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Hazel Bud - he/they
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🏳️‍⚧️ Disabled writer + artist ✨ Working on cover art and writing a horror fantasy novel. Full of whimsy, not harbouring an evil god

Portfolio: https://hazelbud.carrd.co
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It's my birthday 🌞 25, growing neither big nor strong but still working away at my book and my art :3

A repost would be the biggest birthday wish you could give me!! 🙂‍↕️✨
#art
A fanart illustration of the character Guinevere from Knights of Guinevere, made by Hazel Budzinski. It shows a blue female figure floating in the air, back facing the floor, unnaturally long arms dangling down with her knees tucked upwards. Wires curve up and around her limbs, with one stabbing into her left wrist and wriggling inside, another into her neck, one into her belly, with others posed at the ready. Her neck is unnaturally turned towards the viewer as though it’s broken, an uncanny smile and wide staring eyes on her face. Behind her is a pink palace, hazy and ethereal. Fireworks explode in front of it, casting a glow against her silhouette. An illustration by Hazel Budzinski. The main focus of the piece is a large tree, with branches that twist in and out of each other. Tied around branches are golden braids of varying lengths. The tree has lichen and moss upon it's branches, and surrounding this tree are turquoise ghostly visages of other trees. There is a grain to the illustration, overall giving a feeling of a flash photo taken at night, or something taken with a night camera. An illustration by Hazel Budzinski. At the bottom of the image are dark purple pine trees, with sketchy vibrant red lines around them which look like fire. Behind the trees is pillowing smoke, desatured blue and grey in colour, which blends into a mid-toned purple , then dark purple. At the top of the smoke trails of sketchy red begin, blending into a yellow wolf that leaps forward. On top of the whole piece is the title of the book ‘The Gods Must Burn’ and the authors name ‘T. R. Moore.
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Been very sick recently so haven't been active, but I'm working on something in the shadows which I can't wait to share! In the meanwhile, heres my Halloween table arrangement from yesterday that I'm very proud of.
A photograph of a dark wooden table with an arrangement of items. In the centre are three lot candlesticks of varying heights, green, blue and pink. To the left is a small ornate frame, with a cartoon drawing of a Wizard Cat with a hat and starry cloak. A curved branch is arranged Infront of it with an unlit tea light. To the right of the three candles is a bone (skeletal maybe?) with three mini pumpkins. In the background behind the table is a white sheet 'floating' with two googly eyes. He is looking for a friend.
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Hello #PortfolioDay!

I'm Hazel, a trans illustrator and visdev artist from the UK. I love playing with texture, colour and darkly ethereal vibes ☀️

Really interested in making more book covers! Fantasy, horror and sci fi especially 🗡️

hazelbud.carrd.co
💌 hazelbudzinski@gmail.com
An illustration by Hazel Budzinski. At the bottom of the image are dark purple pine trees, with sketchy vibrant red lines around them which look like fire. Behind the trees is pillowing smoke, desatured blue and grey in colour, which blends into a mid-toned purple , then dark purple. At the top of the smoke trails of sketchy red begin, blending into a yellow wolf that leaps forward. On top of the whole piece is the title of the book ‘The Gods Must Burn’ and the authors name ‘T. R. Moore, An illustration by Hazel Budzinski. The main focus of the piece is a large tree, with branches that twist in and out of each other. Tied around branches are golden braids of varying lengths. The tree has lichen and moss upon it's branches, and surrounding this tree are turquoise ghostly visages of other trees. There is a grain to the illustration, overall giving a feeling of a flash photo taken at night, or something taken with a night camera. A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light streaking out like a star. His face is in anguish, his skin and hair dissolving into noise, stretching up to the light. Surrounding the star is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin. On top of the illustration is the title 'ILL-MADE GODS' in a medieval like font, with the O for Gods centred over the bright star. At the bottom of the illustration is my name 'Hazel Budzinski' A fanart illustration of the character Guinevere from Knights of Guinevere, made by Hazel Budzinski. It shows a blue female figure floating in the air, back facing the floor, unnaturally long arms dangling down with her knees tucked upwards. Wires curve up and around her limbs, with one stabbing into her left wrist and wriggling inside, another into her neck, one into her belly, with others posed at the ready. Her neck is unnaturally turned towards the viewer as though it’s broken, an uncanny smile and wide staring eyes on her face. Behind her is a pink palace, hazy and ethereal. Fireworks explode in front of it, casting a glow against her silhouette
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Broken Doll 💙

An absolutely amazing pilot, I am so so excited to see where this goes!!
#KnightsofGuinevere #KoG #art
A fanart illustration of the character Guinevere from Knights of Guinevere, made by Hazel Budzinski. It shows a blue female figure floating in the air, back facing the floor, unnaturally long arms dangling down with her knees tucked upwards. Wires curve up and around her limbs, with one stabbing into her left wrist and wriggling inside, another into her neck, one into her belly, with others posed at the ready. Her neck is unnaturally turned towards the viewer as though it’s broken, an uncanny smile and wide staring eyes on her face. Behind her is a pink palace, hazy and ethereal. Fireworks explode in front of it, casting a glow against her silhouette
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The detail vs the full piece

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A up close detailed crop from the next illustration. It shows millipedes and centipedes in an arc, which form a full circle in the full piece. Around them are varying shades of colour in different texture: greens and yellows, blues and browns. In the left bottom hand corner there is an arc of yellow blue light shooting out towards the center A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light that streaks out like a star. His face is in anguish, his skin and hair dissolving into noise, reaching up to the light. Surrounding the star is a circle of millipedes, centipedes, and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin.
September 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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BOOK COVER ARTISTS
QRP with your book covers 📚💙

My 2 latest, with more in the works to come!!

