Garnet Draws

Just like last month, we’re giving you an unusual gem and challenging you to design a gemsona based on it! You can go as in-depth with your character designs as you’d like: come up with their personality and backstory, or just show what you think they’d look like. They can even be a fusion if you prefer; the choice is up to you!

This month’s gem is Benitoite. If you already have a Benitoite gemsona, you can still drop them in the MGC tag, this month is for all Benitoite, old or new!

Gem Meaning: (Note: You can use the gem’s meaning to help you come up with ideas for your gemsona, but it’s not a requirement). Benitoite is a gem that’s said to encourage happiness and joy. 

Cool Facts: Benitoite is an extremely rare gemstone, and it’s also the state gem of California. When it was first discovered, Benitoite was mistaken for a variety of sapphire. It’s a barium titanium silicate mineral that’s typically blue in color (though it can range in color from blue to nearly colorless, as shown below). Evidently, it has a brilliance rating comparable to that of a diamond’s!

(Above photo by TheGemTrader)

 Want to know more about Benitoite to help get you inspired? Check out our “Gem Meaning Resource” page for other sites where you can look up information about this month’s gem! Need help getting the gem’s color palette? Check out these resources!

✰ Steven Universe Future ✰ So much has happened since the very first season of Steven Universe, and now, we’re getting a new epilogue / sequel! What’s your gemsona been up to during this time? Are they helping Steven spread his message of peace? Are they finally relaxing now that the war is over? Do they have a new design? Show us how much your gemsona has changed since the start of the war!

✰ Poké-Partners ✰ The Diamond Authority has decided to grant your gemsona the great honor of…a Pokemon??? Have your gemsona pick a starter pokemon! Or: What Pokemon best suits your gemsona? Design their entire team if you’d like! (Make sure to tag any spoilers for the new Pokemon game if applicable!)

✰ Diamond Fusion ✰ Through some miracle, grand show of loyalty, or sheer bad luck, your gemsona has the opportunity to fuse with a Diamond! What’s their fusion look like? Which member of the Diamond Authority would they prefer to fuse with? How stable is their fusion? Or: What would a fusion between two (or more) members of the Diamond Authority look like? What would their personality be?

✰ Monthly Gem Challenge: Benitoite ✰ Each month, we give you an odd, pretty, or unusual gem and challenge you to design a gemsona based on it! Please check the “Monthly Gem Challenge” tag for more information.

Remember to tag your prompt as #GEMSONA NOVEMBER PROMPT, and pop any other fanart in the #Gemsona tag! You can also participate in the 30 Day Gemsona Challenge whenever you want or fill out the new Gemsona Stats Sheet (just remember to tag those accordingly too)!

Don’t get me wrong, I’m really glad she’s a huge hit, it’s super exciting to see so many people love the character design and the gameplay, and know that I contributed directly and significantly to the behind-the-scenes engineering that makes it all work. It’s validating.

But it’s also so fucking melancholy to know I did so much work and put in so much time for such a shitty company, run by shitty people, and the reward I got for it was unemployment. 

I threw a lot into this character. I cried at work. I started getting panic attacks, which I’ve never gotten before. I developed persistent heart palpitations from the daily overwhelming stress and had to go to the hospital (this is true, seriously.) I basically dropped all my friends outside of work. My manager (and his manager!) lied to me constantly to keep me working. They said I was doing a great job but to keep it up. Don’t worry, it’s going to turn out great, and it’ll all be worth it in the end – recognition, a raise, probably a promotion in short order. They promised me the world. When she was finally finished, I didn’t even get to go to the release party, they just walked me out. 

I remember a quote from my last day, it sticks out in my mind: “I know you realize this is really hard for me,” my manager said. Yes, in the end, when he awkwardly informed me I didn’t have my dream job anymore – or any job at all – and then stared back at my shell-shocked face, my thousand-yard stare, the only thing he felt was sorry for himself.

She launched with no major bugs and was considered a technical success. Doesn’t matter. Get the fuck out.

Look, I get it. Akali is EXTREMELY my type. It’s obvious how much love and care was put into her development. But it makes me furious to see all the free advertising that Riot is getting from people who I thought would know better.  And now? One of the people who is arguably responsible for all that free advertising? Who’s work is undoubtedly making Riot hundreds of thousands of dollars a day? Who was overworked to the point of near breaking? They get nothing. WORSE than the scant bit of credit that most devs can get in a big company like Riot. They got let go.

It’s pocky day appearently so i thought it’d be a bit fun if i draw some of my gals with pocky sticks and let others draw in their own characters to fufill the pocky game! 

Everybody on my dash is enjoying Get Famous and here I am, decorating the pancake’s bathroom ;)

Writer: Air shot between the toes, it’ll look like a heart attack.

Serial killer: anywhere from 2 to 30 minutes

American animation: We have to create simplified characters to make the movement faster and more creative and interesting.

Me glancing at Japan: 

Also animation in Japan, while it does have plenty sakuga stuff, are actually just budget dumps for the best fight scenes. During normal scenes, characters can be very static and has a lot of holds. There’s also the mouth-flapping thing that a lot of animators in America detest. Everything is revolved around budgets for both countries. For America, to pay animators working wages they decided to cut costs and ship labor overseas. For Japan it means terrible working hours and labor, where plenty of animators have fallen ill or even die in their own cubicles.

Bobcut and Bobcat