#taking httyd art requests!

[vrsmnya]

hiccup and snotlout brothers energy

i went a bit all out for this one but i love the prompt sm THEY ARE SO SIBLING CODED

shout out to @jacks-ace for the inspiration for this

(sorry y’all im super tired today ill be continuing the asks tomorrow 😭❤️)

[one-httyd-a-day]

Hi😛 my daughter happens to be obsessed with dreamworks How To Train Your Dragon and specifically the “bone knapper” dragon. I’ve noticed your beautiful art, and If it isn’t too much trouble we would both appreciate if you could draw that one😊🥰❤️

Let me just say, your daughter has excellent taste 👌 Thank you for sending a request! I hope you all like this one as much as I do :D

Dragon #30 - Boneknapper

(Dragon #30 is here! We're almost at the one month mark! What the heck!! /pos)

[spacenintendogs]

rose if ur doing requests I’d actually die to see more toothless I ADORE how you draw dragons (toothless doing a silly art project)

K love u bye bye

hiccup: that doesn't look ANYTHING like me

[akstzs]

Hey, Rin! Are you still taking art requests? If soooo could I request Hiccup and Astrid laughing together? Your laughing Hiccups are so precious and your smiling Astrids are very sweet. If you’re not taking requests THATS FINE there are zero worries. I saw requests mentioned in a post and I got excited. I love your art!

hello!! httyd 2 hiccstrid has a special place in my heart

[hoodeenie]

Hello!!! I love your art so much! Your style is so expressive and cute!

Could you draw some Hiccup/Dagur? (Like maybe Hiccup nerding out about dragons and Dagur being hopelessly in love with him while he's doing it)

(Also is there a limit to how much we can request? because I've got quite a few httyd ships lol)

Can't wait to see what you draw next!

Hellooo and tysm!! I really appreciate it 🥹🫶💕

i can only take upto 2 request per person rn (cause im still kinda busy with our finals lol)

hope you like this tho!!ty for ur request hehe :D

[ryn-loves-cheese]

Hi! ৻(•̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)⊹｡ Welcome to my tumblr page! I’m Ryn I go by they/them! And I’m pansexual/demiromantic

fandoms I draw for:

•demon slayer

•jujutsu Kaisen

•spyxfamily

•sk8 infinity

•Tokyo revengers

•httyd

•the owl house

•mincraft

•the Magnus archives

•DND

•hazbin hotel

•sky: children of light

•Ramshackle

I’m a minor so pls don’t send me, tag me, or draw my characters in any NSFW content please

☀️I TAKE ART REQUESTS☀️I can’t promise I’ll get to them but if you have any do send bc my ass always has art block- ill be doing two at a time at most

I will draw your ocs or any characters I’m okay with ships but i can say no if I’m uncomfortable with the ship that also goes for any other drawing I can refuse if I’m uncomfortable

Things I’m ok with:

oc x oc

oc x canon character

Canon character x canon character (DEPENDING ON THE SHIP)

Chibi characters

Regular animals: parrots, cats, dogs, lizards, snakes, fish, tigers, chickens, anything like that

food

mild gore or candy gore

any of the things on that list I will draw :]

Things I’M NOT OKAY with drawing! You will be blocked if you ask for some of these things!:

proshipping(minor x adult)

racist or homophobic shit

NSFW

heavy and graphic gore

Anthro/furries (i don’t have a major issue with them i just don’t know how to draw them 💀)

mechanical or mecha stuff

also if it’s a oc I will require a picture of them

this is my oc ryn! And her demon slayer au

my moots/freinds :]

@bin-s0 (lovely artist and very sweet :] ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PEOPLE 💖)

@boo-simplified (also a banger artist and a very wonderful friend i know them irl and they are so goddamn nice✨)

@mercurymaceo ( EDIBLE ART. Need I say more! And a very close friend ⭐️✨)

@kimetsu-chan (LITERALLY SO SWEET OMG 💖💖very pretty art and a good writer)

@thesimp-nicki (very nice very delicious chibi art)

@thesilliersakura (ART IS VERY SILLY AND ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS and very silly freind)

@swisscheeselovers-blog (he is another close irl friend of mine dose some silly doodles once and a while. SO FUNNY ONG very goofy and silly friend 🫶💖)

@shycroissanti (some more edible art has one of the silliest ocs ever and is so nice!)

