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Was inspired by @justkillingthyme's future Layton post and got slightly carried away.

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Digging through cutscenes to see if there are any more interesting discrepancies between English and Japanese Descole. And I'm definitely reading into this one way too much, but...

In Last Specter, where in English he says "Hershel Layton, I hope you are prepared to play your part", in the Japanese version he says 「工ルシャール・レイトン、 その名に恥しぬ活躍に期待しよう」 -- "Hershel Layton, I hope you live up to your name"

Of course he’s probably just referring to the fact that Layton is well known for his puzzle-solving skills, but if we put this in the context of AL, to Descole, “Hershel Layton” was the name that almost became his own.

We go back to the flashback scene in AL, where the first thing Roland says is: "You're the famous Hershel, eh? We've heard that you're a very clever boy" (or in Japanese "we've heard throughout the town about your excellent reputation").

"Hershel Layton" came into his name with a reputation already. And that was a reputation that young Des had made for him. The “I hope you live up to your name” is almost like he wants to see what Layton has made of the name that he gave to him.

I wonder, was this the scene that Descole was thinking back to as he readied himself to meet his brother again?

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giving pokemon to PL characters has been on my mind lately

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Trying to see if I can imitate the Professor Layton anime style... Not sure I'm there yet

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Thinking about the differences between the Japanese and English translations Descole's dialogue of this scene in particular... The Japanese version exemplifies more his pain than his anger, I think.

Have included a very rough translation

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I was quite fond of how I drew young Desmond before and wanted to draw him a bit more, with the squishy PL style proportions.

This is what I hc he looked like when he was ~20, towards the end of his first degree, before he met his wife. At this stage, I think he would be very introverted and slightly stand-offish, because all he's interested in is studying archaeology (for revenge purposes, of course).

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This post by @popcorndispenser got me thinking about young Raymond and Des..

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This AU has continued to stick in my head so I drew a little more. Linking to the post that inspired me again because I drew very heavily from it.

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been doodling some more young Raymond and Desmonds

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Okay, this one has definitely been arranged by other people before, but I really wanted to take a shot at it myself.

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@evil-city made me want to edit another screenshot again

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low res des

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Continued from earlier

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i think they would suit each other

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playing with some colouring techniques..

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another low res edit.

I answered an ask from @evil-city describing my process earlier today, but I'm not sure it was very clear. I have included screenshots under the cut of what exactly I did.

1 - Line sketch 2 - Draw the background outside of the sketch back in, so it matches the surroundings 3 - block colours 4 - shading, improved lines 5 - add noise

Final version at 550% zoom after adjusting the colours and adding some noise: