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Ouch, Donnie... 😬 Another one of those silly 'incorrect-tmnt-quotes' that worked as a prompt for a short comic featuring Raphael and Donatello from the 1987 #TMNT Raph's so happy whenever he talks about Mona, luckily Donnie knows just what to say to his brother 😅

2-panel digital comic featuring Raphael and Donatello from the 1987 TMNT cartoon; panel 1 out of 2.

Interior with a simple brown-orange background. Raphael stands to the right, extending his arm up as stars hover around him. He has his eyes closed and he smiles wide.

Further back on the left side Donatello is busy with some welding as sparks fly out of the frame. He is  wearing a white safety apron and gloves, smiling behind his welder's mask.

Text: - "Mona Lisa is the kindest, prettiest and smartest girl I've ever met! She's the love of my life!"Panel 2 out of 2. 

Donatello has paused his work as he's turned to Raphael, his welder's mask raised and he's grinning. He has a finger raised as he makes a witty comment.

Raphael stares at the viewer with a shocked expression, his mouth open and his mood depressed with slumped shoulders, the air around him having a blue hue. 

Text: - "She can't be that smart if she's dating you."

Something I've worked on these past few days ✍️ Not sure if anyone remembers her, but was reminded the other day of the 1985 animated film 'Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer', and especially its main villain the Dark Princess 💎 All she wanted was more diamonds.. also had a pet emerald! 😆

Digital colour sketch collage featuring the Dark Princess from the 1985 animated film 'Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer', focusing on different expressions.

• Princess with a typical anime villainness laugh, partly covering her mouth with her hand.
• Princess looking at the viewer with a fed up expression.

• Princess holding her pet emerald gently in her hands, a saddened expression on her face as she's giving it words of comfort.
• Princess looking towards the viewer with a grin, her right hand pointing towards the viewer, a blue magical sparkle surrounding her as she's preparing to cast a spell.
• Princess in rage; her face red, her hair pointing in multiple directions as she's shouting, flailing her hand while pointing to a direction behind her.
• Screenshot redraw of the Dark Princess, a bored expression on her face, her hands on her hips.
• Dark Princess from a side view, smiling wickedly as she's reaching for something in front of her.

Some time ago I tried pencil sketching a screenshot from an '87 #TMNT episode with Raph and Mona, then with some PC magic removed the paper and digitally coloured around the pencil lines - and then I also digitally inked cleaner line art as well (+ adjusted colours) 🐢🦎

Pencil sketch featuring Raphael and Mona Lisa from the 1987 TMNT Season 4 episode "Raphael Meets His Match".

Raphael: "Oh you guys missed the flashback."Digitally coloured scan of a pencil sketch of Raphael and Mona Lisa from '87 TMNT.Digitally inked and coloured illustration of Raphael And Mona Lisa from the 1987 TMNT cartoon.

Based on a screenshot from the Season 4 episode "Raphael Meets His Match".

Another old sketch 🐭 Always remember what little we see of Freya's face during the end cutscenes of #FF9 while she's applauding, but she never looked too impressed, so... 😆

Digital colour sketch featuring Freya Crescent from Final Fantasy 9.

Freya looks to the left with an unimpressed expression, clapping her hands slowly. Next to her we see reference screenshots from the FFIX cutscene, as well as Wario who serves as a pose reference.

Spent the last few days trying a slightly different method of sketching and filling the canvas, and I needed a comfort character as a volunteer... So why not Mona from the 1987 #TMNT ? 🦎 Closeups in the replies 👇

Digital colour sketches featuring Mona Lisa from the 1987 TMNT cartoon.

• Mona waving happily to the viewer and winks.
• Mona tying / lifting her hair with her chin raised, smiling.
• Mona having a somber moment; her hands clasped in front of her and the wind blowing through her hair.
• Mona scared; her eyes wide, her hair sticking out in multiple directions as she's having cold shivers.
• Mona looking upwards with a nervous look as she's noticed something.

• A small scene with a cityscape background; Mona appears to have been in a rooftop fight, suffering from multiple bruises, looking angrily over her shoulder from a kneeling position, trembling from exhaustion.

• Another small scene of Mona climbing up the walls of the Technodrome, her back against the metal plating. She appears to have launched the alarms, a bright spotlight and multiple laser sights aimed at her.
• Side view of Mona looking up, lost in her thoughts.
• Chibified Mona looking at the viewer with an angry pout, tapping her foot impatiently.
• Full body sketch of Mona doing a leg stretch, smiling as she looks to the left.

