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Post by citation on Oct 9, 2015 5:14:58 GMT
All right, so I feel like this belongs here more than in one of the paleontological boards.
So, my friend comes over from England, right, and the two of us are hanging out. She likes drawing, so she pulls out her sketchpad and shows me some of her drawings. Since she likes Steven Universe a lot, she has some SU fangems she drew in there, one of which being her Gemsona, Citrine. So while she was there, we decided that we were gonna plan out what the fusion of our Gemsonas would be like. Both of us are rather fond of using animal themes for character inspiration.
She loves bats, I love dinosaurs, so what better to suggest than the newly discovered membranous-winged Yi qi?
So now, somewhere out there, there is a drawing of a fangem whose design is based on Yi.
So I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else out here has any fangems that they've done anything similar with?
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Post by artisticthingem on Oct 9, 2015 5:55:20 GMT
While I've made a fangem, I've never posted her anywhere much less thought about drawing her fused with someone else's gem... maybe here's the place to start!  |
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Post by citation on Oct 9, 2015 5:59:58 GMT
Ah! That would be super cool! I love fangems, they're so much fun - I'm a huge geology nerd so this show really appeals to me design-wise, normally I'm not so big on fancharacters but when rocks and minerals are the basis I just... have so many ideas...
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Post by artisticthingem on Oct 9, 2015 6:14:34 GMT
I know right? Some fandoms definitely lend themselves to fan-character creation, and SU is no exception with so many varieties of gems and crystals out there. Anyone can find one they like! I'm actually thinking of redesigning mine though; while I like her basic look, my original pick for her gem apparently can refer to two very different minerals, and the potential confusion frustrates me... so picking a different gem is about my only option... :/ |
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Post by citation on Oct 9, 2015 6:32:12 GMT
Yeah! It's really cool, I have a lot of fangems who are based on really obscure minerals, because I have a strange hobby of trying to base them off minerals I get by going onto Mindat and just clicking "random"... ahaha. My Gemsona is Bismuth, though, because of my love of that element and the fact that of COURSE I would be something that really skirts the lines of what should be possible as a Gem. XD
What was your original idea for her gem? And is she a Gemsona, like, is she supposed to be a Gem version of you, or is she just a fangem?
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Post by theTorterra on Oct 9, 2015 8:37:19 GMT
artisticthingem and I decided awhile back that since my name is already that of a Gem on the show that my Gemsona would be Venusaurite, lol
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Post by artisticthingem on Oct 10, 2015 1:24:09 GMT
Yeah! It's really cool, I have a lot of fangems who are based on really obscure minerals, because I have a strange hobby of trying to base them off minerals I get by going onto Mindat and just clicking "random"... ahaha. My Gemsona is Bismuth, though, because of my love of that element and the fact that of COURSE I would be something that really skirts the lines of what should be possible as a Gem. XD What was your original idea for her gem? And is she a Gemsona, like, is she supposed to be a Gem version of you, or is she just a fangem? She was originally girasol, which upon first investigation was a kind of quartz, but doing some further reading I found it can also refer to a kind of opal??? I wasn't really sure which I wanted to go with, so I just figured choosing something else would be best. She was intended to be a gemsona, but idk, I hardly ever make fancharacters as it is so I don't have much more thought out about her than her design. ^^; |
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Post by citation on Oct 10, 2015 5:49:50 GMT
Ahh, I see! Well, do you have any other sorts of minerals that you think would be cool? Personally I have all of this personal lore set up in my mind about radioactive Gems, and I dunno if I can ever do anything with it but it's fun
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Post by Viergacht on Oct 10, 2015 18:40:35 GMT
I'd love to do one for Ammolite, but I'm terrible at drawing in the show's style.
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Post by citipati on Oct 11, 2015 20:53:45 GMT
not gonna lie i have an oviraptorosaur themed fangem in the works based around one of the eight billion types of agate.
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Post by Viergacht on Oct 14, 2015 19:59:06 GMT
 This came round on tumblr! |
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Post by spinosaurusthefisher on Oct 14, 2015 21:14:57 GMT
This came round on tumblr! Amazing. The Clodraptor Squad. |
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 14, 2015 22:01:53 GMT
May or may not have reblorbed on my personal calling out the artist for making them inaccurate on purpose... I can't help it come on you're not helping with the "public thinking inaccurate is cooler" thing... and while I understand the reasons in-comic (steven wanted to have a raptor squad like the movie) the execution could still have been better & less biased.
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Post by palaeofail on Dec 27, 2015 0:45:49 GMT
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