CRYSTAL GEMS AS DIAMONDS | Speedpaint

AN INCREDIBLE PARALLEL

Steven Universe is a whole cartoon, were you follow old time resistant Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl wich more than 5000 years ago against Yellow Diamond, Blue Diamond and White Diamond.

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The idea:

What if you take this idea and twist it around? Let's inverse the role.
Here we have:
Pearl playing as Blue diamond
Amethyst Playing as Yellow diamond
Garnet playing as White diamond.

And KitsuneZakuro didn't do it randomly, each cristal gems is a reflect of a Diamond Autority, as if, Rebecca Sugar (creator of Steven Universe) did it on purpose.

Pearl as blue diamond is an evidence: Both Pearl and Blue Diamond surfer alot of Rose Quartz aka Pink Diamond death. Pearl is clearly a sensible string on the SU universe and the most emotionally complex (Really Motherly toward Steven, she hide her sentiment behind her sassy nature, she end up to cry the most often due to the fact that's she have the most episode around her emotional struggle and her role in the serie). She is also the most caring character as Blue Diamond seems to be. Blue Diamond is the only Diamond to have tried something about Pink "Earth issue" by creating "the Zoo".

Amethyst as Yellow diamond seem a bit off at first glance but she is indeed also a good mirror. Yellow diamond is the most habile and best fighter of the 3 diamond authority, as Amethyst show to become, further the series go. She is also a really strong presence since the season one and the one who try to blame someone else for Pink death, as amethyst do for Greg on the begnning of the serie, Yellow also did it on the 3 and 4 season, where she blame Rose and the vrystal gems for pink death. Amethyst is noticable for have pass beyond that's and learn to be a better person. We wait that's for Yellow Diamond.

Garnet as White Diamond is the most accurate for me. Both Garnet and White Diamond are the "mysterious one" since the beginning of the serie. Garnet is the one we know the less about her, we have to wait 52 episode to know she is a fusion (where for amethyst and pearl there place are set early on). White Diamond is only reveal on the end of season 5 (so really recently at time I write this). Both White Diamond and Garnet are the strongest of these kind. Garnet is clearly the mind and muscle of the crystal gems, kinda like the mother of them all. White Diamond as she appear really recently, she is the strongest one, at a point that's she scare Yellow and Blue Diamond. She is also like there mom.

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About the draw itself.

We really get caught by the 3 characters and the "Diamond" Symbol in the middle. We can recognize the Crystal gems outfits mix a bit, just enough, the trait of the 3 Diamond. Pearl wearing a fusion between her usual combinaison and blue diamond bereavement dress. Amethyst is wearing Yellow diamond outfit with her color on. Garnet is set behing the 2 other gems because of the mystery behing White diamond real nature but he keep the element wich make garnet really distinguable her glasses.
We immediatly accept them as Diamond.

The galaxy powder or "cloud" around them renforce the "God of us world" as diamond are in SU universe. The hyper speed style of the cloud let's us think that's we start from earth to space in the spaceship.

The flashlight and the pink ring around them are first of all a clear referrence to Pink Diamond (steven mother, so he get her gems) and a reference to the beam White, Yellow and Blue send on earth and corrupt all other gems. It's also a great ways to keep attentions on them.

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The technique is a bit simple, (paticulary the background, who is forghetable, next to all the other detail and precision on the foreground of the draw). Some people could call the technique of this draw it the weak point. Truth is, when you have a vision that's strong, technique has to be push behind.

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KitsuneZakuro offer us the dystopian vision of Steven Universe Alternate Universe we need to see. This illustration is a magnificent fanart give to Rebecca Sugar and clearly deserve the spotlight.

Signed, Evilmurkrow (Aka Louce or MURK)