Hugh is making Grow Forth!

@haindesigns

Creator of EGADS! TTRPG Solarpunk writer, artist, doer and teacher of design from Magan-djin 📝🎲🪐☀️🌾 they/them haindesigns.com

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Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· 20d

Feeling very monochrome today

A picture of me wearing a striped black and white shirt with pinstripe black pants, a houndstooth jacket, and a black and silver side bag

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· 21d

Proud DA2 enjoyer 🫡

Dragon Age companions ranked (top 10):
1: Merrill
2: Varric
3: Isabela
4: Leliana
5: Josephine
6: Dorian
7: Wynne
8: Morrigan
9: Fenris
10: Sten

Dragon Age companions ranked:
1: Merrill
2: Varric
3: Isabela
4: Leliana
5: Josephine
6: Dorian
7: Wynne
8: Morrigan
9: Fenris
10: Sten
11: Zevran
12: Taash
13: Iron Bull
14: Aveline
15: Cassandra
16: Alistair
17: Neve
18: Sera
19: Cole
20: Emmerich
21: Shale
22: Harding
23: Davrin
24: Barkspawn
25: Vivienne
26: Bellara
27: Lucanis
28: Bethany
29: Vellana
30: Sigrun
31: Blackwall
32: Loghain
33: Cullen
34: Justice
35: Nathaniel
36: Oghren
37: Sebastian
38: Carver
39: Solas
40: Anders

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· 27d

I'll be at Netherworld's Creator Markets this Saturday from midday to 3pm! I only have about half a dozen of the EGADS! system books, so this is likely your last chance to get a print copy. All hail physical media and I hope I can do another run in future 🙏 #Brisbane #ttrpg #indiegames

Illustrated poster of a wooden cart laden with goods. It reads

Netherworld's Creator Markets
Tabletop Edition!
Try and buy locally created games and related trinkets
Swing by for a beer and a browse - free to check out
Midday to 3pm Saturday July 18th
www.netherworldarcade.com

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· 28d

My daughter is just as much of a QLDer as I am, gotta rug up as soon as it dips below 20 degrees lmao

Suey, a black greyhound, wearing a sporty red jacket while on a walk

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Jul 13

To distract from that enjoy a jousting clip

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Jul 13

#abbeymedievalfestival was amazing and I want it to go forever 🙏🤩

My partner and I looking lovingly at each other in a herb garden, wearing our medieval outfits

Me in my outfit, featuring a long liripipe hood and long yellow tunic. The hood is accented with light green paisley fabric, and the tunic is accented with green gussets, purple sleeves, and decorative gold hemming

Four armoured knights on horses, all bearing their own heraldry, presenting to the announcer and audience before the joust

My partner and I in our outfits posing with some new friends, one dressed as Euini from Witch Hat Atelier and the other dressed in a beautifully elaborate Tudor-style emerald dress

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Jun 29

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Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· May 18

Another sneak peak of the first pages for my #solarpunk fantasy #ttrpg, now available for all members on my Patreon! Set in a world coming together to heal the wounds of imperialism, where ancient creatures roam, magic bends the land itself, and a new dawn emerges 🌄 Join hands and Grow Forth!

A section of a page showing a scroll laid out across the page, containing a watercolour artwork of rejoicing figures beside action scenes that emerge from wavy shapes. Above the scroll, a librarian gestures towards a man with long hair and beard, dancing with a long banner to cast swirling magic around himself. The librarian says “I'm sure you've heard about the strange qualities of magic throughout these regions. The convergence of great forces in this world's history has given it unique qualities not found elsewhere.”

The rest of the visible text on the page reads: “To these ends, the people of this land have brought a new accord into being: the Windpath. A commitment not to nations or authority, but to each other and the world. Through this expansive network of solidarity and support, we were able to endure the collapse of imperial power and its violent death rattles. We built libraries of all the knowledge, skills, and tools available to enrich and provide for the people. When disaster strikes, we're there for each other. When needs go unmet, we give what we can. Together, we strive towards a brighter future. It's convenient you arrived here first; this is one of many such libraries that now dot these lands. Here, people gather their minds, bodies, and resources to offer what they have and receive what they need. We also put out the call for a great number of missions to aid communities in the region. You seem like the intrepid sort; what better way to get to know this place than by lending a hand?”

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· May 13

The first spread for Grow Forth, my solarpunk fantasy setting, is now out! Here's some sneak peeks, the full version is available early on my Patreon 👇 www.patreon.com/hughhain #solarpunk #ttrpg #indiegames

A preview image showing a view of space from just above a planet much like ours. The sun reflects off the atmosphere near a strange aurora, and some planets hang in space beyond ours. A scroll unfolds to read:
It begins here, in the blanket of Stars, within fhe burning well's oasis. We are born in the throes of change, like all before us. So we changed too.

A short librarian in front of a sunny doorway points out a window at the sky. She has a speech bubble saying:
Ah welcome! I see our world-hopping friend has guided another traveler to our shores. Please, come through the library and let's get your adventure started!

