#sketchbook ship week

[furashuban]

God it feels so good to be making Hilda fansongs again <333

For @sketchbookweek Day 7: Free Day, I wanted to give you all a surprise and compose a new Sketchbook Ship song! :D The last song I made about these two was meant to be vaguely in Johanna's perspective, so this time I wrote Bewitching with Kaisa's pov in mind.

I poured my entire heart into this song 'cause this pairing really just does that kinda thing to me I guess sdfgdsfwf and I'm really happy with how it turned out :D Really hope that everyone enjoys listening <3

Soundcloud Link

Lyrics down below:

My love, my love, whoever you may be

I'm asking for you to talk here with me

'Cause I know it's hard to be as lonely as me

But I promise we'll take as long as we need

My love, my love, who I know to be

Who I kiss behind the shelves in the library

Why is it easy to let go off the past like it's a dream

Whenever I'm with you, my bewitching mystery

The pages of sketches

and the books that I keep

Amount to the days that've gone

Without you seen with me

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Physically? I am sitting in my bedroom. Mentally? Spiritually? I AM DEAD ON THE FLOOR!!!!! THESE TWO HAVE KILLED ME!!!!

(Another drawing! This was originally attempt #1 at drawing stan, and then fiddleford just showed up. Kinda feels like them five minutes after the above acting like nothing happened though, so it works sdjkgkjfshj)

[duskstars]

peace and love on planet knmf

[tragicvampireromanceisland]

i keep seeing suuuch cool AUs, so it's my turn now :) superhero AU anyone???

solarflare is the hip new hero on the block, with a myriad of powers and an almost alarmingly carefree attitude. the sole survivor of her alien planet, andersen, she's ended up making earth her home, and she'll gladly do anything to protect it. when not out fighting crime and saving the world, she's jane "joy" ray, working her day job as a photographer for the newspaper the train of thought, alongside her coworker she often does joint stories with. and while she's good at her job, she's a bit of a klutz and often absent...especially when a breaking story about solarflare is hot off the press. what gives?

speaking of...samira sage is one of the most renowned reporters at the train of thought, as well as the most patient. she's got a near innate ability to hone in on the emotional core of each subject and carry out thoughtful, poignant conversations with her interview questions. it's that very patience, though, that's gotten her assigned to looking after ray. she claims it's "just her luck," but maybe she's also choosing to stick around. not just because ray's sunny disposition has started to grow on her, but also because she thinks she just may have a lead on solarflare if she keeps at it. there's just something about her...

and that's not even getting into kuiper, solarflare's sidekick! originally a college student, xenia merak, who gained super speed from a freak lab accident, she has big dreams of being a hero of solarflare's caliber, but still has a lot to learn about what it means to be a hero. her ambition and enthusiasm more than make up for it, though! or often just land her in trouble. or both! she was the first (and apparently only) person to figure out that jane and solarflare are one and the same. and after sol got over the initial shock, she ended up greatly appreciating that she has someone she can confide about this sort of stuff with. xenia usually hops around from her dorm to headquarters, crashing at either intermittently. sol's home is kind of like a second home to her. they're an odd pair of roommates, but xenia always has her back! plus...it's nice to finally stop feeling like an outcast.

MORE CHARACTERS TO COME....these are just our main three! what other allies do our heroes fight alongside? who is the evil syndicate that they fight against? find out, um. whenever i have time to draw again!!👍🏾

[blaithnne]

@sketchbookweek Day 2 | Hilda !

My first time trying out pixel art, with a wonderful little app for my phone!!! End product is very simple and hardly flawless, but I don’t think too bad for my first try!

[phopollo]

Been awhile since I posted for the Hilda community, but!

Happy Sketchbook week everyone!

Drawing for an idea I've had for awhile that Kaisa runs into Johanna wandering through the woods looking for something witchy, and Johanna tags along because this woman is clearly not prepared for outdoors anything, and they keep doing little things that make them fall in love with each other <3

[airborneice]

@sketchbookweek Day 7 - Previous Prompt / AU / Free Day

took this day as an excuse to draw ponies again >:)

[enelo]

[thirdtidemouse]

wilderness/magic for sketchbook week DAY 2 BABAY! i wonder if i can keep this up..

on a kick rn of k + j having to venture through the woods etc together to rescue hilda & while they both care about her they have judgemental assumptions about each other aka tension and they have to save each others life at least once and try not to kiss one another or something. i think this enemies to lovers thing has sketchbook potential

[jetcat-14]

ITS HERE I AM SO HAPPY !!!!!

