#su fan gem

[slimejellomold]

[yazartblog]

Had to try to draw Garnet again

[sharkphobicz]

:D

[heyitspizzaking]

Crystal Gems

[qs-art]

in my redraw era rn

[tomnelart]

Lapis AKA Bob

[thingsaday]

Returning to my roots with some platonic Lapidot :)

[imaplatypus-art]

Fifth entry for @glowweek

By far, my fave piece I made for the event. They're such a cute, happy family 🥹.

While drawing this made me realize just how long it's been since I've drawn any of these characters. I am very out of practice. I used to not need refs for them.😳

Anyways, this is my last finished piece 😅 I am sick and couldn't continue the last 2 but I'll share the sketches 👍🫠

You can see my art before everyone and get a platypus sticker by supporting me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Imaplatypus 👉👈🥺

[actionmissiles]

No reason, Bad Pearl.

[belzeboba]

Steven universe rewatch hit hard so I had to make a gemsona. A lapis lazuli who switched sides during the war. After a couple interactions with the crystal gems, she realised that if they were protecting the earth that hard, surely it isn't without reason. And later, she learned to love it herself.

[charleecat-bat]

Earlier Days for the Gems. Pt. 1

Just some doodles of the experiences and emotions these guys felt during their days on homeworld... or..in Pyropes case, just the earlier days...

also made me have fun giving them the very first looks they had.

[atomicgemm]

(redesign fusion) Lapis Lazuli + Peridot = Turquoise.

[jesncin]

I noticed something in Steven Universe. I don't really think the estranged but caring family working to better themselves angle the crew did with the Diamonds truly worked because the Diamonds were oppressors and colonizers on a larger scale, killed (?) their own gems, kidnapped a whole group of people, and they colonized many planets. We don't even get to know the planets they colonized and instead have to focus on the feelings of the Diamonds instead of the victims! Do you feel this?

Yesss. It's clear that Steven Universe's finale was meant to reflect the dynamics of essentially "coming out as trans to your conservative family over Thanksgiving dinner" and while I thought it was a touching story from that angle, it really doesn't reconcile with the full extent of the Diamonds' colonialism. On a worldbuilding scale I find what Ian Jones-Quartey said about the specifics of the Diamond's colonialism both fascinating and puzzling:

[link to the tweet so you can see the full context if you wish]

What really bothers me with this means of absolving the Diamonds' colonialism because they "never destroyed planets with "intelligent humanoid life"" is that it reveals what the showrunners believe are creatures and planets worthy of not destroying- something it weirdly shares with Blue People Avatar tbh. The series itself shows us planets with sentient plants, animals, and even rocks (the gems themselves). It opens up a fascinating discussion over how- to make the fictional colonizers more sympathetic, SU as a show needed to narrow what it considered "sentient life worth protecting".

When the pitch linked in the above tweet says "the gems that invaded were surprised to find intelligent life. As they colonized earth they became fond of humans and started to question the invasion." So...is Earth worth protecting from colonizers because the creatures in it share similar intelligence as their colonizers do, to the point you're capable of forming relationships with them, and their planet is subjectively beautiful? I have to use Jack Saint's words on this because I can't word it better myself (from his video on blue people avatar):

"it's just natural life developed from its ecosystem. And the novel [the novel he's comparing Blue People Avatar against] makes it clear that this should be preserved for its own sake. Because that's what conservation and an opposition to colonialism is. Not to value or devalue something based on personal sentiments on what would be the most wish-fullfily to come rescue, but on the ethical standard that life deserves to continue regardless of whether it personally serves us."

Regardless of Earth being the first planet the Diamonds encountered with "intelligent life", they still committed acts of great environmental harm and destroyed other planets for their own gain. The series easily upends their own logic when the main characters are literally sentient rocks and has anthropomorphized watermelon Stevens as the norm in this world. The Diamonds just aren't given the full narrative recognition of their wrong doing as colonizers.

In the episode where Stevonnie gets stuck on another planet, they are on a planet once colonized by the Diamonds. There is life everywhere- which Stevonnie comments on. I'm glad life was able to grow back after what the Diamonds did, but whose to say for the other planets? Were these creatures not intelligent enough to fight for?

[holybodega]

designing your friends into toxic yuri is free btw

[catsandbats13]

Some extremely old Steven Universe fan art, most of this was before I had an iPad and procreate

Still like them though, especially the pink Stevens. SU Future really resonated with me and I related to Steven a lot. Seeing his journey towards healing was incredibly cathartic and inspiring. Plus it’s just a cool design lol

The second pic I made for a friend who wanted her own gemsona. She liked it but I if I drew it today I’d change a lot of things 😅

The third pic is what I think a fusion of Garnet and Peridot would look like, Fire Agate. Hopefully I’ll get around to finishing it someday.

Spinel was the first time I ever tried a lineless art style and one of the first digital drawings I made on my iPad

[faryanna089]