#art #BookCovers #Books
At the bottom of the image are dark purple pine trees, with sketchy vibrant red lines around them which look like fire. Behind the trees is pillowing smoke, desatured blue and grey in colour, which blends into a mid-toned purple , then dark purple. At the top of the smoke trails of sketchy red begin, blending into a yellow wolf that leaps forward. On top of the whole piece is the title of the book ‘The Gods Must Burn’ and the authors name ‘T. R. Moore, A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light streaking out like a star. His face is in anguish, his skin and hair dissolving into noise, stretching up to the light. Surrounding the star is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin. On top of the illustration is the title 'ILL-MADE GODS' in a medieval like font, with the O for Gods centred over the bright star. At the bottom of the illustration is my name 'Hazel Budzinski'
September 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Hello! Writer myself, with a big love of SFF and drawing anything nature focused. I’ve got previous experience working on book covers and have confidence I can draw whatever feathery friends you need :)

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September 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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#KnightsofGuinevere WIP 👀 The Pilot was absolutely amazing, please go watch it if you haven’t yet! Support indie animation ❤️
A greyscale sketch showing a figure (Guinevere from Knights of Guinevere) floating in the air, back facing the floor with knees tucked upwards, arms dangling, as though she’s lying on a surface which isn’t there. Wires curve up and around her limbs, with one stabbing into her chest and another into her wrist. Her neck is unnaturally turned towards the viewer as though it’s broken, a uncanny smile on her face.
September 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The Braided Tree

A concept that’s been floating in my head for weeks! Might develop it into a short story idea, with definite horror vibes

#art #darkart
September 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Huge congrats on the 15k!! I'm Hazel, this is a piece I've made inspired by a fantasy horror book I'm working on, in which the MC gets inhabited by a parasitic god. With lots of themes of centipedes and creepy crawlies 🐛
A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light streaking out like a star. His face is in anguish, his skin and hair dissolving into noise, stretching up to the light. Surrounding the star is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin
September 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Due to difficulties with finding a rental, I haven't been writing for about 2 months now which sucks ass. But with all the train journeys to the countryside each week, it's really been inspiring me. Just look at this view!!
September 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I’m gonna leave this sketch here for now ☀️ It’s been a lovely fanart to work on but life is chaotic right now so I need a breather!

Go read the wonderful Between Two Fires by @buehlmeister.bsky.social

#art #fanart
A vertical image, showing an illustration of a red skeleton with tattered red wings holding a grey sword. The skeleton takes up 80% of the composition, wearing a grey cape that covers its body. The cape serves as a backdrop for the text ‘Between Two Fires’ in a medieval looking script, and below it the author’s name ‘Christopher Buehlman’. Behind the Skelton is a bright red background with what could either be a yellow sun behind the skeleton’s head, or a halo.
September 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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It’s lovely to be drawing so much lately. Here’s a thumbnail preview of one of the pieces I’m working on, inspired by a book I really enjoyed!
#art
September 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Hey artist! Quote one art piece to promote yourself! ☀️🐛
A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light streaking out like a star. His face is in anguish, his skin and hair dissolving into noise, stretching up to the light. Surrounding the star is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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The process behind the cover art piece I recently finished!

#art #booksky
A greyscale vertical drawing. At the bottom of the canvas are dark grey pine trees. Behind them in the middle is a mid toned grey that blends into a light grey, which in turn forms the shape of a leaping wolf. A colour variation of the previous image. The trees are now a dark purple. The mid grey is now a desatured blue that blends into a vibrant pink. The wolf is a bright yellow An advanced drawing of the last picture. The trees have been refined and cleaned up, there are now sketchy red lines around them to form fire, and the wolf is current an extremely saturated red A final version. At the bottom of the image are dark purple pine trees, with sketchy vibrant red lines around them which look like fire. Behind the trees is pillowing smoke, desatured blue and grey in colour, which blends into a desaturated mid-toned purple , then dark purple. At the top of the smoke, red trails begin and a yellow wolf leaps forward. On top of the whole piece is the title of the book ‘The Gods Must Burn’ and the authors name ‘T. R. Moore,
September 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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@authortrmoore.bsky.social book The Gods Must Burn is set to release February next year (and is very good and you should buy), so I made a pretend book cover 🔥🐺

