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@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 3:44 PM

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Day 15: Popstar Powerhouses

Future stars, the young Pauline from #DonkeyKongBananza and Jigglypuff from #Pokemon, are getting some singing / stage lessons from the OG - Lynn Minmay from #Macross 🎤

Digital colour illustration featuring Lynn Minmay from the Macross series, particularly the 1984 film "Do You Remember Love?"; young Pauline from Donkey Kong Bananza and Jigglypuff from Pokémon.

Exterior holo stage with bright neon lights and crossing spotlights, background a dark space with clusters of distant stars.

Lynn Minmay is half-sitting in a squat as she's giving some friendly advice to Pauline and Jigglypuff. She is holding a microphone in one hand, her other hand gently placed on Pauline's shoulder. She has a bright smile.

Pauline looks at Lynn with an affectionate smile, her hands clasped together in front of her. Jigglupuff stands next to them, smiling and bouncing on one foot as she's waving her "microphone", her iconic permanent marker. She has sparkles around her.

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 3:27 PM

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Day 14: One-Two Punch

I imagine if the two were in the same room, there would definitely be a brawl - Yao from Disney's #Mulan and Murray from the #SlyCooper games 😆

Digital color sketch featuring Murray from the Sly Cooper game series; and Yao from Disney's Mulan.

Simple golden rectangle background.
Murray launches a left uppercut as he's charging at Yao. He has a ferocious expression, his outline smeared and full of speed lines as his charge has such velocity.

Yao stands with his back and right shoulder to the viewer, we see only a bit of his frown. He has his fists up as he's in defence, taking a quick evasive dodge backwards, his outline smeared from speed lines as his moves are so swift.

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 9:13 PM

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Day 13: All Shapes and Sizes

Everyone needs to wait for the bus, regardless of their size 🤭☔️
Decided to redraw that one iconic moment from Ghibli's My Neighbor #Totoro, but now there's Tsuyu Asui from #MHA and Clank from #RatchetAndClank 🚌

Digital color illustration; a redraw of a scene from Studio Ghibli's 'My Neighbor Totoro'.

Exterior forest road bus stop with dark, murky woods in the background, heavy raining.

Clank the robot from Ratchet & Clank games; Tsuyu Asui from My Hero Academia and Totoro stand side by side, waiting for the bus. Clank and Tsuyu are wearing Mei and Satsuki's clothes from the film; Clank with a pale blue raincoat, and Tsuyu with a yellow shirt, orange dress and suspenders and pale rubber boots. She has a green umbrella in hand. Clank and Tsuyu are holding hands with Tsuyu's tip of tongue sticking out.

The two are looking at Totoro who has an empty stare as it just looks forward. It has a dark grey umbrella in hand and a green leaf hat.

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 10:43 PM

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Day 10: Mana and Matter

Vivi got to drive the Magitek armor and.. oops! 🙈

Even though both are involved in magic, Terra from #FF6 and Vivi from #FF9 have quite different sources for their powers - Terra born with magic, and Vivi, well... play the game to know more! 😉

Digital colour illustration featuring Terra Branford from Final Fantasy 6 and Vivi Ornitier from Final Fantasy 9.

Exterior grassy plains with mountains in the distance. Terra and Vivi in the foreground; Terra sitting with her knees up and Vivi lying on his stomach. Behind them is the Magitek Armor from FF6, collapsed and broken in pieces, smoke rising from it.

Vivi looks at Terra, blushing from embarrassment, giving her a thumbs up to indicate that everything's alright. Terra looks at him and laughs heartily, a few happy tears in the corners of her eyes.

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 12:28 AM

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Day 9: Hired Hits

Someone gave both of them the same "client" by mistake, oops..!
Luckily Yor aka Thorn Princess from #SpyXFamily and Léon from Luc Besson's 1994 film #TheProfessional both know it's part of the job to improvise - also good manners regardless of the situation!

Digital colour illustration featuring Yor Forger from Spy X Family and Jean Reno's character Léon from the 1994 Luc Besson film "The Professional".

Interior apartment living room. High-angle shot of the room. Yor is wearing her assassin's dress. Léon has his usual long wool overcoat and beanie.

Yor, aka Thorn Princess, and Léon are having a stand-off with their weapons drawn; Yor with her golden stilettos at hand and Léon with a pistol pointing at Yor. Between them, tied on a chair, is a distressed-looking man, a "client" for both of them.

On both sides of the drawing are front-view close-ups of both their faces. Yor has a menacing stare, her face with a hard shadow as she greets Léon.
Y:"Hello, Cleaner."

León has a deadpan expression, wearing his iconic round sunglasses as he acknowledges Yor.
L: "Thorn Princess."

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:04 PM

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Day 8: Super Simians

Mojo Jojo from the #PPG has called his cousins to a family gathering, including #DonkeyKong and Caesar from #PlanetOfTheApes 🦧
The matching party hats are a must!

Digital colour illustration featuring Donkey Kong, Mojo Jojo from the Powerpuff Girls and Caesar from the Planet of the Apes reboot trilogy.

Simple light blue rectangle background.
Donkey Kong, Caesar and Mojo Jojo are grouped together. Caesar and DK both are wearing matching helmets with Mojo Jojo.
Donkey Kong's large body sits with his legs spread wide, hunched over his knuckles. He's looking up at his newest fashion accessory, his brow raises and scratching the front of the helmet.
Caesar sits cross-legged and a few sticks in his hand.
Caesar's speech bubble: "Apes together strong."

Mojo Jojo stands with a confident stance with a hand on his hip, his other hand's index finger pointing up as he's smiling with his eyes closed.
Mojo's speech bubble: "No! Apes together smart."