Hello! 👋 I'm Santtu, I draw as a hobby and I'm always eager to learn and improve! I mostly draw fan art for multiple fandoms. I enjoy brush and style experiments so expect a lot of sketches, studies, redraws etc.! 😎 I also enjoy sending Strawpage gimmicks whenever I can! #art | #fanart

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Saw a simple water tutorial and wanted to give it a try, ended up with the young witch Alicia from the '90s #Moomins when she came across the Mameluke! And might as well share some old sketches of her 😏 Took me a long time to find out she and her Grandmother were created exclusively for the anime!

Digital colour sketch based on the 1990s Moomins, or Tanoshii Moomin Ikka, featuring the young witch-in-training Alicia.

A top down view of the sea surface with some white rings in circles as Alicia is standing still, her hair waving in the wind. 

Alicia is out trying out her new spell, allowing her to walk on water. She looks under her with a frightened expression as a large, dark shadow shape swims beneath the surface; the Mameluke fish.Digital sketches featuring Alicia, her grandmother the Witch and the Groke from the 1990s Moomins, or Tanoshii Moomin Ikka.

• Alicia waving to the viewer with a smile.

• Alicia out skiing in the winter but she has tripped and fallen on her stomach, and one of her skiis has come off. She looks up with a scared expression as the Groke stands next to Alicia.

• Alicia clapping; Alicia pulling the side of her mouth to have a look at her teeth, her grandmother standing next to her with a disappointed expression. "I hope I don't end up with Grandmother's teeth..."

While Leo, Donnie and Mikey are busy saving the city, this is the photo Raph sends them 😆 Made this already last November, based on that one redraw trend but with Raph and Mona from the '87 #TMNT 🐢🦎🤳

Digital colour illustration; an image trend redraw featuring Mona Lisa and Raphael from the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.

Interior of a sewer lair bedroom, and a hallway with a round doorway in the background. Raph and Mona are lying on bed, Mona is focused on looking at the monitor of her Turtlecom with a bored expression.

Raphael is looking at the viewer as if he's taking a selfie, a drowsy look on his face and his head squeezed between her thighs. Caption on the screen: "I'm this clingy", followed by a turtle emoji.

Happy 35th anniversary to #FF4 and happy 25th anniversary to #FFX ! 🎉🎉 60 years worth of Final Fantasy so how about two Summoners enjoying a cheerful birthday picnic to celebrate the occasion? 🎂🥂

Digital colour illustration featuring Yuna, the aeon Valefor and the airship Fahrenheit from Final Fantasy X; and Rydia, the eidolon Mist Dragon and the airship Enterprise from Final Fantasy IV.

Exterior scenery depicting lush, green plains of the Calm Lands. Further in the distance the airships Fahrenheit and Enterprise hover far above the ground.

Yuna and Rydia and laughing cheerfully while enjoying a picnic along with some drinks and a large birthday cake. Their summons Valefor and Mist Dragon are present, Valefor is looking into the distance while the Mist Dragon is keeping an eye on the companion summoners.

Been about a year since the previous "Characters you like" collage, a good way to check myself if there's been skill improvement ☝️🤓 Uncropped drawings in the replies! 👇

A digital colour illustration collage featuring characters with the headline "Draw A Character You Like".

• Current Favorite: 
Kida (Atlantis: The Lost Empire) with her spear in hand, looking at her blue crystal necklace shining brightly with wonder.

• Comfort Character:
Toph Beifong (ATLA), grinning confidently at the viewer, holding her championship belt with one hand.

• By Design:
Skull Knight (Berserk), standing in his spiky armour with an expressionless skeleton face, red light shining from his eyesockets. 

• By Plot:
Tailmon / Gatomon (Digimon), looking at the viewer with a frown and her ears down, her glove removed from one paw, revealing an old X-shaped scar.

• Guilty Favourite:
Dimitri (Sly 2), standing with a bored expression, a lit cigarette in his right hand.

• All-Time Favourite:
Kratos (God of War), looking at the viewer with a fierce stare and grit teeth, his Blades of Chaos raised and ready for attack.

