woman, quicker than the asp

here’s the sketch for bby hades. every drawing ive done so far of her in this au has that cross scar on her cheek, so call this backstory ig?

wanted to have either kronos or a scythe in shadow to mirror the bident in the first pic but it didn’t want to work proportion-wise and frankly i think this is sad enough as is. did manage to get ichor to work colour-wise this time so we’re calling that a win for lita ig

first front view ive drawn of butch hades that isnt some demented derivative nonsense and i am in LOVE with her jfc. also cerbs is just so 🥺🥺 he’s a cane corso if anyone is curious, big scary-looking baby doughballs r my fav genre of dog

deeply obsessed with the little tattoo details, especially the H on her wrist. in my head hades’ tattoo of her name is 200% canon so feels cute that they match.

Sketched this at work basically immediately after finishing my roughs for the character designs. rip to Deme’s lil headband it was a cute idea in principle but didn’t want to work in the finished piece. Also enjoying Hades looking somewhat actually like Hades now on account of not being fluffy.

Elected to make the blood predominantly red with some gold/yellow accenting just bc it’s convenient visual shorthand for blood and also looked PATENTLY INSANE to have it straight gold.

I feel like it’s basically accepted fanon at least in the HT fandom that Hestia and Demeter look a lot alike, which I’m using here. As a parallel, decided for this fic that the same is true for Hera and Hades. IMO their specific roles mirror quite well - birth/marriage/death. Phases of life have a lot in common when you think about it, and those things are being brunette and pointy apparently.

Wanted them all to be visually distinct but still look related; in my head Hestia, Demeter, and Poseidon bear a stronger resemblance to Rhea, while Hera, Hades, and Zeus are more Kronos. It’s made note of a few times in the fic that Hades specifically looks a *lot* like her dad, which I’m sure doesn’t bother her in any way whatsoever.

Tried to bring a few touches of Amber-Sephone to Demeter, and Hades is about 50% genderfuck Patrick Page with a few hints of Abigail Thorn just for flavour, bc she has a nice face and also in my dream lesbian Hadestown cast, she’s my pick for Hades lmao. Hes and Hera are rlly just serving bouba and kiki.

(Also jfc Hades with long hair looks INSANEEEE but these designs are pre-war so they’re all Babey, just read the fic it makes sense i promise)

More lesbian Hadesephone, newlywed edition. I have worms in my brain.

Started a side blog to try and quarantine my current Hadestown Problem™

Currently working on a big silly lesbian AU Hadesephone fic that will be posted soon. I myself am a raging lez and the idea of butch dyke Hades makes me weak at the knees, I’m only human. In the meantime have some art.