Steven Universe Redesign: The Diamonds

In my redesign White diamond is formed from homeworld an her emerging is what cracks the planet in half, she then chooses to make 3 other gems so she's not alone but none are as perfect as her.

Blue diamond is in control of the more mystical side of homeworld, most of the gems in her court have special powers or abilities that stem from her and can all morph into/from liquid, Blue diamond is also blind.

Pink diamond is in control of entertainment and the workforce on home world her gems are all partially organic with more animalistic or humanoid bodies, Pink diamond is also seen as the kindest/most forgiving diamond

Yellow diamond is in control of homeworlds technological and military powers and her gems are the most obedient

sometimes i worry that *i'm* wrong and SU is bad/rushed/blah blah. then i remember whites fragile need to be perfect and ego defense of thinking she's fixing things. i remember how its perfectly mirrored by stevens need to fix others. how its both beautifully symbolic in CYM an made more explicit and heart-rending in future.

yeah that shit rules. white being reformed is great. its the ultimate rebuttal to the ideology that only good/useful/perfect people deserve to live- which is exactly the standard white held herself and everyone else to. it mirrors stevens arc of selfless heroism. it mirrors the toxic, insecure selflessness thats plagued everyone from pearl to jasper to rose about what it means to "deserve" to live it ties into "love like you" of how learning self-love is intertwined with loving others. it ties into how steven can't let go of his hero role until he's confronted by *literally* having his own mind in white's body, hating the idea of being like her yet ironically reacting exactly how she would - "this is someone bad for society, they should be shattered, this is what's best for everyone." trying to hurt her only hurting him. trying to help her helping all of gemkind - from the corrupted gems to dismantling a system that was held up by those exact ideals.

yeah no SU is fantastic. i'm so sad that its reputation is "oh well it wasn't that good, but it had some lgbt+ rep :)" which is just about the most condescending crap ever. i would gladly flip it. i think most cartoons that have come after SU haven't been that interesting, they've just been mostly generic stories with some lgbt+ rep.

The Great Diamond Authority

cage

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I just found out these posters that I had never seen before. They're so beautiful

I think Steven Sugar made them

The diamonds 🤍💙💛🩷

I love how you drew White Diamond in the most recent chapter. She’s one of my favorite characters and I just can’t wait to see what you do with her :D

Thank you! She has a great character design.

light au drawings of white adoring her children

Haven’t drawn Steven Universe fanart in a hot minute. But here we are in the future! HAH

i've been making a SU au that takes place from the 50s to the 80s.. i started it off by making the diamonds designs. i think its fun to not make it modern because it makes me think more

White n' pink diamond but make it my design style 🧎‍♂️

I spent the last week rewatching Steven Universe, and thought it would be fun to draw the Diamond Authority 💎