Steven Universe: Art & Origins

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Bursting with concept art, production samples, early sketches, storyboards, and exclusive commentary, this lavishly illustrated companion book offers a meticulous written and visual history of the show, as well as an all-access tour of the creative team's process. That’s part of the reason Steven Universe speaks to so many–because we see ourselves here, and know stories can be about us.

There’s a huge amount of supplemental material in this section so there’s no way I could name it all. Character Design References (CDR) is an online platform that celebrates and showcases exceptional character-focused art within the realms of animation, illustration, games, and comics.Explore, create, and be inspired as we embark on a journey filled with limitless artistic possibilities.

A lot went into this idea, and Steven Sugar weighs in to say he had to think of what it would mean for a world to have buildings but serve no human needs. But Rebecca and the Crew valued that approach and loved the way fresh eyes would handle an idea, making it come back alive, entertaining, vivid. One of Steven Sugar’s comments about the silhouette difference between humans and Gems points out that humans have ears. s design is not discussed, though the other two new Fusions from “Change Your Mind” (Sunstone and Obsidian) were. But she also learned that you can in fact develop as a person in the context of a relationship–you don’t have to be alone to do it.A long reflection from Rebecca discusses people’s infighting about her show and what she had a responsibility to show or not show in the story. The book is titled “End of an Era” for a couple reasons–obviously because it is released after the show has wrapped, but also because Gem history recently ended its “Era 2” and began Era 3–an age of prosperity and peace.

Maya was on the old Crew but not as a storyboarder, so felt like some of the “old” ideas ended up not being appropriate for the “new” Future in an embarrassing way–and dreaded the idea of dealing with Steven’s emotional problems when they were similar to stuff she’d been through. The characters of Steven Universe might not find beauty in the same ways that ordinary humans do, but that's what makes them so great! And the cover, like its predecessor, is shiny and decorated with a beach scene featuring minimalistic characters–this time it’s the Gems at night in front of the Temple, and on the back cover is a big pink leg ship in a cross-legged pose. Later, there’s some brainstorming for types of Off Colors and “a Ruby that wants to wear limb enhancers” is mentioned as well.Some low-quality images are included with my review just to give you an idea of what’s there–it’s not a good substitute for getting your own copy, but here’s a tour! A very interesting aside discusses Garnet’s leadership and how the network pushed the Crewniverse to acknowledge Steven as the leader. We share only the finest artworks, the best tutorials and the greatest animated shorts with an international community of over 1 million artists, art enthusiasts and animation fans.

The book confirms the name of the formerly unknown member of the Great Diamond Authority to be White Diamond, in a small chord chart representing the chord representing each diamond.The timeline includes the birth of the Diamonds, the emergence and major story beats for each major character, and some philosophy of the driving force behind each. Chris McDonnell has designed books on Ralph Bakshi, Bill Plympton, the Joker, Wonder Woman, and many more. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.