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With the permission of the wonderful @glooumnastas I present to you the KidLawgust 2026 prompt list!

For everyone coming across this event for the first time: It's a KidLaw-themed daily art/writing/creative challenge starting on August 1st 2026 and lasting the whole month until the 31st. Of course you don't HAVE to do every day, and you also can always draw a prompt on a later day. Just have fun and spread the KidLaw love! <3

When posting your artworks, please use one of the two hashtags #kidlawgust 2026 or #kidlawgust2026, so I can find and reblog them!

Now, please help me spread the word! Share the prompt list with everyone you think would be interested in this art challenge! I'm already looking forward to see what you all will be coming up with! <3

Also, a big thanks to @glooumnastas again! I'm very thankful and proud to carry on the tradition! <3

❤️ Day 3 Corazon Week 2026 ❤️

AU! (WHAT IF)

Le Chevalier du Cœur⚜️

Today's prompt, "What If," was probably one of the most challenging (and rewarding) pieces of this week's collection.

Last year, I imagined Rosinante as a Celestial Dragon, so I wanted to explore a similar idea without simply repeating it. This time, I asked myself a different question: What if Rosinante had remained in Mary Geoise and eventually become one of the Holy Knights?

The Holy Knights represent the highest military authority serving the Celestial Dragons, entrusted with protecting the Holy Land and enforcing its laws. Reimagining Rosinante within such a role fascinated me because it presents a striking contrast to the person we know a man whose kindness ultimately led him to reject the very world he was born into.

⚜️ For the visual direction, I drew inspiration from the magnificent military portraits of the Napoleonic era, particularly the works of Jacques-Louis David, Antoine-Jean Gros, and François Gérard. Their portraits are known for their luxurious uniforms, dramatic capes, rich fabrics, and dignified compositions, transforming military figures into almost monumental symbols of authority.

Rather than depicting Rosinante in battle, I wanted this piece to feel like an official state portrait, as though it belonged in the halls of Mary Geoise itself.

🎨 This illustration also became a personal technical challenge. Before starting it, I had been struggling with a bit of artistic block, so I decided to use this piece as an opportunity to push myself again.

One of my main goals was to faithfully recreate three different materials in a classical oil painting style while working digitally: velvet, satin, and leather. Each fabric reflects light in a completely different way, so I found myself revisiting studies of historical portraiture to better understand their textures, folds, and subtle color transitions. It was a demanding process, but also an incredibly rewarding one.

In many ways, this illustration helped me reconnect with the joy of studying, experimenting, and painting again. By the time I finished it, I felt that creative block slowly beginning to fade.

I hope you enjoy this alternate interpretation of Rosinante as much as I enjoyed bringing it to life. Sometimes, imagining the paths a character never took can reveal just as much about who they truly are.

This piece have 2 versions: one with out makeup and other with makeup : because i feels weird to not have rosi in makeup

✨ Thank you so much for following this journey. See you tomorrow for Day 4!

Holy shit, what a chapter. You can't even get too analytical about a thing like this, it's just great action and a huge story beat. I think the Jump cover and colour spread here are very nice bits of art (I'm understating it, the colour spread is gorgeous), but they don't really scream anniversary to me. They feel like ones you could see at any point. I love the detail of the sharks saluting Jinbei and Usopp swimming for his life.

The opening seems to build on the idea that Joyboy and Imu were at one point friends. The speech bubbles are stylised the way Oda does radio chatter, but is this facilitated by snails as it is in the present, or some long lost ancient technology? The dark panels and the tone of someone cautiously calling out into the abyss bring to mind some parts of the Harley text. The world was "shrouded in death and darkness" at the end of the First World, and the Second World then begins within a "void." Are these the survivors of a world in an apocalyptic state making contact with each other for the first time? Feels like the kind of page we're going to be looking back at for years.

I loved the first stretch of fighting here. Imu using the demon spirits to extend his arm, then redirect it down took me fully off-guard. A strange parallel between hero and villain, but a reassurance that things are still going to be creative and offbeat, no matter how edgy the bad guys look. But it's still an anime fight, and nothing says that harder than Imu and Luffy doing flash steps away from each other's attacks back to back.

The genie transformation certainly is something. We are stretching the limits of rubber and "Nika's fantasy" combinations. He looks like Cuphead boss. And what was this form even meant to do? It throws one normal punch the goes away!

But we get a good, reliable Jinbei moment, and it's super cute how Ragnir loves him afterwards.

