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10 months ago

HERMIT A DAY MAY - DAY 20

GeminiTay x Over the Garden Wall

Minecraft youtuber GeminiTay standing in a black void holding up a bright lantern. She is wearing her season 10 skin, which has a little cape on her shoulders, and is carrying a net full of fish. She looks concerned but determined and is staring at something up and in the distance which we can't see. Above her is her name in an elegant gold font with stylized squid arms extending out from the top of the G in Gemini.

For Gem I picked Over the Garden Wall!

Gem's base this season is very spooky and atmospheric. I considered doing her entry in the style of the game that inspired it, but I haven't actually played it yet, so I decided to go with another spooky, atmospheric piece of media that I love.

To learn more about Over the Garden Wall and see my style references, go below the cut.

(Gamers Outreach :) )

Over the Garden Wall is an eerie 10 episode mini-series that follows two half-brothers named Wirt and Greg as they get lost in an otherworldly forest. While trying to find their way home, they meet a series of strange people who help or hinder their quest, Odyssey style, and are followed by an ominous figure known only as The Beast.

I can't tell you what happens exactly, because that would spoil the plot, but it is a fantastic show and well worth the watch! I rewatch it again every year in October as its by far one of my favourite Halloween stories. If you aren't sure what to watch for spooky season this year, try Over the Garden Wall, you won't regret it!

Style references:

Two boys walking in an autumn forest. The boy on the left, Wirt, is taller and older. He is wearing a blue cloak and pointed red hat, which makes him look like a garden gnome. The boy on the right, Greg, is younger and wearing an upside down silver teapot on his head and light green overalls. There is a frog on top of the teapot. Wirt is looking around at the forest and seems concerned but Greg is oblivious and making silly faces.

Wirt and Greg, lost in the forest

A grim old man in a top hat with a shell-shocked look on his face. He is carrying an axe in his right hand and lifting a lantern with the other. The lantern is shining a light so bright that you cant see any details of the lantern itself. The light is casting deep shadows on the mans face as he looks at the viewer. Behind him seems to be the bark of a gnarled old tree, though the image is cropped too close to know that for sure.

This is the Woodsman, who warns the boys about the Beast. The show swings back and forth between very flat lighting and dramatic shadows depending on the atmosphere of the scene. I wanted to give Gem a bright lantern, like the Woodsman, so I chose to render her with dramatic shadows.

Over the Garden Wall in an elegant gold font. The O in Over is stylized to look like small branches are growing from its middle and long, twisted branches are sprouting from the top, overlining the rest of the word. In the middle of the O is a bird symbol, also in gold. The text is on a black background.

The Over the Garden Wall title design

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hermitaday hermitcraft geminitay Seriously if you are looking for something creepy but not jumpscare-y this Halloween Over the Garden Wall is definitely something you should give a watch
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