Happy 26th Anniversary to #FF9! 🎉🎉 Some old artwork - I'll try draw anything based on the game whenever possible, so many memorable characters! Also my precious PS1 copy of the game, with disc art by 𝘵𝘩𝘦 Yoshitaka Amano! 😊

Digital sketches of Garnet from Final Fantasy IX.Old Strawpage gimmick featuring Freya Crescent and Vivi Ornitier from Final Fantasy IX

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"H-he... forgot who I am..."]Digital sketch of Adelbert Steiner and General Beatrix From Final Fantasy 9. Made for a holiday season "under-the-mistletoe" set.Photograph featuring Sony Playstation copy of Final Fantasy 9. European 4-disc set with character concept art by Yoshitaka Amano.

Testing some CSP brushes with Steiner from #FF9, grumpier than usual without his helmet 😾 Because of a thunderstorm had to unplug everything... ended up sketching Part 2 on paper 🤭 Continuing the "Hat Borrowing" series 🤓 Beatrix had good intentions, but seeing him get grumpy... she got grumpier 🙈

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santtu@a--santtu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Some #FF9 sketches while I was trying to get out of a small art block 😖 An old idea of how Vivi lost his hat so he has to improvise with the help of a certain dragon knight's hat. Meanwhile elsewhere Freya found a familiar mage's hat and immediately tries it on 🤭

Digital colour sketch of Vivi Ornitier from Final Fantasy 9, wearing Freya's iconic red dragon knight hat with his yellow eyes glowing through the eye holes.

Text in the thought bubble:

"I hope Freya won't mind..."

A quick sketch of an old idea 🍺 #FF7 's Tifa runs the bar 7th Heaven, and in #FF9 we first meet Freya in a pub, so... I imagine she would be a regular 🤓 And if it was a multiverse, I wouldn't be surprised if she came looking for Fratley all the way in Midgar.. 😥

Digital watercolour and pencil sketch with Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy 7 and Freya Crescent from Final Fantasy 9.

Interior of the bar 7th Heaven, with dark wooden paneling and a wide bar counter. Further back we see some cabinets and a variety of bottles and bar tools.

Freya stands by the bar with her back to the viewer and a drink in front of her. A small sigh of frustration comes out of her as she's in middle of explaining something to Tifa who works as a bartender.
Tifa stands opposite to Freya on the other side of the counter, leaning her elbow on the counter and her cheek against her hand. She smiles while listening to Freya's troubles.

Been thinking about that one NECA toy set with the '87 #TMNT in beachwear, Raphael particularly 🐢🏖️ Thought about him taking Mona on a holiday trip to the beach, so... had to figure out some attire for her first and then sketch something! 🤭

Digital color sketches with Raphael and Mona Lisa from the 1987 TMNT cartoon in beachwear.

Raphael has an orange shirt, light blue shorts and a cap; Mona Lisa wears a wide straw hat with a pink ribbon, a pink sarong skirt and red bikinis.

Raph and Mona are walking on the beach, he is talking and they hold hands. Next, a large wave washes over them and we only see their eyes. Michelangelo is shouting: "Surf's up! :D"
Third picture, the two are standing with their clothes soaking wet, looking surprised.

Mona looks over her shoulder with her back turned. She has red sunglasses and she bites her lip; Raph looks angry as he interrupts, holding a hand to block the view as Mona is quoting a line from Spider-Man:

M: "Face it, Tiger - you just hit the jac--"
R: [Whoa Whoa Whoa] "Sorry, folks, but we can't afford being sued for copyright infringement by that other comic book publisher!"

Mona is sitting on the beach, smiling at Raph who returns with a watermelon. His back is to the viewer.

Oops, I forgot to post here as I made a few more after these; came across some fun reference screenshots 😆 Some more ideas for the Spy x Family and TMNT crossover! "Yor" Mona will do anything to protect her new family! And April trying to teach her making pizzas, but... 🙈

Digital colour sketch of a scene from Spy x Family but with the 2012 TMNT; Mona Lisa and April O'Neil to be exact.

April is shouting at Mona further back, she appears angry with sharp teeth.
Meanwhile Mona is standing away from April, she is wearing a red apron and a white dress shirt. Her eyes are closed and a single tear is falling from the corner of her eye. Her hands are raised in front of her, revealing her fingers are covered in bandaids.

Text in April's speech bubble:
"What's wrong with you?!?"Digital sketch of a scene from Spy x Family but with 2012 Ninja Turtles characters; Mona Lisa and Chompy Picasso.

Mona is looking angrily at the viewer, her eyes are wide open and her pupils narrow from rage. She is gritting her teeth and her frown is mostly covered in shadow.

