#gemsona design challenge

[theanoninyourinbox]

garnet, maybe a very pink one, andddd make em short but with big hair

Phenomenal Giant Hair

Itty Bitty Gem Lady

[flavia-draws]

pearlsona challenge #8: gold pearl!

[poisoned-peppermint]

Did a silly thing for the fun

blank version in undercut

1.Ikram 2. Emerald 3. Asmodeus 4. Beth 5. Beelzebub 6. and me

[ghost-byte-art]

For this month's character design challenge 'Mineral Warrior".

This is Princess Iridessa, the youngest of her family who has signed up to the royal guard to fight as an Opal Shard! She can't decide between a sword or a hammer, but at least she has help from her little opal chip pals.

[exammole]

A challenge to Steven Universe fan fusion artists.. make a fusion with one of these 😈😈

[pocket-gems]

Question, how are you so good at art? I mean, it’s all subjective really but your specific art and colour combinations really tickle that itch in my autistic brain.

I've been drawing since I have memory. One of my earliest memory was at maybe 5, drawing Spyro. I started drawing gems at 15 maybe? A lot of the gemsonas from that era are lost to time, but I do remember they were requests (wow, me doing free art? Unheard of!).

Started taking art more seriously when I started this blog, at 2019. I have no job and by the time I was dealing with some serious depresssion shit so when I was sad I took drawing as a therapy. I drew a lot. So I still draw a lot since it's what I'm used to do or else it feels weird haha. I can guarantee your skills will improve on a speed demon level if you have no job and aren't the type of person that likes going outside.

Now more seriously, between 2019 and 2024 a lot of time happens. Art takes a while and one can get mentally burn, so while my hands rest, I can take my time to improve and get stronger. Mindlessly drawing can make lineart and coloring faster but designing can get weirder in the sense of not knowing what to do and just overcomplicating things. Here's my favourite example, good 'ol Blizzard! And I'm still not happy with the damn thing! Art can be personal, art can be a challenge, art can be fun, depends on how you take it. All you have to do is not to give up.

Art feels like a beast to dominate, you need to understand it to break it (I say this as a self-taught artist). No one, and I repeat, NO ONE, starts drawing good. If you don't draw good at the first time, don't give up. You don't like it? Too bad! Art is subjective and just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean someone else won't either. You don't like it because you saw the full progress, of course it doesn't surprise you. But it can surprise someone else!

This drawing right here is the FIRST digital drawing I made (I already drew a lot of paper, I'm sure you can tell haha). I used no layers because I had no idea they existed. Same gang ages later. And they still need to be updated!

Art is constant practice. A commission? Oops, it's actually practice regardless of how serious it is because in the future you will get better, you just have to not give up.

About the whole colouring part, I usually don't overthink it much. If it fits, it sits. BUT I do put it to a test. Does it have a lot of neon colours? Does it look cool? Then I have a problem because if I put that to greyscale and I can't see any difference because it all becomes a grey mass that's an issue. That and limiting the palette, depending on the character's complexity.

Per example when I draw on my art-style (hiii new followers who don't know my art style), I have to play with greyscales a lot to make sure all details can be seen.

I'm sure you get the point by now. I really want to do a video someday reacting to my pile of sketchbooks full of old drawings and do more lessons and all that stuff haha. It's not just about "drawing a lot since old age", that's boogus. It's more about "drawing a lot, having patience, learning from mistakes, research about art and keep drawing".

I'm sure I missed a bunch of things to say, hope that helps anyway! ^^

[rocksandmirrors]

i meant to draw Vee and Hunter's gemsonas at least, but it's almost 3 am here I WANNA GO TO SLEEP 😭 have this in the meantime

realistically Luz would stay a human, but i still decided to give her a gemsona bc she deserves one <3 i'm not 100% happy about her design tho also drawing Eda with Ruby's proportions was a fun challenge

Steve, Matt, Edric & Emira | Hunter, Lilith & Vee

[blazichu]

Gemsona Design Challenge: Day 29

Day 29: Fuse the red, blue and green gemsonas together! 

Rainbow Calsilica, the fusion of Cinnabar, Deep Sea Lapis and Variscite. They’re kind of a disaster, in hindsight.

Bonus:

Melo Melo Pearl, for a different prompt, though it’s been long enough that I can’t remember what blog that prompt came from. In any case, Melo was designed to be Hessonite’s.

[grayjoy15]

Gemsona Design Challenge; Day 2 - design a gemsona for your favorite gem… Aquamarine!!

[megademencia-blog]

a bluebird for the fifth day of the gemsona design challenge: design a gemsona based off of an animal!

she’s based on a toucan

[theanoninyourinbox]

OOO OK UHHH Bloodstone and fat, hairy, trans man with a dad-bod (I think all gems are Girls but not anymore I am transing their ass)

free the pecs

[gem-flow]

3rd Day of the Gemsona design challenge!: Design a gemsona based off a dance style!

This is Menolite, A gem who belongs to White Diamond, and its court. Menolite’s fusion dance and dance style is Claque, a classical dance with big jumps and huge dresses! This gem is verypure and likes to relax! Hope you like it!

Topaz Loves you!

[cobaltbluejayy]

Gemsona Daily Challange: Day 4

Mexican Cherry Opal

Opals are messengers for upperclass gems. These types of opals are rarer than average, but they are far more enthusiastic about their jobs, and are faster because of it.

This particular Opal is clumsier than usual, which makes her hard to work with. When projecting a screen for other gems to speak through, an Opal needs to be still as stone. This Opal has a tendency to stumble or otherwise move while projecting, which breaks up communications. The gem was nearly shattered at one point, but was barely saved by a sudden group of off colors breaking in and grabbing as many gems as they could before leaving.

[peridot8xl-blog]

Once again I messed up, sorry! This is Onyx and she's based on a rhino!

[undergaster]

Drawing with Cacoxenite in Derrick J. Wyatt art style. At this point I've lost interest in drawing gemsonas, but I've wanted to practice drawing Derric J. Wyatt art style, so I've choosen to draw Cacoxwnite, since he's my favourite gemsona that I've designed.

[starrrbitz-movedtonewblog]

Inktober 2020 - Day 23 - Moonstone

(Click for better quality!)

This is kind of an unintentional Steven Universe gemsona that I've made, and it's actually for my sister! She's been nagging me for a week now to draw a girl in a colourful saree. We're Indian and we're in the middle of prayers these days so she really wanted this.

I didn't feel like coming up with a fun colour pallet, so I decided to use the colours of a colourful stone.

Moonstone was chosen, because firstly, it's got some beautiful blues and purples and mint greens that I love in its white pearly lustre, and secondly, cause Moonstone is often found in India and Madagascar. (Also coincidentally it's my sister's birthstone, neat!)

Plus, gemstones are often associated with chakras in our culture, so I put it on her forehead like Pearl, known as the crown chakra. I also gave her wings that sort of resemble the halo like glow that's often behind paintings of Hindu gods.

She's definitely a cute character, and ended up looking kinda similar to one of our Hindu gods... kinda cool I think!