@clownpalette (ART IS SO SILLY AND CUTE!!!)

@aceofstars0 (so sweet makes some SCRUMPTIOUS ART- I wanna eat it please follow them :] )

@rion-isnot-an-ai (yet another underrated artist who is also very nice! Makes lovely art!)

@silas-png (bro im bouta eat your art if you’re not careful THE RENDERING THEY DO IS JUST 😭💖✨🤌)

@pearlymoonn (OMG they are so nice iv spoke with them before and they’re lovely fncndhshchvu they make very cute art!)

@cloudymistedskies (if you like Muichiro I suggest following them they have so many good fanarts of him :D)

@scrimblyscrorblo (very silly doodles iv spoken with them a couple of times and i absolutely adore they’re art its so goofy and cute and are also very nice 🫶)

@delirious-dan (THE ART <3 so good and they are very silly and cool)

ANYWAY VERY SILLY MOOTS GO FOLLOW EM :D

thanks for reading and welcome to my blog :]

divider creds to:

@cafekitsune

my art tag is #Ryn’s art 💜

[dracoaday]

Drawing a dragon one day at a time…

Howdy! I’m Cosmo! My main blog for anything else including other art is @cosmohause and this is my (thing) a day blog, this time with dragons! Which definitely has been done before, I was very much inspired by @/onewolfaday, unlike them, I’ll be doing one dragon per day.

Be it your standard western dragon, wyvern, drake, etc. or sometimes even fan art of dragon characters! (Like toothless).

FAQ Stuff under the cut!

QUESTIONS

Q: Do you do requests? A: I do! Take note that it may be a little while before I get around to yours. Which they MUST be from an existing piece of media (i.e HTTYD), or simply just a dragon existing in folklore/mythology. If anything they'll be random little dragons, maybe my own OC's who knows.

Q: ...so no Original Characters? A: Not for free, no, no sorry. If you wish to have your OC drawn, you must commission me via the comm tabs or donation feature via ko-fi

Q: Any limitations to requests? A: Yeah. Absolutely no requests to draw NSFW/Sexual content. Most of these are /feral/ animals, and that's just damn weird. Go away. I probably won't draw full on gore or excessive blood loss unless it's in reference to a see in a series (i.e Arctics death in WoF).

Q: What do you use to draw? A: Procreate and FireAlpaca namely! But I may use MS Paint, Clip Studio or whatever else I can use including pen and paper!

Q: Why dragons A: autism... and because I think they're cool!

Q: Can I use the artwork posted here for a icon/banner/etc A: Sure! As long as I am credited (pref cosmohause or as dracoaday). HOWEVER, if tagged as "personal", "oc / original character", similar I ask that you didn't.

Q: What happens when this daily challenge is over? A: Blog will be archived, may post occasionally, but who knows!

Q: How else can we support you? A: Following this, or my base account. Reblogging and liking my art. There is also donating to my ko-fi if you wish to! https://ko-fi.com/cosmohause.

- Other dragon posting blogs I may reblog from give them a follow! @dragonbytheday @onedragonaday @daily-dragon-drawing @the-daily-dragon @dragoneveryday @adragonaday and a lot of others!

[nataliewritez]

•-------Masterpost--------•

Pfp made by Totty

Requests: Closed!

Art Requests: Open!

Twitch: Link

Discord: Link

Wild Kratt's Discord: Link

Commissions: Link

•----------------Info------------------•

I do not write NSFW! That excludes bondage (heavy, perhaps mild), nudity, and adult activities, jokes are a completely different matter.

Please make sure to read the list below every so often to make sure if one of my fandoms are still active or not, I will be updating it every time I make a new fic or read/watch something new.

Remember I'm only one person, if I take long to do your request, it most likely will be due to personal life issues, my entire life doesn't need the internet.

If you disrespect my friend's rules/boundaries, just know if you come to me, I may not do your ask for a long while, for if you hurt a friend of mine, I'll not take that lightly.

More may be added in future.

