Gem Redesign - Blog Posts

Aquamarine?

How did you know I fuckin hate the Aquamarine design in the show. Like, get outta here- weird blue Dora.

Aquamarines I made space pirates! They board alien vessels, take captives for slaves and experiments, and steal valuables!

The diamonds

Since Diamonds are generally seen as "romantic" gems in jewelry, I thought I'd give them a somewhat romantic purpose! Here's a Pink Diamond whose purpose is to see the various relationships between gems - and pair the best possible ones together for missions! Close enough they get along, but not close enough a fusion occurs.

I did not feel like lining and coloring these, so you get sketches.

Have the other pearls as if they were designed like my redesign for crystal gem pearl.

Some notes:

Blue Pearl, in this au, is hinted at being a two pearl fusion, her other gem hidden behind her bangs. but it’s never confirmed. Though, her size does give a good hint....

I moved  Blue P’s gem to her right chest, as Blue Diamond would have her gem on her left chest and I wanted it kinda opposite.

Same with Yellow  Pearl, but for her right chest. 

Speaking of Yellow Pearl, she is one of few Pearls allowed to see. With her eye on her lower half  always looking. 

The “ribbon” tying her top to her is actually a face, as you can see. It bites and makes little noises at assailants. 

Lonely Pearl’s eyes opened on accident, revealing no irises and no pupils. No way to see. She was abandoned for her crime of even daring to open her eyes.

Rip Pink Pearl. Her “spikes” and cracks are all white stained, but the rest of her is pink. 

Aubergine Pearl is very excited about her freedom to see ion era three and wants to see everything. She’s more of a joke in that she gasps and Steven thinks she’s gasping at him, but she’s actually gasping at the thrones of the diamonds and finally getting to see them. 

Some steven universe gem redesigns! These are just for fun and not in any way done to criticize the designs the show has. We have Pearl, Sapphire, and Peridot in that order.

Some tidbits about the designs:

Pearls do not “speak” normally, as they have no mouths. Rather, they produce prerecorded robotic speech from their gem.

Pearls always have their eyes closed, as to not see any secrets that could get out. Pearl herself finally opens her eyes as her last step to realizing she’s free

Pearl’s sword was her first actual possession, given to her by Rose. She always has it with her.

The crystal gem emblem changes from a star to a heart.

Sapphires float and never touch the ground

They do not talk with their eye mouths unless they are predicting a particularly nasty future they don’t like. Rather, they speak with a sort of telepathy.

Peridot’s face can be turned off. This makes her mute until she turns herself back on

Electricity keeps her gem afloat and keeps it from being grabbed by any assailants. 

She will always have the floating fingers, with there being no equivalent to her limb enhancers. 

This version of Peridot would have electricity generation instead of metal bending.

I’ll probably do more of these later (including the ones in my inbox) I just wanted to get these out there!