Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches stood at the top of a high mountain surrounded by a pine forest. It looked more like a prison than a school, with its gloomy grey walls and turrets. Sometimes you could see the pupils on their broomsticks flitting like bats above the playground wall, but usually the place was half hidden in mist, so that if you had glanced up at the mountain you would probably not have noticed the building was there at all. Everything about the school was dark and shadowy. There were long, narrow corridors and winding staircases.
Thought I'd post a few sketches that I haven't shared on here before! Baby Hec and Constance with glowy eyes? Constance and grumpy Crowcate sizing up the latest threat to the school? Couldn't resist lol.
The digital ones are WIP shots (part of a little series I like to refer to in my head as "pictures taken moments before disaster." The bottom Constance Fishbroom is finished but I might wait until I have a few more of her fully rendered and coloured before I share the finals.
Anyway, uni just started back up again so I probably won't post much during that time (I say this like I post a lot lmao), but I hope this satisfies you gremlins until then <3
Mildred Hubble is the prototype of well-meaning ADHD child who sometimes does things intentionally and sometimes it's just her rotten luck combined with negative aspects of neurodiversity. Her life is either a shining example of creativity and heroism or a complete mess.
You know...since Heketty Broomhead was in the same school as Amelia Cackle in their childhood, it’s most likely that Broomhead would’ve known Amelia’s twin, Agatha. Makes me wonder if “Worst Witch” was given a 4th season or “Weirdsister College” a 3rd *Edit* 2nd, the writers would’ve gotten Broomhead, Agatha and maybe The Whisperer from “Wierdsister” to team up and either take down the school(s), take revenge on Mildred and/or take over the witchcraft world.
Come to think of The Whisperer could also team up with the Dragon Lord from the “Dragon’s Hoard Episode” due to their similarities. Not to mention, it would’ve been awesome to know about about Algernon’s nemesis, Mortimer Mistletoe (the wizard who turned Algernon into a dragon before Mildred’s rescue). Mistletoe, Agatha and Broomhead could’ve even known eachother back in the day too (I think they’re the same age...?).
I have a theory that there's like, an intrinsic cosmic principle related to the aesthetics of any given Miss Cackle and Miss Hardbroom pair, and it's like that 'Antony must be 25% sluttier than Cleopatra' thing only more like, 'HB must be at least 75% edgier than Miss Cackle'
my evidence is that 2017 Miss Cackle is full pink cottagecore grandma aesthetic, which is why HB only has to go as far as looking like a Victorian governess in mourning - meanwhile, 90s Cackle is a fully Committed goth librarian, and that's how you end up with a Miss Hardbroom who's stalking around in a pleather turtleneck maxidress.
For June, this blog has decided to release a clip from a previously unaired Special Episode of The Worst Witch in which Miss Hardbroom sets the record straight about her sexuality.