I like how we see Usopp and Brook try to talk out who Imu could be based on their current world knowledge and don't quite reach the right conclusion. Keeps it immersive, that the characters don't automatically know (or conveniently work out) everything the readers do. And it's pretty, funny Usopp and Nami catching Brook and Franky up on the time Luffy and Robin were frozen. Do they have warm water to ease Gunko into though? And how surprising that Imu would remember Brook posthumously, when he's seemed fairly detached from humans that don't resemble ancient figures before this point.

I feel like we've learned something about Imu's powers, seeing the halberd become a spirit and return to the halo, only for a sabre to come out. It's those black fire spirits all the way down. Were even the book, gun and knife that Imu-as-Gunko summoned earlier in the arc also made of these things?

The withering effect as the sword is drawn makes for a great panel, and the ending is obviously dramatic and shocking, but yikes, the top panel of the left half of the page (pictured below) is one of Oda's worst ever. Is that meant to be Luffy's perspective of Imu zooming in from a distance and overtaking the demon spirits already chasing him? Imu spiralling in for the kill? Even with the context clues of what happens after, I'm still not sure. I'm a big defender of Oda's art, even the rough parts in the modern era, but that panel so badly needs to be redrawn for the volume release.

And it's a shame to have that dampener of a moment right before the climax, because what a climax. I expected Luffy couldn't win here. I figured (and figure still) that this is going to end with Imu's time limit pulling him back to the Holy Land, with the remaining question being whether Luffy would be on the front foot or on the back foot of the fight when it happened. I did not expect such a graphic and brutal loss in a single chapter. Bold, Oda. What is it going to take to get Luffy out of this, let alone set him up to take on Imu for real in a future arc?

Truncated text of tweet from MrPitBull, Mar 11, 2026:

She kept finding women in laboratory photographs from the 1800s. Then she read the published papers—and every single woman had vanished. Someone had erased them from history.

Yale University, 1969.

Margaret Rossiter was a graduate student studying the history of science. She was one of very few women in her program.

Every Friday afternoon, students and faculty gathered for beers and informal conversation. One week, Margaret asked a simple question: "Were there ever any women scientists?"

The faculty answered firmly: No.

Someone mentioned Marie Curie. The group dismissed it—her husband Pierre really deserved the credit.

Margaret didn't argue. But she also didn't believe them.

So she started looking.

She found a reference book called "American Men of Science"—essentially a Who's Who of scientific achievement. Despite the title, she was shocked to discover it contained entries about women. Botanists trained at Wellesley. Geologists from Vermont.

There were names. There were credentials. There were careers.

The professors had been wrong.

But Margaret's discovery was just the beginning. Because as she dug deeper into archives across the country, she found something far more disturbing.

Photograph after photograph showed women standing at laboratory benches, working with equipment, listed on research teams.

But when she read the published papers, the award citations, the official histories—those same women had disappeared. Their names were missing. Their contributions erased.

It wasn't random. It was systematic.

Women who designed experiments watched male colleagues publish results without giving them credit. Women whose discoveries were assigned to supervisors. Women listed in acknowledgments instead of as authors. Women passed over for awards that went to male collaborators who contributed far less.

Margaret realized she was witnessing a pattern that stretched across centuries.

Women had always been present in science. The record had simply pushed them aside.

She needed a name for what she was documenting.

In the early 1990s, she found it in the work of Matilda Joslyn Gage—a 19th-century suffragist who had written about this exact phenomenon in 1870.

In 1993, Margaret published a paper formally naming it: The Matilda Effect.

The term captured something that had been hidden in plain sight for generations. Once you knew the term, you saw it everywhere.

Her dissertation became a lifelong mission.

For more than 30 years, Margaret researched and wrote her landmark three-volume series: Women Scientists in America. She examined letters, institutional policies, individual careers. She gathered undeniable evidence that women in science had been consistently under-credited and structurally excluded.

Her work faced resistance. Many dismissed women's history as political rather than academic. Others insisted she was exaggerating.

Margaret didn't argue emotionally. She presented data. Documented cases. Patterns repeated across decades and institutions.

Eventually, the evidence became undeniable.

Her research helped restore recognition to scientists who had been erased:

Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray work revealed DNA's structure—credit went to Watson and Crick.

Lise Meitner, who explained nuclear fission—omitted from the Nobel Prize.

Nettie Stevens, who discovered sex chromosomes—received little credit.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered stars are made of hydrogen—initially dismissed.

And countless others whose names had nearly vanished.

Margaret changed the narrative. Science was no longer just the story of solitary male geniuses. It became a story of collaboration that included women who had been written out.

