For nearly 20 years, he had absolutely no idea that his fan-art was being passed around as an official image from the Dragon Ball brain trust. Meanwhile, people like Padula were eating it up.

For Twenty One Pilots fans, fan art is a means of expression, community-building Pop culture of all kinds inspire fan works, but the Twenty One Pilots fandom appears particularly creative.

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus will take place Wednesday through Sunday. The festival will occupy multiple locations, including Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.

Pokemon fan designed sakura-themed Leafeon sprites with pink cherry blossoms. Fan art received well online, with fans loving the unique design variations. Despite no in-game variants, fan artists ...