puggsoy's Professor Layton rips

[Garamonde]

Green is actually okay as a background color, but if you'd really like something better and can't find your own, look at redblueyellow's sheets and borrow the dark teal color he uses (other people use it so it's good). I also suggest going into the color mixer thing and just play around with the brightness, greyness and hues to get a much broader variety of colors, and you'll likely find one that contrasts well with the sheet content (I highly suggest that you don't use default colors unless they're green, magenta or cyan). I have to get creative sometimes to find a color that's easy enough on the eyes, yet the sprites remain crystal clear (check out some of my Pokémon Mystery Dungeon sheets, namely Hoppip Family - I couldn't use my usual bluish shade because it blends in with Jumpluff's colors).

Also, yes screenshotting is like, the default method of ripping and most of us do it (including myself with some things), so it's cool. I'd like to recommend trying DeSmuME instead of iDeaS as well because it's got lots of cool features (even if the tile and map viewers are useless). I use it for ripping from M&L: PiT since it won't run on NO$GBA (not sure if Layton will run on it either, though I'd give it a shot too). And do whatever you feel is best with your sheets. I've never played a Layton game so I can't offer any suggestions for organizing and what to put on what sheet and whatnot.