2017 Gemsona Week - Prompts & Challenges
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Use the tag “#gemsona week” in the first five tags of all your gemsona week posts, I will be queueing for this blog straight from this tag. Help me find your tumblr prompt responses so I can share it with everyone!
SCHEDULE of PROMPTS & EVENTS
Pick out your favorites to focus on, or try to do them all!
I’ll be reblogging from the #gemsona week tag all of August, so no rush. Please have lots of fun this year!
✩ DAY ONE
Tuesday, July 25th ★ Design Showcase
#GemsonaTimeskip : Based on the timeskip art meme. Have you redesigned your gemsona over the years, or do you have alternate “poofed” outfits for your gem? Celebrate our fourth annual gemweek with a look into the past!
Famethyst : Even gems of the same type vary in size, color and personality. Draw your gemsona meeting their diverse family with all of their glorious variations!
Name Drop : Design a gemsona based on a gem mentioned but not shown in the show: Crazy Lace, Biggs, Snowflake, Nephrite, Morganite, and the Cluster.
★WRITING PROMPTS:
✩ Homeworld Gem - Your Diamond is pleased with your work ethic and competence, and has seen fit to reward you with your very own Pearl. Your Pearl is already outfitted to match you and is ready for instruction…
✩ Crystal Gem Rebel - You’ve been assigned team leader on a mission to recover corrupted gems from the Beta Kindergarten. Will you rise to the occasion, or crack under pressure…?
✩ DAY TWO
Wednesday, July 26th★ Gemsona Memes
Gemsona Drawing Challenge : A good old-fashioned interview art meme. Save these templates to your computer, draw your gemsona’s responses and post it in the #gemsona week and #GWmeme tags! [ ATTN:Templates will go live 7/24 ]
Mother of Memes : Redraw memes featuring gemsonas! Regular memes, draw-your-oc/draw-the-squad poses, any meme you so desire. Be sure to tag it #GWmeme!
★WRITING PROMPTS:
✩ Homeworld Gem - A day in the life of your gemsona carrying out their duties.
✩ Crystal Gem Rebel -Whoops, you seem to have wandered into what the humans call a “house show party”… what do you make of all this?!
✩ DAY THREE
Thursday, July 27th ✦ DAY OF DIAMONDS 2.0 ✦
Your Elusive Radiance : Design a Diamond that hasn’t fully appeared in the show. (Pink, White, or any other color Diamond.)
Fusion Authority : Uh oh… don’t look now, but the Diamonds have fused into a terrifying giantess!! (Design the fusion or write a quick fic about your gemsona stumbling into this scenario.)
★WRITING PROMPTS:
✩ Homeworld Gem - (Pre-Rebellion) I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, but… you’ve been re-assigned to Pink Diamond’s Earth colony! How will you serve your new Diamond, and how do you feel about going to such an… organic planet?
✩ Crystal Gem Rebel - You’ve been shattered during the Gem War and have become part of the Cluster… you’re confused, scattered and your body is desperately trying to reform. Suddenly, a boy’s voice breaches your consciousness: ”Shard, meet shard!”…
✩ DAY FOUR
Friday, July 28th ★ Fusion Friday
Art Fusion! Switch-Around Challenge : Some of you might recognize this art meme! Make groups of 2-3 people, and fuse your art using one of these templates! One person sketches their gemsona, another adds lines, and the last colors. Rinse and repeat until everyone has sketched, lined and colored! Be sure to post in the #GWmeme tag! [ ATTN:Templates will go live 7/24 ]
Corrupted Fusion : Oh no, your gemsona had to fuse with a corrupted gem! (Draw the design or write a quick fic about the outcome.)
Fusion Room: So long as the fusion exists, their room appears in the temple. Pick a fusion from the past or make a new one- for what purpose do they use their room? What do they decorate it with that reflects their combined personality?
★WRITING PROMPTS:
✩ Homeworld Gem -You’ve been given authorization to fuse with other gems of your type. Is it true that fusion is a pathway to sentimentality?
✩ Crystal Gem Rebel - You must fuse to protect innocent humans, but you and your partner have hit a roadblock of anxieties. How do you work through it together to save the day?
✩ DAY FIVE
Saturday, July 29th ★ Gemsona Community Day
Ask My Gem Anything : Ask prompt meme for artists and writers to reblog. Send a question to at least five people & reblog to share! [ ATTN- WILL BE POSTED ON FRIDAY 7/28 ]
Enhance! : Your gem is offered a chance to enhance or upgrade their tech/weapons! Either by Homeworld engineers or Crystal Gem weapon smiths- what does your gem opt for?
The New Gem: What’s going on?!… Your gemsona has switched bodies with another gemsona for a day! (Find a partner and draw and/or write about your gemsona’s reaction to their new appearance and abilities. Or switch your own gemsonas with each other if you’d prefer to go solo!)
★WRITING PROMPT:
✩ The Corrupting Light - Your gem is caught up in the Gem War for Earth… suddenly a bright light of corruption washes over them and proceeds to break down their consciousness, altering their bodies…
✩ DAY SIX
Sunday, July 30th ★ AU/Crossover Day
Human AU : Poof! Your gemsona is now a human- how do they look, act, dress? What interests do they have?
Ultimate Alternate : Choose your favorite genre of AU and insert your gemsona(s)!
OC Crossover : Pick a non-gemsona OC of yours and introduce them to your gemsona. Do they get along at all? (Draw and/or write about the meeting of the minds!)
★WRITING PROMPT:
✩ The First Dream -Your gem decides to try human “sleeping” and experiences their very first dream.
✩ DAY SEVEN
Monday, July 31st ★ Music Monday
Theme Song : Find a song that best represents your gemsona. Draw “cover art” for the song featuring your gem.
Dapper Gemsona : Greg and Steven have taken your gemsona on a short vacation to Empire City, complete with a suave tux makeover! Draw our gemsona in a tux, ready for their musical number debut.
★WRITING PROMPTS:
✩ Homeworld Gem - You’ve been captured as a hostage by the Crystal Gem Rebels! They question you about Homeworld, and start to ask questions you’ve never heard or thought about before…
✩ Crystal Gem Rebel - You’ve befriended a local human and they’ve become curious about why you revolted against the Diamond Authority… Why did you decide to defend Earth, despite all the risks of rebellion?
Here’s a copy of the Prompts & Challenges page on the tumblr for you poor souls using mobile! It works for my app but I guess that’s tumblr for you. I’ll be posting updates for the Art Fusion/Interview Meme templates and Ask My Gem Anything reblog meme, the original page will be updated and I’ll make posts for mobile users. Check back soon for updates!!