Kaisa - To Love , To See , and to be with you is all I ever need Anna .....

Day 1 Sketchbook Week

Late Night Adventure

(Adventure)

@sketchbookweek

[rogue-command]

@sketchbookweek Day 7: Free Day/AU

It’s been kind of a rough week IRL, so I’m really thankful for all the great Sketchbook art/stories I’ve seen this week ^_^

So, I humbly present my take on a childhood friends AU in which Johanna keeps her memories and becomes somewhat of a local legend.

“They say you can hear a child weeping in the woods of Tofoten. Some say it’s a ghost, taken from the world too soon, other a fairy child, left behind by her kin,”

And thus a young Kaisa and Bell Keeper venture into the woods to investigate, only to find a wild half fairy, and Kaisa is instantly smitten.

Side note: the bottom image was originally meant to be Johanna, Kaisa, Bell Keeper, and Gerda only, but I was playing off the trans headcanons I’ve seen some people write for BK and tried for a look before he came out, but I ended up loving the design too much to erase, so now he has a twin sister XD

[furashuban]

Here With You

(submitting this super last minute before the next prompt starts because I fell asleep and lost time to polish and post beforehand)

Here's a little ficlet for @sketchbookweek Day 6: Library / Artist! And just like my last fic, it's another story set in my AU where they are childhood friends :>

Words: 480

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51823186

Summary: Johanna spends the day keeping Kaisa company at the library before she leaves for training.

Between the towering bookshelves were two girls sitting quietly across one another. Johanna scribbled along a sheet paper on her side of the bench; next to her were a pile of colored-pencils and sketches she had drawn some time ago. On the other side, Kaisa was facing down on the endless writings of her book.

“I can’t believe you have to read all that for just one lesson,” Johanna regarded the stacks of other books surrounding Kaisa, resting her chin on her palm, “and on a Saturday no less.”

“I don’t mind it really,” Kaisa shrugged, “but…are you sure you’re okay staying with me until I meet with Tildy? I have to concentrate on reading until it’s time to leave, I’m afraid,” she looked up from her book.

“Of course, I am!” Johanna beamed, “It’s no fun being home all day, I’m happy to sit around if I’m here with you, Kaisa,” the witch felt her heart flutter at that; smiling back warmly. “Take as long as you need, I’ll be finishing this drawing I want to give you before you leave for witch training.”

The girls stayed for hours, but neither felt the time passing by; the turning of a page as Kaisa continued reading and the quickened pace of Johanna’s pencil as she shaded her drawing broke the silence minutes at a time.

“I need to go now, Johanna—” Kaisa trailed off, looking up to realize Johanna was hunched over and had fallen asleep. She noticed her drawing for the young witch was beneath her palm; curious as she was, she gently pulled it out to have a better look at it. Johanna drew her best friend exactly where she was on the bench, but rather than reading her book staring down, she held her wand high and proudly whilst her book levitated in front of her while other books from her stacks were also ascending around the witch. On the top corner simply read “For Kaisa” with a heart sketched beside the writing. Kaisa’s glee was inebriating, it was the first time she had seen herself drawn, and knowing it was from her best friend who practically made drawings every day, she loved it beyond words could put it.

When the young witch returned her books to the shelves, she borrowed a purple colored-pencil and a sheet of paper to write on.

Thanks for the art. It looks amazing! I will cherish it always! -Kaisa

Below the note was Kaisa’s own art, a simple drawing of her face with the shape of her hair, dotted eyes and a grin. She placed it under Johanna’s palm, and before rushing off to attend another afternoon of training, she leaned over to wrap her arms around her best friend’s shoulders as she napped, wishing she did not have to leave and could sit around longer until she wakes up.

[the-hilda-librarians-wife]

Butch Johanna x non-binary she/they femme Kaisa. Reblog. You agree.

[waddles-ex-machina]

Hiiii! So, I just started interacting with the fandom I realized there's a lot of Johanna x Kaisa shippers (Sketchbook is the name ship?), and I wanted to know what's the appeal of the ship cus it never occurred to me to ship them lmao

Anyway, all in good faith! Thank you if you answer it, but it's fine if you don't!

Hello! Welcome to the fandom!

