#Thank you Rebecca Sugar

[radi0activelob1ani]

5000 years ago.

[mojocomix]

See ya, Steven Quartz Cutie-Pie DeMayo Diamond Universe ⭐️

That show was HUGE. Hope we'll see more of that in the future! Also I cried. A LOT. Keep making great stuff Rebecca ;)

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[thethirdbill]

“Ranking” is a stretch, since they’re all above simply “good” but I did share my thoughts on every Steven Universe song to celebrate 5 years since listening to them for the first time!

[elwolfen]

God... Steven Universe is so good

[kemalamalam]

Solavellan fusion ala Steven Universe because everything is possible in the Fade

Imagine them dancing... having a waltz with a song plays in the background manifested out of love... they fused together without even realizing... feel close and the warmth of each other's body and spirit literally as one...

[sh5]

godddd I really would've killed myself if I was pearl steven universe. god. god. fate worse than death.

[seefasters]

steven universe music still slaps sorry

[evaiskindaweird]

Thank you.

I felt like I needed to say that. Thank you.

Rebecca sugar's TV show, Steven Universe, turned 10 years old today. This show had such an impact on me as a kid, mostly because it inspired me to explore art and show creating. Among others like Coryxkenshin, I was inspired to create. Whether I wanted to be a voice actress or an artist, these people helped me through dark times, and now I'm here, working on my own show with the help of amazing friends.

Speaking of friends, I'd like to thank all of my tumblr friends for their support through my art and tumblr journey. I know I couldn't deliver what started my blog, but I felt like things happened for a reason, and I'm doing really well right now. Shout out to my first tumblr followers @toonycatuwu and @mimitsurugi for being the first to support my tumblr journey. Mimi has been inactive for over a year, but if you're seeing this, Mimi, thank you, and I hope your doing well. Toony was my first FIRST follower, so I really appreciate being friends with you the most. We don't talk a lot, but I'm glad to have you as a tumblr friend. And my other tumblrina's as well, @melodythebunny, @not-a-vegan3 and @benanazauce, who came later but were still incredibly important to me and my journey on this platform. For those I left out, I thank you as well.

One last thanks: Rebecca Sugar and Coryxkenshin. Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you Rebecca for inspiring my art journey, and helping me with motivation and hard times. Thank you Cory for being an awesome dude and stopping me from crying multiple times. Thank you everyone. I love you all!!!!!

[thanksiloveyou]

we toss around the term "cultural reset" a lot but genuinely. steven universe,

[apixphiny]

piece i did in 2020 for the end of steven universe :)

[rickardt]

A Steven Universe tribute I put together way back after finishing the final episode of Steven Universe Future ^^.

[i-am-bored]

@di4mndeyez it’s the actual descriptions when you look at the show on Hulu/Disney

like. This is official. Someone was in charge of writing episode summaries and put this down and theres no possible better summary tbh

(which is partially why I could not stop laughing when I first saw it like imagine watching for the first time and this is the official episode summary I can’t-)

I can’t stop laughing at this

[oathkeeper-of-tarth]

Then all those years of building - were they worth anything? Yes - they're just hoping you don't realize it.

Rebecca Sugar going in for the kill with some sketches out of absolutely nowhere. Here's my best attempt at getting an okay-ish image out of a blurry vertical phone recording of a screen. Original video was posted on the official rebeccasugar account on TikTok - a big thank you to @jeejyboard for bringing it to my attention.

[animatingforfun]

This was a pure joy to work on.

For the behind-the-scenes story of how I made this animated mini-short, click “keep reading” below.

I started this 6 weeks ago, just before Nintendo shut down its 3DS and WiiU servers. The server shutdown meant no more multi-player online play for 3DS games, like Mario Kart 7, but also no more uploading to the Butterfly Animation online gallery directly from the app.

As an homage to the Inchworm and Butterfly Animation apps for the DSi and 3DS that I’ve been animating on since 2011, I originally was just going to animate just a single shot featuring something butterfly related.

But the story evolved as I began asking myself a series of "what if" questions that I had fun answering, like, “what if it was a little girl playing dress up as a butterfly?” And then “what if she was first cosplaying as a caterpillar then the butterfly?” “If this is a story of growth, what if she stumbles? What is her attitude when she stumbles?” “What if the design of the girl was something like Isao Takahata or Yoichi Kotabe would draw?”

Making this was the embodiment of everything I hope to achieve with my personal animation: to let creativity flow and just have fun animating and creating.

Since this mini-short was animated on my Nintendo 3DS, there was a memory limit of only 100 drawings, which was a bit of a challenge for longer or complex actions, but was a fun puzzle to solve. Sometimes limitations force you to come up with even more creative solutions. (I was able the squeeze in more drawings than the memory allowed, and filled it to the max!) :)

The song I used is from Rebecca Sugar’s album, "Spiral Bound", and perfectly fit the theme of the short. Initially, while I was drawing the character, I found myself humming a tune from Steven Universe that dealt with beginnings, endings, and not being ready. It’s amazing how the brain can subconsciously pick the playlist!

In the end, that song, sung by Steven’s father in the show, didn’t quite fit, but then I remembered another song by Rebecca Sugar which was more on theme with my story, called “My Own Way to the End”. The whole album is wonderful! You can check it out here:

Painting the backgrounds for this was the most challenging thing for me, but also the most eye opening! After painting, I would look around at the trees in the neighborhood differently. So many colors when you really look closely.

There’s so many talented people at my work and it was great that I could ask them for advice. One person I asked was the talented Tia Kratter, who happened to teach a mini-painting class for the animators while I was working on this short. I asked her for advice on one of the background paintings and she asked great questions which challenged me to try different things, but I still felt like I was having fun and playing without fear of failure. I mean, it was still hard though! Hahaha!

If you’ve read up to this point, thank you for reading this. :) I hope you enjoy this mini-short as much as I enjoyed making it!

[probablyaseamonster]

Reblogging because I’ve never heard of teshuvah before and I didn’t know it was basically against Rebecca’s religion to depict Steven and the Gems shattering the Diamonds (or at least to frame the idea in a good light), so thank you for the education and the take.

Everytime i think about Steven Universe and the concept of Teshuvah I become something else.

[feraljayce]

thank you for coming thank you for staying thank you for watching the show

(It's Only Magic, Rebecca Sugar)