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I get a lot of comments going either
- “Your adult Steven gives me life” or
- “Your adult Steven is killing me”
I am a god of life and death
Holy shit i just read Phantomland and that is by far one of the best comics i've ever read i love it. do you have a patreon or something? it was so fantastic i want to give you something back omg ;-;
Ahh thank you so much for reading!! It means a lot to me!
I’ve been thinking of Patreon, yeah, but I’m not a full-time artist so that kind of dealie seems too heavy for me at the moment. There are paper editions of the comic though which I’ll make available again once I’ve pulled my shit together. I’ll make an announcement so stay tuned!
SEVENTY THOUSAND notes though.
Originally someone (lost their name, sorry) mentioned that Steven’s hair might grow similar to Rose’s and I just liked the idea enough to doodle this… I actually expected the hippie look to be too eccentric for most people. But then everyone went nuts over how much they love it. So much caps lock in the tags. Hell I didn’t even realize the fandom was this big.
I guess I just want to thank you guys. Thanks, honestly! It’s been fun reading all the comments.
I feel like I owe you more drawings for all this support hahaha. Some asked me to draw future Stevonnie, but that’s tough because I doubt they’d look very different save for being much taller. (& people would no doubt give me shit for drawing them “wrong” because of the lack of context)
If you have any more ideas for future Steven’s adventures, or just plain slice of life scenarios, or whatever, I’m interested in hearing them though. Reply here?
ok... but... nsfw dirty hippie steven and connie .... ???? (ღ′◡‵)
SU porn ain’t my cup of tea. If someone else wants to give it a shot, that’s fine though. Just remember to tag it properly & there’s a stephen galaxy tag for the exact purpose
thank you so much for drawing connies eyebrows thicker in your second drawing!!! as a south asian girl who learned to accept their hairy eyebrows its heartwarming :')
Ah yeah, I didn’t use refs so I forgot the eyebrows first time, sorry about that. Glad you like the art!!
As a large bodied man, i worry people are going to be afraid of me because of how I look. Seeing Steven interpreted as a gentle giant means so much. He looks a lot like me, and I'm so happy that I feel like crying. Thank you...
Haha you’re welcome! If his parents are anything to go by, he’s likely to grow up really tall and heavy. People keep mentioning that episode where Steven ages rapidly but I think that‘s just him shapeshifting and not an accurate prediction of the future.
Although grandpa Steven DOES seem to have Rose’s curls which I find delightful
If you want some extra sappiness with that last pic imagine Steven singing this song
(Inspired me to draw the damn thing actually)
I still have trouble functioning properly, but things are looking better and I’m somewhat getting over my art block, yeah. The trick is to stop giving a shit. Even the crappiest doodles will bring me a little closer to where I wanna be, or at least that’s the mentality I’m trying to have
So yepp you might start seeing some more fanart and other random half-assed stuff from me. Thanks for all the support you’ve been giving me, guys, it’s been super kind of you <3
I don't have any way to translate it--is the Japanese faithful to what we'd expect, or does it have a secret April Fools message? :o
The Japanese is legit! As legit as I could make it anyway, I’m not fluent by any means
ジェム☆日記スティーブン・ユニバース “Gem ☆ Diary Steven Universe”, Came up with the title so it would seem separate from the source material, à la Powerpuff Girls Z
地球を守るクリスタル・ジェムになって見せる！“Watch me become a Crystal Gem who protects Earth!”, just a generic catchphrase that’s common in promo art
Looks like people are getting their panties in a twist over your SU fanart. I reeeeeeeally hope you don't get anon hate over this, and if you do, don't respond. Wait for this to blow over. Some of these people are extremely vicious, and engaging with them would not be wise.
Yeaaaah I did expect some amount of hate alright. I thought the joke here was pretty obvious but there’s always that percentage of people who completely miss the point and go batshit crazy in my inbox
DISCLAIMER: Just to be clear, yes, the image is intentionally tasteless because I’m poking fun at the anime industry (and perhaps the perverted side of SU fandom as well). Steven Universe is one of my favorite shows at the moment and I wouldn’t change a single thing about it :)