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1 year ago

HERMIT A DAY MAY - DAY 3

Zedaph x Professor Layton

An image of Minecraft youtuber Zedaph on a pale yellow-brown background. He's drawn in the style of the Professor Layton games. He's smiling excitedly and waving to someone off screen. In his left hand is a rope that extends up above his head and off the image, so we can't see what's on the other end. Knowing Zed, it is likely something hilarious and confusing. He also has pointy ears and tiny sheep horns because I can't help myself, I love fusing these funny block people with creatures. You can probably blame Doc for that, I think he started it.

I drew Zedaph in the style of the fabulous puzzle adventure game series Professor Layton! I think this is perfect for Zedaph because, like Professor Layton himself, Zed loves to make everything much more complicated and mind-bending than it needs to be simply for the whimsy of it. And we wouldn't have it any other way! If you want to learn more about the Professor Layton games and look at my reference images, continue below the cut.

Professor Layton is a series of adventure puzzle games that follows the titular gentleman professor and his child protégé, Luke, as they solve mysteries. The games are packed full of creative challenges ranging from logic problems to visual riddles, which the characters encounter through the events of the story. While difficult (if you're like me and refuse to use hints or walkthroughs), the game is very rewarding and set a cozy pseudo-steampunk world that's a delight to explore. These were some of my favourite games to play on my DS as a kid. Style references:

Professor Layton and Luke standing are standing in the center of a ring of people. Layton and Luke are holding a piece of paper and look alarmed and defensive. The people around them have various expressions, most of which are conspiratorial or gossipy. Everyone is overlaid in a sepia tone except for Layton and Luke.

A collection of characters from Professor Layton and the Curious Village, the first game in the series.

A cleaned-up screencap from one of the older DS games. It shows Luke standing in a kitchen of some kind, speaking to a sad looking cartoon hamster. Luke is smiling and saying ''OK, little chap, from now on, anywhere I go, you'll go too''. Did I mention anywhere that nearly everyone in the game is super British?

A de-pixelated remaster of a screencap from Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, the second game.

An image of the Professor Layton game logo, which consists of the words ''Professor Layton'' written in maroon. The font used looks sophisticated. The entire logo sits in an oval, the outline of which is the same color as the text. To the left side of the logo is the silhouette of a top hat with a fancy, stylized ''L'' in the center.

The Professor Layton title logo

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At first I wasn't happy about how this one turned out but then I realized that black lineart was too dark so I changed the lines to a dark brown which was such a small change but it really made a big difference and now I'm very happy with the end result I wonder if Zedaph has ever tried these games the puzzles often challenge you to think outside the box so I think he'd probably be very good at them hermitaday zedaph zedaphplays hermitcraft
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