•--------------Fandoms--------------•

Will Never Take Off: 👀

Most Into: 💖

Average: 💗

Like But Won't Write For: ❤

Not Into Currently: 💔

Will Write For: ✍

Won't Write For: 🤚

Still Playing/Watching: 🤳

Play/Watch List: 👁

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•---------------Anime----------------•

Dororo: 👀✍

BSD: 💖✍

Haikyuu!!: 💗✍

TBHK: 💗🤚

Black Butler: 👁🤚

Demon Slayer: 👀✍

Spy x Family: 🤳✍

Nanbaka: 👁✍

One Piece: 🤳✍

Komi Can't Communicate: 🤳✍

FMAB: 🤳✍

MHA: 🤳✍

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•---------------Game----------------•

Genshin Impact: 💖✍

Honkai Star Rail: 👁🤚

Skyrim: ❤🤚

Ace Attorney: 👀✍

Obey Me: 💗✍

PjSekai: 💔🤚

Misao: 💗✍

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•----------------Show----------------•

HTTYD: 💖✍

TOH: ❤🤚

Ninjago: 💖✍

Puss 'N Boots: 💖✍

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•--------------Webtoon--------------•

Batman Wayne Family Adventures: 💖🤳✍

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•-------------Masterlist--------------•

Let The Stars Guide You (Lee!Reader/Ler!Xiao)

Departure Day (Lee!Senjuro/Ler!Kyojuro)

How To Train Your Owl (Lee!Bokuto/Ler!Akaashi)

Ango's Weakness (Lee!Ango/Ler!Reader)

Upper 1 & 2's Secret (Switches!Douma & Kokushibo/Ler!Akaza)

Dazai's Troublesome Day (Lee!Dazai/Lers!Atsushi & Akutagawa)

Cackly Cords (Lee!Zane/Lers!Cole & Pixal) (Collab w/ @jettorii)

Mushi-Madness (Lee!Reader/Ler!Mushitarou)

Sun Dials & Wails (Lee!Tengen/Ler!Kyojuro)

Knight In Shining Armour (Lee!Rui/Ler!Tsukasa)

Wonderous Ways (Lee!Xiao/Ler!Lumine)

Lying Lawyer (Lee!Phoenix/Ler!Edgeworth)

Boo Boo's & Laughter (Switches!Anya & Loid/Ler!Yor

High Horizons (Lee!Venti/Ler!Lisa)

Butterflies Bounty (Lee!Tomioka/Ler!Kocho)

A Book's Purpose (Lee!Yanfei/Ler!Hu Tao)

Best Day Off Ever (Lee!Chuuya/Ler!Reader) (Dani's Birthday Fic)

Late Night Sorrows (Lee!Reader/Ler!Mushitaro)

A Proxy's Memories (Lee!Toby/Ler!Slender)

Silent Kicks (Lee!Tadano/Ler!Komi

Tripping Up (Lee!Roy/Ler!Riza)

A Magician's Trick (Lee!Ferminet/Lers!Lynette & Lyney)

Near The Wood Fire (Lee!Jason Todd/Ler!Sakura)

Finding His Voice (Lee!Hyakkimaru/Ler!Mio)

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•-----------------Art-----------------•

Lee!Jacqui(OC)

Lee!Edward Elric(FMAB)

[sweeterbeens-askblog]

Hiya!!! Im beenS, (pronounced like beans) and

WELCOME TO MY ART BLOG!!!

I make art and my doodle requests are currently CLOSED due to exams!!!

My rules for requesting are as such:

No nsfw asks

I won't draw your ocs (only open to close friends)

Preferably request from my fandom list

Be reasonable when requesting (avoid making lists, instead, make separate requests)

Understand that these are DOODLES and not commissions, as I am doing this for free and making them during my free time

Don't ask about my personal details, etc.

Be a decent human being and be respectful

Requests not following these rules will be deleted from my inbox and will rarely get a reply

My fandom lists + other things im willing to draw/answer:

Httyd

Undertale + AUs

Deltarune

She-ra and the princesses of power

Voltron

Tadc

Fnaf

Toh

Amphibia

Batim

Minecraft

Adventure time

Cuphead

Hazbin Hotel

Helluva Boss

Regular asks

Animals doing things

Just cute animals in general

Memes

Asks about my ocs or sonas

Things Im a fan of but wont draw (im willing to take asks but not requests)

Gore

Scp

Creepypasta

If you're scrolling through, you might see different watermarks on my drawings. And no, I'm not stealing art. My watermark has just changed a bunch over the years.

My art commissions are currently OPEN!!

To commission me, private message me on twitter @SweetbeenSS !

I have 6 slots open for commissions currently!