On Minion Island he goes from "my brother has betrayed me and I'm going to massacre these fucking pirates about it" to "ok, sit down, frown at the trauma gun, I don't think I want to shoot Rosi" to unloading his pistol into Rosi's chest after getting two decades of simmering sibling anger dropped in his face in like 2 minutes.

And Dressrosa is spinning this like a fucking merry go round 🤣 Law kills Vergo and blackmails him? Die G-5 for being here when Doffy shows up. Chasing Law through Green Bit? Mostly back to errant child attitude. Law very intentionally spitting D lore he could only have learned from Corazon? Fling him through town and fucking shoot him point blank in front of his allies. Then calm down, chain him to a chair, and go back to chatting. Strawhats fuck up Dressrosa and free the toys? Throw all of them out, drop a birdcage, and put a fucking bounty on Law's helpless ass. Wait, no, calm again, maybe he's handicapped Law too much and should at least let him out of the cuffs. Oh hell no Law you are choosing this fucking idiot well HE CAN GET THE CUFFS OFF THEN. Calm again. Law gets him punched in the stomach. Violent again!

Opened my hand to look at my kill and it flew away. unharmed

Once again, when there are two flames talking, one of them speaks in a different font. I wonder if that's meant to imply that these are in fact two different entities talking to each other

Also, the way Imu's arm stretches and bends in unnatural ways... I don't think it's a coincidence that this attack looks so much like Luffy's rubber punch

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Luffy's Gum Gum Genie is pretty straightforward, he calls it ゴムゴムの魔神 (gomugomu no majin), with 魔神 (majin) meaning devil, evil spirit or genie. Funnily enough, it's composed of the kanji 魔 for devil, demon or evil spirit, and 神 for god or deity. It reminds me of Imu's speech to Loki about there being no difference between a god and a devil

(chapter 1181)

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(chapters 1188 and 1180)

So when Imu blasted the ice he was expecting Gunko to both wake up and try to get out of it herself, apparently. Which is interesting for two reasons. One, he doesn't seem to recognize Ragnir's ice, which is supposed to be unbreakable for anyone other than Ragnir, even though Imu knew him from before. And two, the fact that he thinks she should have woken up means she's not doing that for a specific reason. Maybe Ragnir's powers have that effect, maybe her memories and personality resurfacing is messing with her head and she's just passed out. I don't know, maybe she's faking it

Also, Imu remembers Brook from 60+ years ago, so he either has an amazing memory or that time was extra memorable. Because it had to do with Gunko? Brook was in that room with them for such a small amount of time, but maybe the impact he had on Gunko's psyche makes him easier to remember. Maybe Imu has access to Gunko's memories as Shuri when he possesses her

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Luffy's attack is called スキあり銃弾. 銃弾 (juudan) means bullet and is written with the furigana ブレット (buretto), also for bullet. スキあり (sukiari) is an expression that means chink in the armor, like when you sense someone's weakness or see them distracted. In this case, he thought Imu was too preoccupied with Gunko to notice his punch coming

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Imu's sword is called 虚無剣 with the furigana ボーフー (boofuu). 剣 (ken) means sword or blade, and 虚無 (kyomu) means nothingness, or a state of emptiness. The furigana possibly refers to the Hebrew term bohu from the Bible. Now please keep in mind that I know next to nothing about Hebrew (or the Bible for that matter), so take this with a shallow-DuckDuckGo-search sized grain of salt. Apparently, the term bohu is mentioned along with the term tohu three times in the Bible, but most notably in Genesis to describe the state of the Earth before God began creation, and tohu and bohu are usually translated as "unformed and void", or "formless and empty". I think it can be read as both vohu or bohu

[To be fair, vohu could also be referring to the Ashem vohu which, according to Wikipedia, is "the second most important manthra, and one of the most important prayers in Zoroastrianism. It is dedicated to Asha, a Zoroastrian concept denoting truth, order or righteousness." It could also be about Vohu Manah, "a Zoroastrian concept, generally translated as 'Good Purpose', 'Good Mind', or 'Good Thought', referring to the good state of mind that enables an individual to accomplish their duties", again according to Wikipedia. But to be honest the Bible one makes the most sense to me, both because of the whole Christian devil theme Imu has going on and the meaning of the word matches better with the rest of the sword's name]

(chapter 1138)

The first line of the Second World in the Harley text reads

虚無に息吹あり Within emptiness there was breath

It's the same word for emptiness as Imu's sword name. Plus the chapter title, by the way, which is 虚無 (kyomu) with the furigana ボーフー (boofuu). I've said this before but I don't like that they used the word "void" here, because it makes you think of the Void Century, and that's not the same word. That void is 空白 (kuuhaku), which is more related to a blank space, gap, or vacuum, like the 100 years that are "blank" and missing from the pages of history. Besides, kuuhaku is used in the first line of the Third World, but it was translated as "emptiness", which just creates unnecessary confusion in my opinion

