I figured Spinel would get lonely eventually and thought it was a nice idea if the Diamonds would make other Spinels to keep her company (they seem like the bored type, which is why they created OG Pink Spinel for Pink Diamond in the first place. they can LOVE her, but that doesnt mean she’s getting her needs met or her trauma/abandonment issues cared for correctly. I only know this through screencaps thou).

I thought since regular Spinel is based on steamboat willie and other rubberhose animation, I would shoot for the other spinels to take on different animation periods or styles. which was hard to dig up information on. Most of my styles span the 1980s into the mid 2000s?

yellow would be the traditional anime chick from 80′s and 90′s anime. The really narrow eyes (like jesse from pokemon or the enemies from sailor moon) and it fits into yellow diamond and her pearls’ 80s-90s powersuit aestetic

blue spinel I am not happy with the rendering. She’s supposed to be the 90s disney renaissance of film. Ariel, belle, jane from tarzan all have those really round eyes, but they’re more proportionate and feel more organic than the bratz doll head style with huge eyes slapped on elsa/anna. I think disney is really fitting because of how nostalgic that era of films were and how they pull at heartstrings, and at the same time how disney is this huge megacorporation that’s trying to like suck the life out of everything (true of all diamonds, but disney is known for nostalgia which is hugely emotional). i also had to alter her face shape because she was looking too family guy

apparently white spinel is rare. it could be black? I had her jem in her eye to match pink pearl’s busted eye. I went with tim burton style drawings and took a little inspiration from beetlejuice drawings as well.





Let me know your guys thoughts/opinions! it was a fun exercise in catered design