Huge well done t, I’m so so proud of you!
#art #illustration #booksky
A mock-up cover for the book The Gods Must burn by T. R. Moore. At the bottom half of the picture are burning pine trees surrounded by a vibrant red fire. Smoke pillows out of the trees and transitions at the top half of the image into a burning wolf.
August 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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POPPY WAR X BRITISH FOLKLORE

🪲 Historical Fantasy + Horror
🐛 Celtic Druids in the Bronze Age
🪲Anxious, autistic MC
🐛 A river god using him as her new cocoon
🪲 Foggy atmosphere
🐛 Best friend who definitely isn’t in love with MC
🪲 Tragic tale

#YouDeservepIt #WIP #A
Moodboard showing various images: Celtic standing stones in the mist, butterfly cocoon, flooded grass creating a river, Celtic knotwork, the quote “ignore every instinct to flee. Remember you are a monster too”, ancient roundhouse, artwork of Druids, artwork of someone drowning, a centipede.
January 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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A STUDY IN DROWNING x ELDEN RING

🪲 Dark Academia but it’s Celtic Druids
🐛 Anxious, autistic MC
🪲 A river god using him as her new cocoon
🐛 Foggy atmosphere
🪲 Best friend who definitely doesn’t love the MC
🐛 A tale of sacrifice

#BluePit 📖 #W #A #Hs #F #H
Moodboard showing various images: Celtic standing stones in the mist, butterfly cocoon, flooded grass creating a river, trees growing out of water, Celtic knotwork, the quote “ignore every instinct to flee. Remember you are a monster too”, ancient roundhouse, artwork of Druids, artwork of someone drowning, a centipede. A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light. His face is in anguish and his skin and hair is dissolving into noise, stretching up to the star. Surrounding the ball of light is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin
January 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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ILL-MADE GODS

Rivers are bursting their banks and washing away Morrow's hopes of becoming a druid. But underneath the surface, a parasitic god pulls his strings. To save his home, Morrow must decide what kind of monster he will become.

#BluePit 📖 #W #Hs #D #F #H #A #Dis #LGBT
Pitch slide, showing a piece of artwork on the right of a bit reaching towards a light, surrounded by a ring of centipedes and millipedes. Pitch slide showing a moodboard, with a standing stone circle, cocoon, trees growing out of a river, Celtic knotwork, a river, a Celtic roundhouse in the rain, a carved standing stone, artwork of druids, artwork of someone drowning, a centipede Pitch slide showing three comparison titles: A Study in Drowning (anxious MC, themed prose throughout, dark academia), The Bright Sword (LGBTQ+ rep, Ancient Celtic Britain, Found family) and The Poppy war (Found family, A god inside of the protagonist, losing a sense of who you are) A comp slide, showing a writing excerpt
January 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Day 2 of #BluePitHype ! Artwork in the first image is by yours truly, of the main character Morrow. The bugs are in reference to the antagonist - the River God.
A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light. His face is in anguish and his skin and hair is dissolving into noise, stretching up to the star. Surrounding the ball of light is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin Moodboard showing various images: Celtic standing stones in the mist, butterfly cocoon, flooded grass creating a river, Celtic knotwork, the quote “ignore every instinct to flee. Remember you are a monster too”, ancient roundhouse, artwork of Druids, artwork of someone drowning, a centipede.
January 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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“Does the power hurt you, Morrow? Can you feel your flesh running away from that which it's unworthy to be near?”

I’m so happy that I’m drawing again. First art of my Ill-Made Gods story that I’ve done so far!
A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light. His face is in anguish and his skin and hair is dissolving into noise, stretching up to the star. Surrounding the ball of light is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin
January 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Made a 2025 Book Bingo! Really wanted to get out of my comfort zone this year and widen the pool of what I usually read. Anyone else is welcome to participate <3 📚💙
January 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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BABEL X ELDEN RING

An autistic druid who wants to be safe and happy with his found family... And the river god, burrowed in his mind, who aims to destroy the link between druids and the gods. Morrow must battle with his self worth, or risk losing himself to the parasite within.
#WIPPIT #HF #H #A
A collage featuring different images. A roundhouse is ontop of a misty moor background, with lichen and a pool of water on the floor. Pasted around are various images: a cutout illustration of ancient Celtic druids, a cutout of a white / cream centipede , a cutout of a larvae, and 3 cutouts of Celtic tapestry knotwork
December 15, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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Every night Sappho sleeps curled up under the covers with me, and every morning it's increasingly harder to get out of bed and write. Shes just so cute...
A photograph showing a portion of a person's upper torso / shoulder. A grey cat is snuggled between their body and arm, with her head only showing. Her eyes are closed. Diagonally across the right portion of the photo, there is a duvet cover which is on top of both the person and the cat.
December 12, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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Found this in a charity shop!! I was umming an aching about getting it but I couldn't just leave it there all alone...If any of my mutuals want snippets from the book (we've got moomin, lotr, narnia and many many more) then just lmk!!
Photo of the book cover for 'The Writer's Map: An atlas of Imaginary Land' A photo of two pages from the inside of the book. On the left is a drawing of Moominvalley and Beyond, and on the right is information about it
November 30, 2024 at 5:52 PM