[vrsmnya]

for reqs, pls astrid carrying hiccup!! thank u! have a lovely evening!! skjdksdks

SPACENINTENDOGS I LOVE YOU FOR THIS ONE /p

THEY MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME I LOVED DRAWING THIS TYSM

i hope u have an amazing evening <3

(also y'all should go see spacenintendog's astrid carrying hiccup art its so good i love it SMMMM)

[one-httyd-a-day]

Hi! Love your art - I'd like to suggest/request a Shockjaw! They're super underrated imo, like tbh they're my second favorite HTTYD dragon species after Night Furies but no one ever talks about them lol. I mean I get it, they're only in two games and to most people I imagine they're pretty forgettable but still. We need more Shockjaw love in the fandom!

You are SO correct, we DO need more love for the game exclusive species!!! Hope you enjoy my take on this dragon, I had a lot of fun

Dragon #42 - Shockjaw

(Based the colors for this guy off of Oarfish <3)

[spacenintendogs]

snot

[gamersansblog]

Rules

Character limit: 1-9

Genders: Female, Male, and Gender neutral readers

What I can do:

Bumblebee (the movie)

Transformers bayverse (all of the movies)

Transformers RID

Transformers prime

Transformers earthspark

Transformers fallen kingdom

Transformers cybertron

Transformers rise of the beasts

Httyd (race to the edge)

Pacific rim (both of the movies)

Pacific rim the black

Avengers (still not done with them)

My hero Academia

Naruto

Demon slayer

Call of duty modern war far 2

Scream (all of em including the new one)

The boy (the first one only)

Holloween

House of wax

Mandalorian

Blood of Zeus

Supernatural

The Witcher

Categories I can do!:

Yandere

Neglect

Angst

Fluff

Crossovers

Series (if ya want :3)

Rules when requesting

Do not request anything disgusting

No smut </3

You can only request anything that I can do but if you got any ideas you wanna share it's okay to tell me

Sometimes it will take a while to for me to answer your request but sometimes your request will be deleted for some reason

Please don't get mad if you get your request declined

I will sometimes post my art

You can reblog my blogs!

You can go crazy with your requests

I can't really do mental diseases so I will decline on some of them if I don't know

You dont have to include y/n

I can do poly but not smut poly (I just can't understand the concept of how they fuck)

More info

I do make fanfics on wattpad.

Requests are OPEN

Asked are OPEN

NO smut because I'm a minor

People who tell me about how I write or I base my opinion will be blocked

Hope you enjoy! <3

About me!

I'm a broke short bitch that buys funkopops

I like drawing <3

I make fanfiction for fun

I love laughing at children when they fall

I do rp

I'm bisexual <3

I'm a Female

I do allot of gay shit

My series

[picapicamagpie]

OC & Art Request Master Post

I think it’s about time I had one of these! This has been in my drafts since June last year… It feels weird making an introduction when I’ve been on Tumblr for so long now but now I’m more active I feel it’s appropriate.

You can call me whatever you want, but I’m partial to Cadence, Cady, or Picapica! I’m an adult, she/her, and I’m completely crazy over all things birds and Sing (I also like MLP, Helluva Boss, Pokemon, HTTYD, Sonic, and Godzilla). 90% of my posts are about my self ship, but I occasionally post about whatever random Sing thought is rotting my brain at the time. I also like to take art requests, art trades, and draw gifts for friends 💖 I’m also currently running Sing text posts into the ground.

‼️‼️IMPORTANT: Obviously I am a self shipper. I self ship only with Klaus Kickenklober. For deeply personal reasons, it causes me a lot of distress to see him in other ships. If I have to see other content of him being shipped with another character, canon or oc, I will have to unfollow/block. Sorry for being super sensitive about it, I wish I wasn’t, but it’s a boundary I cannot compromise. I don’t mind if people like or dislike him though and respect it as long as they respect my love for him.‼️‼️

This blog is SFW, however I have a Twitter account for all my nsfw content. It has art and “bonus” fic chapters about Klaus solo and with Cadence. However it’s a very personal account and I’m very picky about who I let access it. You can DM me if you’re interested, but I need to know you really well (well enough to know you’re an adult) and be comfortable about it. I am not comfortable with giving access to minors (obviously), and to people who ship with Klaus.

Trade/Request Status: ✨1 slot open!