Anyway, the word 息吹 (ibuki) means breath, but in the poetic sense it means something like a sign of new beginnings, a breath of fresh air, etc. The First World ended shrouded in "death and darkness" and the Second World begins with a breath of fresh air blowing in the middle of all the nothingness that was left behind. In that way, it kind of mimics the myth of creation, with God bringing light and life into a world that was tohu and bohu, or unformed and empty

It's not lost on me then that Imu's sword seems to do the exact opposite of that, sucking the life right out of the surrounding trees without even touching them. The sword sucking things out of the environment (and into Imu? Into the sword? Into the emtpiness? Who knows) also reminds me of Crocodile's attack where he sucks the moisture out of his surroundings

(chapter 201)

In both cases, they are taking away "life" and leaving only nothingness behind. I wonder if Imu's sword will have any other impact on Luffy besides the, you know, impaling part. Will it suck the vitality out of him like when he lets go of Gear5? That would also be very reminiscent of Crocodile taking all the moisture out of him and leaving him a husk at the end of their second fight

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And speaking of Crocodile, this is certainly not the first time we've seen Luffy take such a big and seemingly definitive hit during a battle with a Big Boss. Him being impaled on Imu's sword is very similar to when he was impaled on Crocodile's hook during their first fight in Alabasta (and when he was dried up at the end of their second fight). The first time Luffy fought Kaido also ended pretty quickly, with Kaido only needing to land a single hit to take him out

(chapters 178 and 923)

All this to say that this is looking like a prelude to a loss before a comeback. Because to me this felt like a very unbalanced fight in Imu's favor, with the added bonus of none of them being in a good condition to begin with. Loki has been dead on his feet since the start and Imu has been coughing up blood since he arrived. Not to mention Luffy's terribly ominous words about feeling unbeatable before joining the fight. It would make more sense to defeat Imu in Marijoa anyway, where he's at the peak (ha) of his power, to really make it stick. And, if we're going with Imu's speech that history is repeating itself, I can see this arc ending with the kids actually being kidnapped, like they were 800 years ago, and the Straw Hats and some of the giants racing to catch up with them. Remembering that Vivi left them a message on the newspaper, it would also make sense to meet up with her along the way, since she's involved with the whole Imu business because of her ancestor (another bonus of being reminded so much of Alabasta in these last few panels, could it be a Vivi foreshadowing?)

Day 1: Dress up!

☀️summer nights☀️

❤️ Day 4 Corazon Week 2026

Clumsy Day (Unfortunate Clumsiness)

A Moment's Folly 🔥

I think this piece might be my favorite illustration I have created so far.. not only from this challenge, but from my entire artistic journey.

When I finally finished it, I honestly cried. After spending so much time studying, experimenting, and overcoming challenges, seeing the final image come together was an incredibly emotional moment for me.

For today's prompt, "Clumsy Day," I wanted to portray one of Rosinante's most recognizable traits: his endless and unfortunate clumsiness.

Rather than simply illustrating an accident, I wanted to create a scene that felt true to his character. Corazon is someone who can turn even the simplest action into a complete disaster, so I imagined him trying to light his cigarette… only for his own clumsiness to betray him once again. A small moment becomes a chaotic but very "Rosinante" situation.❤️🥺

🎨 This illustration was inspired by El Greco's Boy Blowing on an Ember, a painting that has always fascinated me because of the way it transforms such a simple subject into a dramatic study of light and shadow. The small flame illuminating the child's face creates a mysterious and almost theatrical atmosphere, showing how something as fragile as a spark can become the center of an entire composition.

I wanted to reinterpret that same idea through Corazon: replacing the quiet curiosity of El Greco's child with his characteristic accident-prone nature. The flame becomes both a source of light and a reminder of the chaos that follows him everywhere.

🌹 This piece was also one of my greatest technical challenges. The hands, the nails, and especially the lighting were incredibly difficult to achieve. Creating the interaction between the warm glow of the flame and the surrounding darkness pushed me to study and experiment more than ever before. Even now, I still cannot believe how it turned out, but I am incredibly happy with the result.

I also feel that this illustration shows my inspiration for Rosinante's facial features more clearly. For his appearance, I was inspired by Anton Rogachev, whose features helped me capture the gentle, melancholic, and kind expression I wanted for him.

✨ This artwork reminded me that sometimes the most unexpected challenges can lead us to create something truly meaningful.