Chompy Picasso looks up at her adoptive mother in quiet fear, a few drops of sweat and he is shaking. His ornamental hair horns appear droopy from being so scared.
santtu@a--santtu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An old idea for a crossover I finally decided to sketch ✍️ Raph, Mona and Chompy from the 2012 #TMNT but as the Forgers from Spy x Family because why not 🤓 One has to hide the fact he's a ninja, one hides her alien / military background and the kid breathes fire 🤭

Digital colour sketch featuring Raphael, Mona Lisa and Chompy Picasso from the 2012 Ninja Turtles but dressed up as characters from Spy X Family.

Raphael adjusting his leather gloves while wearing Loid Forger's green 3-piece suit, Mona wearing Yor Forger's red sweater while pointing somewhere. She looks down at Chompy Picasso while holding his hand and smiles. Chompy is wearing Eden Academy's boys' uniform while looking up at Mona. One of his pair of horns resemble the hair decorations of Anya Forger.

An old idea for a crossover I finally decided to sketch ✍️ Raph, Mona and Chompy from the 2012 #TMNT but as the Forgers from Spy x Family because why not 🤓 One has to hide the fact he's a ninja, one hides her alien / military background and the kid breathes fire 🤭

Digital colour sketch featuring Raphael, Mona Lisa and Chompy Picasso from the 2012 Ninja Turtles but dressed up as characters from Spy X Family.

Raphael adjusting his leather gloves while wearing Loid Forger's green 3-piece suit, Mona wearing Yor Forger's red sweater while pointing somewhere. She looks down at Chompy Picasso while holding his hand and smiles. Chompy is wearing Eden Academy's boys' uniform while looking up at Mona. One of his pair of horns resemble the hair decorations of Anya Forger.Digital colour sketch with Mona Lisa and Ice Cream Kitty from the 2012 Ninja Turtles as a redraw from a scene from Spy x Family.

"Yor Forger" Mona is leaping towards Ice Cream Kitty at a fast pace, her face is stone-cold and ominous, her eyes locked on the mutant cat.
Ice Cream Kitty looks at Mona first surprised, then screams in terror.

Some #FF9 sketches while I was trying to get out of a small art block 😖 An old idea of how Vivi lost his hat so he has to improvise with the help of a certain dragon knight's hat. Meanwhile elsewhere Freya found a familiar mage's hat and immediately tries it on 🤭

Digital colour sketch of Vivi Ornitier from Final Fantasy 9, wearing Freya's iconic red dragon knight hat with his yellow eyes glowing through the eye holes.

Text in the thought bubble:

"I hope Freya won't mind..."Digital colour sketches of Freya Crescent from Final Fantasy 9.

Full body sketch of Freya standing with Vivi's mage's hat in hand. She smiles fondly as her ears and tail wag.

Head-shots from different angles as Freya tries on the hat. Due to her ears the hat sits much pointier than usually when Vivi is wearing it. Freya looks at the viewer with a side-stare, appearing somewhat embarrassed.

Some old sketches of Yor Forger from #SPY_FAMILY Also a vision I had some time ago; the Forger Family as Moomins because why not 🤭 The Moominhouse locks its doors from now on, I reckon! Poor Moominpappa...

Digital sketches of Yor Briar / Yor Forger from Spy X Family, focusing on redraws with her multiple facial expressions, in addition to experimenting with several digital brushes.Digital colour sketch of Spy X Family's Yor, Anya and Loid Forger depicted as Moomin characters.

Yor looking surprised while resembling Mymble, Anya with a pouty expression and hands on her hips while looking like Little My. Loid brushes his hair to the side with one hand in his jacket pocket while he resembles Snufkin.Digital coliur sketches of Moomin-like Yor Forger and Moominpappa, as well as Loid Forger.

Yor is busy enjoying the Moominhouse's refreshments as she's emptying a summer wine bottle. Moominpappa looks at Yor angrily while showing her the bottle is empty. Yor appears tipsy as she's addressing Moominpappa. Headshot drawing of Loid with a bump on his cheek from a slap from Yor.

Dialogue for the characters:

Yor: "'Ey Mistew Mwoomin! *hic* Awe you a hippo ow not?"

Moominpappa: "Ma'am, there is not a single drop of anything left in this house!"