Current To-Do List: Joethetoonfanandoutcast, 1 surprise gift for friend

OC Info

Reference Sheet:

Of course she wears clothes normally which you can see in her other tagged art, I just wanted to show her feather patterns

Character Info: Here

More Pics for Reference: Tagged ‘Cadence’

Fanfics: AO3

Art Trades/Requests Information under the cut:

I am very much an amateur, hobbyist artist but I don’t mind doing requests or trades! However I have some rules:

‼️I will not draw or write anything to do with Klaus Kickenklober, unless it involves my oc. He is a very important and personal character to me.‼️

‼️I will not draw or write about any Buster Moon ships, canon or oc. MoonJewel ride or die‼️

🪶 Please pm me for trades and requests, otherwise I’ll forget!

🪶 I can do art or fanfic trades, but fanfic trades are limited to one-shots because I am a s l o w writer and I don’t want to commit to a multi chapter fic and then lose the will to live. Fanfics are for trades only, I don’t take writing requests because it takes me so long.

🪶 All the usual blacklist stuff - no racism, sexism, anti-lgbtq, dubcon, anything hateful/political, MAP, etc etc. Also no fetish artwork - if you try masking your fetish in a request I will notice and I will not do it. No kink-shaming here, but I’m not interested in someone trying to trick me into providing for their spank bank.

🪶 I’m really not fussy about specifics, I can trade a fic for art or art for a fic or whatever. I don’t mind the other person’s skill level because I’m not very good myself!

🪶 No nsfw art as I’m not good at it but I’m happy to write smut for a trade providing the other person is 18+. No nsfw requests. Nsfw will not be posted to my blog which is strictly sfw, but shared privately via email instead. Remember that Tumblr bans nsfw.

🪶 I can’t draw humans, humanoids, or robots. I can try, but be prepared to be disappointed. Backgrounds will be just coloured or very simple.

🪶 Requests are totally up to my discretion. As I get nothing in return for my time, I do them only if I like the idea and will decline if I don’t. It’s not likely I’ll take an oc request, I usually only draw ocs for a trade. Requests are also lowest priority for me - I will draw them when I feel like it and give no time frame. It may or may not be coloured. Please don’t spam me with multiple requests. Please be polite and remember, if you’re getting free art, don’t expect it immediately! I don’t always post requests and gifts to my blog to avoid spam but feel free to repost with credit.

🪶 Art trades are highest priority for me. Because there is someone else putting in time of their own, I will try to finish asap usually within a week. Order of priority goes: 1. Trades, 2. Personal stuff for myself (including gifts for friends if I want to), 3. Requests. Also when someone makes me a gift I almost always make them one in return.

🪶 I’m pretty good at researching all different characters and fandoms. I don’t have a fandom blacklist.

[coppernuggets]

Hello!! My name is Copper

It was about time i made an intro post, so here it is!

I use They/them pronouns, im 16, Thai and Austrian, and i speak both English and German! So feel free to request in either language!

Speaking of requests, I'll put more details about those under the cut! Just so this post won't take up too much space.

So requests you say! Im no fanfic writer, but i do draw! So if you want anything doodled or drawn you can request in my ask box! Do note i wont draw immediately and depending on if art block is active or not, it may take a while

I only do fandoms i currently know of and am interested in, so heres a list. I'll update it to whatever is up to date whenever i can! You can also just ask

Pokemon

Httyd / How to train your dragon

The amazing digital circus

Undertale / Deltarune

Fionna and cake

Adventure time

Warrior cats

Rottmnt

Stray (the game)

Miitopia / Tomodachi life

Atla

Sky cotl

Welcome home

TOH

more will be added/removed in the future

What i will and wont draw

I will not draw NSFW / F3TISHES / SUGGESTIVE THEMES and the like, i feel this should go without saying

Proships, abuse, heavy gore or violence

Free ref sheets for your ocs, maybe I'll draw them a little headshot but for now i cant do that, or canon x oc stuff unless its platonic.

Wally darling aus. Im not a big fan of those.

Ships of real people, I'm sorry but what. Unless the people mentioned have stated they're comfortable with such media i will not draw such things.

I will draw characters that range from non-human to human! Its a fun challenge

Requested ships, i dont judge here! unless ofc its unethical and actively harmful

Crossover interaction, its fun to think of such things! like the.. brave tangled dragons i think its called?

