpvpyay1682]

that was amazing. i loved the fact that you did like the "growing" animation of nosk on point. huge cliffhanger doe... but still amazing

[@justalilchilly8501]

I love how, at the end, the focus wasn’t on the Eldridge horror, but the infection.

[@loreweed8882]

the most comical part of this is not the fact that an eldritch horror cracked its way out of an identical replica of the knight, it's that the knight doesn't even fucking care it just saw orange and it wants to kill that.

[@catkingmiow4279]

I like how the base sounds in the game are enough to make it scary

[@viola4210]

this is awesome, i really love seeing the HK world in 3D, i also really felt you did a good job of giving the knight emotion which is very impressive if u think about it

[@DanYami]

I love how Nosk's intro is so spooky n shit and then you just... Hide next to the slight elevation in the arena and reck his shit

[@harryguidotti3815]

The expressionless look on Little Ghost's face is perfect. Really encapsulates how it's just emptyness in a shell.

[@kunaami]

this was one of the most horrific moments of the game tbh, you did such a great job animating it!!!

[@1972drake]

i love the creepy twitching movements it brings it to life

[@atsilv]

The knight didn't even seem freaked out. Just went "That's new" and proceded to murder it.

[@gear5hotdogs]

as someone with 600+ hours on HK can confirm, this is amazing!

[@seanandre4432]

Im diagnosed with lack of silksong gameplay

[@disasterdoodles9486]

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR?? HOLY COW

[@vynniev9611]

I love how you drew this in hk's original style!! This is wonderful!

[@redgarlicbred6228]

I swear man, lil ghost is such a bad ass for not even flinching

[@Skeranda]

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