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· May 8

Just did a recount and theres only 16 copies of the physical EGADS! system guide left! Time is running out to get your 1st edition copy, grab it at the link below 📣🎲 #EveryonesGoodAtDoingSomething #ttrpg

A physical copy of the EGADS system guide laying on a black table with a character sheet, a pencil, and some dice

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· May 6

I've got postcards promoting my upcoming setting Grow Forth! and A5 illustration prints, check out more of my stock at the link below 😁

Hand holding a postcard showing a digital watercolour of a character delivering a package on a sail-powered board, bounding over red sand dunes

A digital watercolour cartoon of a tall, broad-shouldered knight in full plate armour. He has a waving pennant flowing off his spear and a plumed helmet, and his gear is immaculate aside from a heavily beaten shield. He has been startled by something scary out of frame

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Apr 29

Note the size of this guy and realise that less than half of his body came out of the water 😅

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Apr 29

This guy just kept going the whole time we were watching, the sign said they can travel up to 16km a day

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Apr 29

It's Bindi!!

Bindi Irwin opening the crocodile show at Australia Zoo

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Apr 29

Zoo day 🥰

Three rhinos grazing in their enclosure, with some giraffes and zebras in the background

The world's tallest giraffe walking in front of two zebras, who barely come up to its knees

A meerkat sits sentry on top of a mound in its enclosure

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Apr 25

I'm at the Vault Games Maker Market today! Come up to get some physical books, art prints, and postcards, I'm here until 5pm 📣🙏

Hugh sitting at a market stall, selling games and prints

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Apr 3

Still need to fix up the details but my liripipe hood for the Medieval faire is coming along nicely!

Hugh wearing a green liripe hood, holding out the tail

Hugh wearing a green liripe hood, looking to the side

Hugh wearing a green liripe hood, facing away

Hugh wearing a green liripe hood in the chaperone style

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Mar 18

Same energy tbh

A bull terrier facing directly towards the camera

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Mar 14

Got the GOODS in the mail today, thank you @pidj.bsky.social 🤩

Two print copies of "Fiction in the Space Between", a biographical game zine about Tracy Chapman by Pidj Sorensen

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Feb 27

"2026 is the year of the Horse" The horse:

A black greyhound stands on a deck in a red jacket, waiting to be let out the door

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Feb 10

Post a banger thats not in English youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A picture of Bernie Sanders edited to say "I am once again asking you to listen to Vieux Farka Touré"

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Feb 5

More pencil sketches to show that I like creatures and things that look like them 🙂‍↕️

Pencil sketch of a bug-like walking vehicle, with a chimney, some bubble windows, an extending canopy over the compound eye windows, and laundry flapping in the wind on one side.

Pencil sketch of a giant snake constricting a crocodile underwater. In the background, a small boat holds two people reacting fearfully to a section of snake emerging above water.

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Jan 30

Been doing more traditional sketching to recover some fundamentals and loving the stationary I got in Tokyo last year. One of my faves is this little stamp I'm using to keep track of which pages I've scanned 🦕

A pencil sketch of a long-haired courier with a hooded cloak and loose oxygen mask delivering something to an elderly person with a cane

Photo of a Uni a-gel pacer and dinosaur ink stamp resting on a page that has a pencil sketch of a fictional arboreal creature

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Jan 19

Getting some test layouts and sketches to figure out spread designs, here’s the lead-in for the world compendium for Grow Forth! #ttrpg #solarpunk

draft layout of the opening page of Grow Forth’s setting guide, showing some sketch page illustrations and draft text

draft layout of the second page of Grow Forth’s setting guide, showing some sketch page illustrations and draft text

draft layout of the opening spread of Grow Forth’s setting guide, showing some sketch page illustrations and draft text

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Dec 10

Same energy tbh

A wallaby standing upright and facing the camera

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Dec 9

When Suey was rescued from the racing kennel she was missing half her fur from a "kennel coat" rash, had grooves in her teeth from gnawing on her cage bars, and it took years to reduce her reactivity to other dogs. Racing is a blight on animal rights in this country.

Suey, a black greyhound, resting on her fluffy pink bed

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Dec 1

Fit check by the circular tree in Ueno Park's Kiyomizu Hall

Full body picture of me wearing a cool outfit next to the circular tree at Kiyomizu Hall

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Dec 1

Finding a physical copy of @unpackinggame.com while shopping in Japan is like finding a real-life unicorn tbh 🙏💜

A physical copy of Unpacking for the Switch console

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Dec 1

Fit check at the Ghibli Museum where I was almost in tears for two full hours looking at the storyboards and concept art for Nausicaa 🥹

Full body picture of me wearing a stylish, baggy outfit in the garden of the Ghibli Museum

Hugh is making Grow Forth!@haindesigns· Nov 30

Fit check at Cé La Vi rooftop restaurant last night, I wish the lovely embroidery on this shirt was clearer rip