Besides that, I'll draw anything else that isn't on the "will not" part!

Thank you for reading!! Happy drawing!!

And for tags, i round up my art with the hashtag #nuggetsys if I don't forget to add it! Otherwise the tags are simply for reach.

#thought crumbles is for random thoughts!

[e-wills-afterhours]

Wages Of A Betting Man

A/N: @winxrus asked me not to be a mere tease. I would never. Okay, I totally would, but this pretty much wrote itself.

It's been revealed by the HTTYD comic book cowriter that Hiccup possibly has a tattoo of Astrid's name on his chest or he's trolling us hard. If this is true, it was probably a cheesy gesture of love, canonically. But here I am, a realist. I'd headcanon it probably went down more like this:

Rating: T

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Hjalmar Arrickson was annoyed, to say the least. He was an artist of repute, having poured years into his craft. Every rune was placed with care; each line and curve danced together in immaculate designs meant to inspire. The ink was the medium for his soul, and he left a bit of himself beneath the skin.

What, then, was he to make of the bizarre scene unfolding in his living room? If it had been anyone else, he would have refused on the spot. The whole village knew he did not take such asinine requests; he turned away the drunken fools who would make a mockery of his work. But it was them--all six of them--spilling in through the front door in a fit of giggles, except for the stone-faced chief. Quite the hardheaded bunch, they were not known to backdown.

"No," Chief Hiccup had protested, as they dragged him over the threshold of Hjalmar's home and shop. He tried, in vain, to dig in his mismatched heels; but Snotlot was on one side, Tuffnut on the other, and Ruffnut was pushing from behind. "No! I'm not doing it!"

"You promised! You promised!" the Thorston twins had reminded him with sing-song glee and identical, wicked grins.

"You swore," Snotlout added, particularly delighted at the prospect of tattooing the chief again his will.

After more arguing and failed attempts to escape, they had wrestled their reluctant chief into Hjalmar's most comfortable chair. Many had sat there before him, ready and willing to lend their bodies in the pursuit of art. It was almost an insult that Hiccup sat there so bitterly. Snotlout now held him down with two commanding hands on his shoulders.

Admittedly, the chief had put up more of a fight that Hjalmar would have expected without a dragon. The older man was impressed, and he did not often have cause to be so. He wished the chief would simply flex his authority and Hjalmar would have been only too happy to end the charade. But Hiccup's friends did have a sway over him, even still. Perhaps, deep down, there was some part of him that saw his impeding tattoo as good sportsmanship.

The Hofferson girl found the whole ordeal rather amusing, laughing softly behind her hand. She offered the apologetic wince when the chief shot her a reproachful glare.

"I'm sorry, babe," she said, "but you did take the bet."

Fishlegs Ingerman passed a flask to Hiccup, who took it with a withering look that did not often grace his kind face. Fishlegs backed away quickly.

Hiccup gestured at Ruffnut. "I didn't think she'd throw the game! She's a far better shot than Fishlegs. Usually."

"HA!" Ruffnut exclaimed. "Oh, Hiccup--do you even know me at all? I wouldn't pass up a chance to see this." She rubbed her hands together with anticipation.

"I hate you," Hiccup deadpanned. He took a long swig of whatever libations were in the flask before adding, "Immeasurably."

As Ruffnut cackled, Snotlout turned to Hjalmar and said, "Make the runes big."

Hiccup sat up straighter, pleading--or more like threatening--the older man with, "No! I swear to the gods, if you do..."

"BIG," repeated Snotlout.

Hjalmar sighed, laying out his tools. He could not kick them out; how would the twins retaliate if he did? Getting the job done in record time was undoubtedly the lesser headache if they were involved. He hoped word would not get around Berk of this one exception, lest all the fools gather at his door for wild favors.

As he set up, he noticed the chief knocking back the flask on pace toward fast intoxication.

"I won't let him make it too big," he heard Astrid tell Hiccup, stooping down until their eyes met; her name was the image to be permanently etched into his skin.

"You're the one who's got to look at it," he muttered back.

Tuffnut wolf whistled at the implication and Astrid flashed him a rude hand gesture.

"It's kind of sweet," she said, though Hjalmar could not tell if she was trying to convince Hiccup or herself.

"It's kind of idiotic," the chief retorted.

