#lapis redesign

This itself is kinda meant to be a one off thing. I did redesign garnet but I wasn’t too proud of how it came out (mainly the colors)

Maybe I’ll do gems like spinel or pearl in the future if I feel like it. But anyways onto the design explanation

Lapis- top is inspired by stevens shirt, the gloves and stockings are inspired by garnet, and the bow is inspired by pearl

I haven’t had a lot of time to draw anything worth posting on here but here are some Steven Universe redesign doodles! of Jasper, Spinel, and Lapis! I really wanna redesign the whole cast one of these days but H that’s a lot of gems ldkfj

aaaaaaaanyway, i decided to go back and redesign lapis bc my previous one was. hm. ugly

i started out by drawing my own body for her since editing her already existing refs would suuuuuck lol heres her homeworld outfit. cracked version, and healed. i left the mirror effect on her eyes bc it looks cool. that, and she was in the mirror, cracked for so long i imagine it’d have caused some sort of permanent damage, regardless of how gems work.

under the cut is her earth outfits, gems, and some more ramblings, lol

i did a lapis redesign for funsies, the main idea is trying to make her look alien but also simple enough so its possible for her to be animated

i was orignally gonna lean more into the ‘terraformer’ angle but it didnt feel very... lapis. so i went back to concept sketching and decided to make her look almost like a doll. also when shes cracked i decided to make her control over water less, controlled - since her looking normal (besides her mirror eyes) and having complete control over her powers was kinda boring. i really like her design - esp her eyes n her cute lil freckles.