A short comic I had to make based on another 'incorrect-tmnt-quotes' post, featuring Raphael and Mona from the '87 #TMNT 🤭 Nice one, Raph! No wonder his slogan isn't "Cool and smooth"... 🙈

Digital color illustrations based on the 1987 TMNT; panel one out of three.

Raphael the turtle and Mona Lisa the mutant from the '87 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon stand face to face and hold hands. Both have a fond smile and Mona's tail is wagging happily. The background is a vibrant blue ocean floor.

Text in the speech bubble:

R: "Your eyes sparkle like the ocean."Digital color illustration, panel two out of three.

Mona Lisa stands with one hand behind her back as she's chuckling with her other hand partkly covering her mouth. The background has colors in hues of pink and orange, as well as a faded closeup of Mona's eyes, which appear hazel brown. She stares at the viewer with a fond look.

Text in the speech bubble:

M: "My eyes are brown."Digital color illustration, third and final panel.

Raphael the turtle smiles wide as he's figured something out and pointing into the distance. Behind him we see a blurry photograph of the Hudson River in New York City.

Mona Lisa looks silently, frowning at the viewer with a displeased expression, the air around her in hues of purple from discomfort.

Text in the speech bubble:

R: "Your eyes sparkle like the Hudson River."

Made a while back as I was testing some CSP brushes; from early March to be exact 🐸 Quina Quen from #FF9 doing another round of Qu's Marsh frog catching - the poor critters need to be faster! 😰

Digital colour illustration featuring Quina Quen from Final Fantasy IX.

Backdrop depicts a scenery from Qu's Marsh, with tall reeds as far as the eyes can see, and small bits of dry, muddy land in middle of small ponds. There are a few frogs visible on land and partly submerged.

Quina stands further back, their silhouette ominously dark with only their eyes sparkling as they've locked in on their next target - a small, green frog that is jumping in the foreground and towards the reeds closest to the viewer. It has a distressed expression.

An old drawing from last year, featuring Terra from #FF6 in both her human and Esper forms. As much as I like when Esper Terra is depicted as a fair being, I also have a soft spot for a more feral appearance as she had in some of Amano's concept art 😌

Digital color illustration featuring Terra Branford from Final Fantasy 6. Backdrop is a vast star-filled space and in the middle of the drawing is a dark red box framed with a rope. 

Terra sits in her human form on the left side, a sad expression as she's deep in her thoughts as she leans on the frame, leaning her cheek on one hand. She has green hair and she has a yellow, swirling aura around her. Her violet hood and cape hang outside the frame.

Opposite to Human Terra, on the right side, levitates Terra in her Esper form, her hair long and purple, her legs are pointing up and she has long claws on her hands and feet as she's holding onto the frame. In Esper form she has a ferocious expression with her teeth sharp. She has a blue aura with small bolts of lightning around her.

Some sketches from last summer based on #Grandia Easily in my Top 5 favourite games, such a comfy JRPG! A fun variety between all the Final Fantasies (and younger me was amazed it had voice acting! 🤭) As a bonus an old Strawpage gimmick I've sent, based on another memorable moment 🖼️

Digital colour sketches based on Game Arts' 1997 JRPG, Grandia.

Colonel Mullen giving a speech to his troops, General Baal talking about his nightly dreams. Justin and Sue arguing with Puffy observing. Feena waving her hand with a wink, meanwhile Leen's rare moment of laughter. Gadwin preparing for his signature attack with his sword flashing. 

Larger sketch of Justin, Sue, Puffy and Feena looking up towards the skies at the seemingly endless ancient wall, the presumed End of the World.More digital colour sketches based on Grandia.

Justin and Feena at the beach in Gumbo, admiring the flock of Spirits gleaming in the distance.

Rapp looking disinterested, meanwhile the otherworldly Liete levitating with her magic staff in hand. Milda overjoyed as she reunites with her husband Darlin.

Another sketch of a moment in the game when Leen and Justin stand on the large chunk of Spirit Stone as it is taken away, with Sue, Feena and Puffy looking from the top of the hill below.

Closeup sketch of Justin's heirloom from his father, a small piece of the Spirit Stone.A colour illustration made with Strawpage's drawing tool, based on a scene in Grandia. 

Justin, Feena, Sue and Puffy overlook from the mountain path at their destination in the very horizon to which Feena is pointing at; beyond the seemingly endless Misty Forest and above the clouds they see bits of a great wall against the morning sun, the presumed End of the World.

Quote in the bottom left corner: "There is no such thing as the end of the world."