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:42 PM

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Day 7: Sisters in Arms

During a mission to find the missing baby #Metroid , Samus also comes across another space warrior; Y'Gythgba / Mona Lisa from the 2012 #TMNT
Unfortunately she doesn't know what a "metroid" is... 🙈

A bumpy start before they become allies! 🤭

Digital colour sketches featuring Samus Aran and the baby Metroid from Nintendo's Metroid game series; and Y'Gythgba / Mona Lisa from the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show.

Digital pencil sketch depicting an alien landscape with green skies and strange planets in the distance. Samus Aran is progressing through the landscape while a small container is waiting in the foreground.
Second sketch depicting a glass container containing the baby Metroid; a jellyfish-like body with tiny teeth, floating in a liquid.
Samus off-screen: "There you are!"

Samus kneeling down and reaching for the container. "Let's get you out of here--!"

A blue laser blast shoots right past Samus' left shoulder. Surprised, she turns her head to look over her right shoulder. "*Bzoom!"*

A full-body sketch featuring Mona Lisa the salamandrian, her wrist blaster loaded and aiming straight at the viewer. She has a ferocious expression.
"Stranger! Friend or foe, you will hand me over that Insectoid infant!"

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 5:17 PM

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Day 5: Legends of the Groove

If #KingdomHearts had Final Fantasy worlds and we'd visit #FF9 , #Goofy and Sylvia Marpole from An Extremely Goofy Movie could've had a dance-off with Freya Crescent and Sir Fratley in Cleyra - of course doing the Pulp Fiction dance! 🕺💃

Digital colour illustration featuring characters from Kingdom Hearts, Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie and Final Fantasy 9.

Interior Cleyra cathedral main room from Final Fantasy 9, sunny weather outside and crowd gathered in the background.

In the foreground on the wooden "dance floor", Freya Crescent and Sir Fratley from Final Fantasy 9; and Goofy and Sylvia Marpole from An Extemely Goofy Movie are having a dancing contest, both pairs doing the iconic dance from the movie Pulp Fiction.

Sylvia and Goofy are wearing their disco outfits, with their shoes removed, same as Uma Thurman and John Travolta in the movie. Goofy has a hole in his sock, and his ears are tied to a "ponytail", similar to Travolta's character.

Freya and Fratley have their gear, coats and hats removed. All four are smiling happily with their eyes closed.

In the background Sora, Donald and Kairi from Kingdom Hearts are cheering for Goofy, accompanied by Vivi Ornitier from Final Fantasy 9.

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 9:58 AM

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Day 4: Zero Gravity

#WallE and EVE are having fun in space when they suddenly come across a large, dark figure slowly floating though the stars... Optimus Prime from #Transformers 😔

Digital colour illustration featuring Wall-E and EVE from Pixar's Wall-E, and Optimus Prime from Transformers.

Exterior deep space, dark, star filled background. Wall-E's emptied fire extinguisher floats further away, its pale white foam spiraling into the distance and some foam appearing close by and blurry.
EVE and Wall-E are flying across the picture, EVE holding Wall-E by his hands, her round, blue propulsion trail behind her. They both look to their right as a dark figure appears from the shadows.

The dark, lifeless body of Optimus Prime floats further away, legs pointing towards the viewer, all colour missing from his metallic body as he is slowly floating through the cosmos.

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 9:37 AM

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Day 3: Alien Invaders

Vegeta from #DragonBall decides to skip the formalities and just wants to destroy Earth, meanwhile Lum from #UruseiYatsura has another opinion.. 🤭

Digital mock-up manga page, resembling Akira Toriyama's style, featuring Vegeta from Dragon Ball and Lum from Urusei Yatsura.

Exterior rocky wasteland with only the wind howling. Vegeta stands alone on the fields. Next we cut to an extreme close-up of Vegeta, gritting his teeth and growling under teary eyes.

Next, he forms a round energy projectile above his head, shouting angrily, "That's it! I'll destroy this entire planet!"

His shouting continues off-screen, meanwhile we cut to a close-up of long, dark hair moving at high-speed. "Everything gone in one big blast!"

Next we see a close-up of tiger-striped boots while Vegeta yells his last regards, "So long!!"

Bottom of page: large, watercoloured panel with red background. Lum has finally arrived with a purple energy stream with blue lightning surrounding her. Her mouth is comically large as she shouts back at Vegeta who looks surprised.
"I won't let you harm my darling!!"

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 9:33 AM

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Day 2: Clan Killers

Clockwerk from the #SlyCooper games hated the Cooper Clan so much he swapped his body with a robotic one so he could hunt them for centuries.

Had him visit #LionKing and try to recruit Scar.. or give him the idea of taking over the crown!

Digital colour illustration featuring Clockwerk from the Sly Cooper games and Scar from Disney's The Lion King.

Exterior, African plains during sunset, sky ominously crimson with sun setting behind the Pride Rock in the distance.
Clockwerk stands in his massive, metallic owl body, his wings spread and eyes glowing yellow. His beak has a smile as he is discussing with Scar who is seated in front of him.

Scar, much smaller that Clockwerk, sits with his back turned to Clockwerk, head turned to him with a raised brow and a wicked smile on his face.
He has one of his lion fingers raises and scratches his chin as he appears to be pondering whatever Clockwerk is saying to him.

@a--santtu.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 9:29 AM

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Day 1: Heralds of Hope

Came across a crossover-focused art challenge!

Yuna from #FFX is expected to bring hope to Spira, meanwhile one of Aragorn's names in #lotr is Estel which literally means 'Hope' so I reckoned he'd come and share some encouraging words to the young summoner 🤓