That’s a totally fair question, I’ve been a sketchbook shipper for years so to be honest shipping them is just second nature to me now, but let me uhhh try and remember some of my (and the rest of the fandom’s) reasoning. gonna put this under a cut bc it got kind of long I’m sorry 😭

Soo my favourite reason and the thing I never shut up about is that Johanna and Kaisa fulfill VASTLY different roles in Hilda’s life and in the show itself - Johanna is coded to be this very safe stable character for Hilda who isn't all that into her adventures (I know she breaks out of this image later in the show, but it’s still a big part of her character. like. for the most part she just wants some peace at home with a cup of tea please) and Kaisa is there specifically to enable Hilda’s adventures and point her at the dangerous thing. and character dynamic-wise, this is just. very funny. POV you’re a single mother just trying to see her child to the next birthday and the weird lady at the library keeps giving her books that can raise the dead. they’re at such odds by design that it sets up a ton of potential for how they could start off on the wrong foot (enemies to lovers babeyy) or have to try and meet each-other in the middle. and they’re both involved enough in Hilda’s life that it really feels like only a matter of time til they get thrown together by one of Hilda’s shenanigans

also, design and personality-wise they have an “opposites attract” kind of vibe I think? for instance Johanna is outwardly very friendly and a bit of a people-pleaser, but takes absolutely no shit when Hilda is in danger, and Kaisa puts up this dark mysterious persona, but deep down is quite insecure and anxious (and also more caring than she lets on - you can tell she’s also got a bit of a soft spot for Hilda when the kid isn’t actively trying to steal swords) so it’s fun to imagine how Johanna and Kaisa’s personalities could play off each-other when they have such different outward appearances but are more similar deep-down.

Theres also some fun angst reasons off the top of my head:

Johanna has had absolutely nothing but bad experiences with magic and Kaisa is an actual witch, and is partially responsible for some of those experiences (tide mice, etc). you can spin like 1 million scenarios out of this and people already have and it's great bdhsgdjh

Johanna has spent most of her life being abandoned by the people she trusts (her parents, Anders) and Kaisa has been shown to (unwillingly) shut people out and withdraw for fear of not being good enough. You could read them as both having difficulty trusting and maybe being able to help eachother through their insecurities together

to steal a very good point I saw @the-hilda-librarians-wife make a while ago, they’re both outcasts in their respective communities - Johanna struggles to fit in with the other parents and isn’t shown really having any friends in the show, and Kaisa gave up being a ‘proper’ witch to be the keeper of the books, and the other witches clearly look down on her as a result. They lead vastly different lives, but do have similarities that they could connect over and support each-other through.

ALSO - now we know Johanna is also magical and lost a part of herself from having her memory wiped - there is that potential for them to find the things that they’ve been missing in eachother. Kaisa deals with all kinds of magic shenanigans as her day job and could arguably do with some peace and someone to lean on, but she isn’t shy about magic/danger/any other weirdness. Johanna has an adventurous side that was repressed along with her childhood memories for years that still feels very distant to her. They could help bring these things out in each-other and bring a bit of balance to each-other’s lives.

And, coming back to what I said about them having different roles in the show, it’s just very fun to picture them as a co-parenting duo for Hilda. normal mom & chaotic mom. Hilda would be absolutely unstoppable

Finally, imo Kaisa is absolutely a lesbian (years ago I made a joke post on here saying smth like “did the Hilda team know they were making a wlw icon here” and someone from the team replied with “yes” JDKHSJ) and I’ve been in the fandom long enough to know the effect that Johanna has on those, I rest my case 😌

I hope that explains it kind of!! also if anyone else has any other points to make for why they like the ship feel free to add on!!

[deerfoxbard]

@sketchbookweek Day 1 – Home

My first ever Sketchbook Week post! Very happy to be here :)

Of course I had to start off with the least controversial topic possible– cucumber sandwiches! This is my thesis on my love for cucumber sandwiches and sketchbook (and they're love for cucumber sandwiches). The second verse is a bit of a self-insert, two lesbian experiences of mine that made for very good sketchbook fodder: looking for an event with pretty lights and getting caught in freezing rain, and listening to this amazing piece by Steve Reich (Youtube link) and holding hands for the first time <3

Thank you so much to the wonderful @blaithnne for the art! Working with them was just lovely, and I'm excited for you all to get to see the rest of what they've made :D

[blaithnne]

☆ @sketchbookweek — take 2 ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ day 1 — adventure ! ☆

A redraw of my first attempt, I’m much happier with this one