00:00Has this YouTuber lost his mind?
00:06Zach Scott has some fans concerned after embarking on an elephant daisy art commissioning spree that's taken over Twitter feeds across the world.
00:13It all began when Super Mario Wonder dropped, introducing a bizarre new power-up that immediately broke brains online.
00:19In the game, players can eat an elephant fruit to turn their character into an anthropomorphic elephant.
00:24This power-up immediately got people hyped on social media, inspiring a flood of fan art depicting Mario and the gang in their elephant forms.
00:35Gaming YouTuber Zach Scott, who has over 5 million subscribers, was one of many Mario Bros fans who became obsessed with the elephant fruit.
00:43In particular, he grew attached to Princess Daisy as an elephant.
00:46A few weeks later, he started flooding Twitter with commissions of Elephant Daisy, planting the seeds of what would become a full-blown obsession.
00:53His method involves finding an artist who's already drawn Daisy, then paying them to redraw the same art, but with Elephant Daisy instead.
01:00Often, sharing the new art with the caption,
01:02I loved the original, but she wasn't an elephant, so I commissioned the same artist to turn her into an elephant.
01:07Zach Scott slowly continued this trend over the next few months, but recently, he took it to the next level by going on a commissioning spree.
01:14He asked for an Elephant Daisy version of a rendering that was quickly fulfilled.
01:17Not long after, he shared a new commission from Moxie Draws showing Elephant Daisy on a jet ski.
01:22Because, why not?
01:23In what can only be described as a digital art stampede, Zach Scott shared roughly 30 Elephant Daisy commissions on Twitter,
01:30proudly advertising just how much he loves this character and sharing that love with the world.
01:34While some people have showed concern for Zach Scott and wondered why exactly he was going so hard with Elephant Daisy art,
01:40others showered him with praise.
01:42A lot of people are happy that he's commissioning the original artist to draw the Elephant Daisy art,
01:45rather than using AI to transform Daisy into the elephant,
01:48a trend that's grown increasingly popular in the art world as of late.
01:51The art commissions have also inspired a lot of memes about Zach Scott himself.
01:55Many of these memes ironically depict Zach Scott as some sort of villain who immediately DMs any artist he sees with Princess Daisy artwork.
02:02One viral example by Bonksta is a piece of art that shows Luigi as a waiter serving an elephant fruit to a nervous Princess Daisy
02:08as Zach Scott sits at a table in the background.
02:11Zach Scott hasn't exactly explained why he's doing this, but one thing's for sure, he's playing into the meme.
02:16In between sharing art commissions, he's also been sharing memes poking fun at himself,
02:20like a post sharing a crying Dumbo gif that reads,
02:23Me when I find an amazing Daisy artist and their commissions are closed.
02:26What?
02:31Aeries
02:34Ayes
02:34Em
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