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Made it to #FreeComicBookDay at Double Midnight Comics in Manchester! If you're in the area, come say hi!

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Listen, as awful as the Commission in The Umbrella Academy is as a concept? The timespace pneumos were 👌

where the hell are my pneumatic tubes this is not the future jules verne promised

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Yes good.

just a little trans sheik comic i made at 1 am :))

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Just gonna leave this here ...

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I feel so much better about getting so sucked into my own novels earlier this year that I forgot I was editing for the reissued editions.

Some idiot: "Why are you reading your own fic, that's shallow and stupid"

All fanfic writers and writers everywhere: "Who the fuck do you think I wrote it for?!"

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BRB dragging out my Sam Winchester costume and finding out where this is

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My whole next book is about this on one level.

(And it has a lot of levels.)

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Oh look, it's The Ghost-Eye Tree!

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I am sorry for your insomnia, OP, but I love this little dude :)

my brain comes up with weird things when it's sleep deprived

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I'M SORRY WHEN WERE PEOPLE GOING TO TELL ME THERE IS A TRANSMASC ANIMATED DUCK

Volume 3 of Trans & Nonbinary Character Profiles! A little trans rep celebration for your day 💗 Who should be in the next one?

“You know I hate these things. Talking to people. Waving to people. People.” —Raine Whispers

“Growing up wasn't easy. I am also a trans woman. I'm different... but so is everybody. And I don't know when that became such a bad thing. The greatest gift we can give each other is our authentic selves. And sharing that- sharing our truth-is what will make us strong.” —Dreamer

“The more flamboyant a woman is, the more she's as beautiful as a poisonous flower, right?” —Grell Sutcliff

“Just keep your mind on your books.” —Ollie de Ooievaar

“When I was born, people saw my body as female, and now I'm living as a man. When I was a kid, I didn't understand any of that. I was just anxious and scared. and that's just... not how I define myself. I don't want or need everyone in the world to understand me.” —Natsuyoshi Utsumi

Trans & Nonbinary Character Profiles #1

Trans & Nonbinary Character Profiles #2

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📌OH RIGHT I SHOULD DO ONE OF THESE PINNED THINGIES like the cool kids.

Hi, I'm Hazel - 40something he/him FTM, currently carving out a life as an artist & author when I'm not at the Day Job. I like to describe Grindark Studio as the natural result of what happens when someone's raised on equal amounts of Lisa Frank, 90s neon, and Tim Burton. It's very hopepunk around here, no hinges in sight. Cringe is dead.

📌What I Post Here:

1. My Art!

#grindarkstudio art - NO AI, no plagiarism. If I'm inspired by another piece or I use a photo for reference, I'll always share those as part of the finished piece.

2. My Novel Series: Lines of Power

A modern/urban fantasy series set in a fictional Connecticut town. If you like character-driven stories with stakes that build, plots that intertwine, breadcrumbs that turn out to Actually Mean Something, relationships that read like people you know, and kickass secret magic guardians ... you'll probably love these.

I've been worldbuilding long enough for the world to drink legally in the US ... and all of the currently released volumes are available on my website. I plan on writing up some intro posts: check the #lines of power intro hashtag to see them. Artwork that's related will also be tagged with #lines of power ... you should be able to meet a few characters already!

3. Tags I Will Try To Use Consistently:

#hazelFAQ for asks, #hazel.txt for text posts, #grindark for stuff that fits my art style/aesthetic, #grindark commissions and #hazel reblogs for what it says on both tins. When I announce anything new on my other links, I use #grindark updates.

3. Fandoms, As Shame Has No Home Here:

Sonic movies (Stobotnik is my comfort brainrot)

Old Gods of Appalachia

The Dresden Files

The Addams Family (all versions)

Beetlejuice (all versions)

Darkwing Duck

4. Other Links (No Meta or X):

Website

Ko-Fi Shop & Commissions (OPEN)

BlueSky

Mailing List (signup link)

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The quartet is complete. I can now sell prints at FCBD and feel like there's a good character balance.

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Sanc and Shad's Way Past Cool Adventure is ... not exactly going as planned.

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aka the new day trip list @eternalferret ?

Abandoned New England by Skyler Brown

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The crossover we all needed.

I knew the badniks looked familiar 👀❤️

Bonus under the cut!

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This one came for me and I was NOT prepared.

You ever hear that old chestnut about how most people neglect the part of the story of Icarus where he also had to avoid flying too low, lest the spray of the sea soak his feathers and cause him to fall and drown? You ever think about how different the world would be if Icarus died that way instead? If the idiom was to Fly To Close To The Sea? A warning against playing it far too safe, about not stretching your wings and soaring properly? You ever think about how Icarus died because he was happy?

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I really NEED those gross makeover mobile games to stop showing up on my dash. They remind me of the gross-out closeups in stuff like Ren & Stimpy, and I never liked those, either.