hello! (aka time i stop being lazy and make a pinned post)

You can call me Hask or any play on my usernames. I go by he/him or they/them.

This is an art-only blog for @hirundine - if you're looking to see just my art, this is the spot. I crosspost finished stuff to both, but I'll also be sharing WIPs and less-polished stuff here that I'd normally keep to myself.

Posts are tagged for setting & character, as applicable. I'm always happy to answer asks about my characters & art progress! It makes my day to see people interested in them~

Links if you want 'em >

I exist a few other places but I'm not active enough there for it to be worth linking.

Hello, this is my disaster son Casimir (but he prefers going by Cas). He's a wizard assassin and local Issues Georg™ who definitely deals with all of his problems in productive and healthy ways. Definitely. For sure. He promises.

(Sobbing)

He's also got a unique magical ability related to plants/medicine - there's a lot he can do with it, but my favourite aspect is temporarily adopting plant features >:) pictured is leafy wings and pinecone armour, but there're lots of other options (including a tactical flower crown).

Been designing some dragons for the early stages of a project I'm working on. These guys are my favourites so far; they're called swifts, and they can spit lightning and fly real fast.

Chibi I did in June 2022 of my character Filip & his friend snake-shaped tormenter Sizzle (who belongs to @silverystormwing).

I love these two dearly... mr serious fire scientist and the creature which knocks all his lab equipment over. Yes he is permanently on fire. We love magic accidents </3

Piece of an old oc from ~2020ish that I'm still decently happy with. Man I need to do more finished pieces with shading... stop being so lazy...

Coloured sketch of my oc Trireme from April 2024. Manta ray dragons <3

In the Leaves, completed July 2024

Another piece I did for Artfight last year! Took some inspiration from The Unicorn in Captivity tapestry for the background; I've always been very fond of the floral patterns in that.

The flowers in this look... fine, but I think I could have gotten much more flower-like shapes if I'd spent more time on it. But for something completed in a day or so, not bad!

Another wip for Teioron's new reference. Wanted to push the gecko-ish tail a bit more in this version of her design.

Just sketching in the wings and body scaling left, and then I can move on to lines >:)

Song of the North, completed July 2024

I am genuinely shocked I did not post this on tumblr yet? Completed this for Artfight 2024, and it's one of my favourite things from last year. I'm not really into WoF anymore, but I do enjoy getting to draw people's OCs.

Included the plain lines & the thumbnail, for folks curious about my process :>

Painting from 2024 that I never quite finished up. Was having fun playing around with a new brush in CSP.

Some sets of space-themed character designs I've done and sold over the last two years. Glowy elements my beloved.

Nother set of coloured sketches I did of a PotN character of mine. The fact I can describe Dhokien accurately as "tired middle-aged magic cat with survivor's guilt" is exceptionally funny to me.

Esim doodles, completed June 2024

Some quicker sketches of one of my magic cat arpg characters i painted over with a fun brush. This style with the big blocks of solid colour is fun.

all the teioron love has me thinking about making her a new ref again... and hey since this is a dedicated art blog i might not be too shy to share unfinished stuff here as well

still cleaning up the rough sketch, but definitely want to make her more Shaped than her 2020ish iteration

her poor captain needs a redesign too but i'm too busy rn to do research into what he should be wearing for the period whoops. one day alexander one day

Aww, thank you!

Aww, thank you! She is, yes~ when the one in VoE was described I got sucked in by the sparkles. Shiny dragons my beloved.

Here's another slightly goofy doodle of her for your troubles:

(She looks so funny from this angle... bunny ears)

Drawing Winter's Gaze, completed January 2024

Event entry for a group I participate in. My character (orange cat) trying to distract the big ice dragon so some friends can get to safety.

Me when designing this guy: oh yeah I'm never going to actually draw them it's fine.

Me now: (sobbing noises)