"Oh, don't be so dramatic."

"Couldn't you all have settled on something a little more epic? Like a dragon? For my dignity, maybe?"

"But where's the fun in that?" Ruffnut replied.

"Yeah. If you actually want the tattoo, then there's no point!" Snotlout argued.

"Are you saying my name isn't epic enough for you?" Astrid teased.

Hiccup hesitated, narrowing his eyes. He studied her for a moment. "You're trying to trap me."

Astrid laughed and kissed him on the cheek. The other dragon riders gagged with peak theatrics.

"Alright," Hjalmar interjected. "Let's get started."

Everyone else cheered. Hiccup took another drink, then passed the flask back to Fishlegs.

"So, it'll be the chest, correct?" Hjalmar asked.

Hiccup nodded, mouth full of liquid courage, vaguely pointing two to three inches beneath his left clavicle.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Tuffnut chanted.

"Aye," Hjalmar confirmed. "Tunic's got to come off then, Chief."

Defeated, Hiccup deftly stripped until he sat half-naked in front of everyone, and considerably more ill-tempered about it. Ruffnut let out a titillated squeak and Astrid elbowed her hard. Indeed, his later adolescent years had been kind to the chief, and he looked more a young man than a walking beanpole; though he was still far from the ideal physique any Viking would aspire to. But it suited him, oddly enough. Hjalmar had endured his own daughter's girlish fawning for the chief more often than he care to. What he had not anticipated was the patchwork scars that covered Hiccup's torso. Some were old burns; those were easy enough to tell. Many more were curious in shape or placement, not at all consistent with the more common battle scars he saw on his clients. Hjalmar figured they were trophies from his dragon-related exploits. He did not ask; he simply did not want to tattoo over them for scars made unforgiving and unyielding canvas.

Fortunately, where he had been asked to work was in good shape, free from injury or blemish. At the first black mark applied to Hiccup's skin, there were claps and cries of triumph.

"Can't take it back now!" Snotlout declared, patting his shoulder and earning Hjalmar's deepest scowl as it nearly caused a stroke in error. Even steeped in nonsense, the older man was determined to do good work.

" You can shut up," Hiccup replied, eyes scrunched tight as Hjalmar branded him with needle and ink.

He breathed slow and steadily. His pain tolerance was better than many who sat in the same chair. He neither grimaced nor uttered a swear; but then again, the scars and the metal leg spoke of toughness one might not expect just by looking at him.

"Well, I'll be damned," Tuffnut mused, hovering closer than necessary, closer than Hjalmar desired. "You cried the whole time you got yours," he remarked to Fishlegs.

The larger boy crossed his arms, Gronckle ink on full display. "In my defense, I'm an emotional drunk."

"Yeah, but Hiccup's not even slurring his speech yet," Tuffnut replied.

"I am regrettably too sober for this," Hiccup agreed, eyes still closed.

"Maybe Astrid can go next," Ruffnut suggested. "This time, let's bet on the butt cheek."

"Hm. Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not stupid enough to make any sort of bet with you." Astrid paused, her words hanging in the air. "Oh. No offense, Hiccup."

"That was fair," he said.

They carried on like that for the remainder of the tattoo, taking cheap shots at one another but laughing all the while. Even Hjalmar found himself cracking a grin or two in spite of his own determined indifference toward their shenanigans. For all the annoyance they had brought, the infamous six never failed to entertain in equal measure. Perhaps a small part of the older man was glad they stumbled through his door that evening. Perhaps they would even be welcomed back.

When Hjalmar had finished, he sat back to admire his handiwork. Stupid in concept, it was just about flawless in execution, from the spacing to the line width. He would stand by it, if anyone asked--and he hoped they never would. Tattooing names was against his better judgment, but he felt not the faintest tinge of regret then, the banter and the spirit in which Atrid's name had been requested proved too infectious.

"Done," he announced, then retreated as the other dragon riders crowded in.

"I mean, it looks nice," Fishlegs offered. "From afar, it could say anything."

"That's one more tattoo than either of these muttonheads have," Ruffnut added, nodding to Tuffnut and Snotlout, who had released his hold on Hiccup.

"You can compliment me all you want, but it only makes me hate you slightly less," Hiccup replied, but he smiled.

As Hjalmar reached for his salve, he too was grinning. He could not recall a more enjoyable tattoo in recent memory.