#haymitch fanart

[motherhenna]

Haymitch around the time of the 74th Hunger games--sort of a sequel to my 50th Games piece. Figured he'd be the type of guy to open every booze bottle with his teeth lol.

Bonus 2010 Haymitch portrait as a treat here

[abejaenacuarela]

district 12 victors

so I didn't get into doing fanarts consistently until I was about 16, and my obsession peak for THG was between 11 and 15, so I must've done really few THG fanarts (and not very good ones at that) during my life despite it being a core part of my personality. So here's the first ever THG fanarts I upload to the internet, more that 10 years after first reading the saga. I tried to draw them book accurately, but that got kinda lost along the way, since i quit drawing it for a couple weeks bc of ✨ university ✨. Oops.

I'll probably upload it to Instagram tomorrow morning (?

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[sweetmaggie]

"Effie, don't be a stranger." <33

[guess-i-do-art]

So I’ve been thinking about Sunrise on the Reaping, how it’s gonna play out. You know what would be really depressing?

Haymitch Abernathy, “first” victor from District 12. Winner of the fiftieth Hunger Games and the second Quarter Quell. A poor boy from the Seam who defeated twice the number of tributes. The unlikely champion.

He’d used the Capitol’s arena against itself. He endured extreme pain and injury. He had to witness his beloved Maysilee die right before his eyes. Watched as an ax cut through a girl’s head. Remember the countless young lives he took. The horrors that could have driven him to insanity.

After being announced as the victor and being taken from the arena, he received medical attention before having to sit through countless interviews being watched by everyone in Panem. Haymitch put on a smile, saying exactly what the Capitol wanted him to. The entire time he hid his emotions, not letting anyone see through him.

All Haymitch wanted was to go home. To see his family. He caught a glimpse of them waving and cheering as he stood before the District, but the Peacekeepers wouldn’t let him go to them. His mother, who he could always confide in. His father, who never expected him to say anything but would always listen. His siblings, who he could open up to and show his weaknesses to without being judged. His pet, because he found that being around animals was healing.

He was finally allowed to return to his little home on the edge of the Seam, facing the woods. This was where he grew up. He knew the house to be noisy and warm with fire from the coals harvested by his own father. Haymitch was impatient to step through the door and be greeted by his family, surely proud of him.

But something was different.

Silence. The house was cold, empty, and dark. There was no sign of struggle; all the furniture was standing up, but nothing seemed to be in its normal place. An uncut loaf of bread rested on the kitchen countertop. Everything was clean and perfect. Perfect, except for the lingering smell of blood. Haymitch immediately dropped his things, his victor’s crown clattering to the floor. He felt tears streaming down his face. He took a step forward.

Lying on the dining room table was an ax, and a glass vase holding a singular white rose.

Yeah I write sometimes. Haymitch is my favorite character so obviously I’m going to dump more trauma than necessary on him. It’s how I show affection 🫶

I am not exaggerating when I tell you I screamed and immediately started working on fanart when I heard Sunrise on the Reaping was coming out, I’ve been waiting for this for idfk 4 years?? Which isn’t very long but I’m quite impatient

The drawings above were made by me :D there’s the full picture, then a close up of the rose + ax and another of Haymitch. Woody did an amazing job as Haymitch but my heart belongs to the book accurate POC version of him ☺️ I suggest clicking on the images to see them better

Sorry if everything looks weird :/ I’m not used to drawing stuff like this

[finpews]

bubs

[senecantragedies]

I Bet on Losing Dogs - Mitski

This song always makes me think of Haymitch as a mentor. Meeting, mentoring, and losing years worth of tributes. Seam kids, like him.

He looks into their eyes when they die. Grey seam eyes, much like his own. He sees his own death in the arena playing out in a million ways. He avoided that fate for himself and he tries, helplessly, to save those who come after him.

And while he seems apathetic and booze-atrophied in the first novel this is not true. By the epilogue we know he remembers every single losing dog.

[sparklebear11]

Haymitch fanart 😭

[senecantragedies]

I feel like their dynamic was them both looking in a mirror. Katniss saw what she might become and Haymitch seeing what he used to be. In a way, Haymitch has moments of being kind to his “inner child” as embodied by Katniss but more often than not he is foul to her because he is foul to himself. The only reason he likes Peeta more is because he isn’t forced to stare into the face of his teenage self when he looks at him.

i really fucking love the relationship between haymitch and katniss because he could so easily become (from her perspective) her replacement dad and she could so easily become (from his perspective) his second chance. and not that those overtones aren't there: he's an adult taking an interest in her future in a way she's never had before; she's the mockingjay. but suzanne collins never lets that situation become sentimental. she never lets that obscure the true tension between them that is so corrosive and yet so necessary, and it builds and builds until he's both the person she needs to tear apart when she learns about peeta...and then also the only person that can comfort her when she realizes snow is using peeta against her. it's just...collins is a marvel

[foxdoodles]

messing around with some book haymitch designs in preparation for the new book next year!!

[itsajollyjester]

Family Portrait

The only family he has.

[motherhenna]

Celebrating the announcement of the Haymitch prequel by drawing him for the first time in over a decade! This was obviously not a redraw challenge because I'm a whole-ass 28 year old woman now and don't have much interest in drawing a sweaty shirtless teenager lmao but no shade to my middle-school self: let her cook!!

[little-lynx]

ALLIES

“We'd live longer with two of us.”

“Guess you just proved that,” says Haymitch, rubbing his neck.

“Allies?” Maysilee nods.

And there they are, instantly drawn into one of those pacts you'd be hard-pressed to break if you ever expect to go home and face your district. / Catching Fire, chapter 14

[smallpapers]

district 12 victors

[atelierlili]

HAYMITCH ABERNATHY

I was getting sick of drawing stick figures all day. So I decide to paint our favourite mentor uwu <3 Speedpaint is just under the cut!

[greywitchproject]

Just wanted to draw Effie, ended up drawing some haymitch too lol

[mikonez]

Chapter 26, The Hunger Games