Neo Pink Diamond - A Steven Universe AU

It is 2895 and Steven has been reborn as a full Gem. What new challenges await him in this new life? Updates sporadically. Also available on Tapas!

[seleneelune-deactivated20251014]

[sharkman-jhones]

Shitpost based on @nugatorysheep's Walk the Line AU. Based (heh) on this.

[neopinkdiamond]

Bullshit I drew.

I'm trying to come back, y'all.

[diegosouzalions]

STEVEN UNIVERSE RETURNED!!

[zombee]

at San Diego Comic Con 2016, Ian said -

One thing I will tell you about the show, that a lot of people don’t know, there is a discrete timeline from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. There’s a timeline for all the things that happened before the story. And there’s a timeline for all the things that happen after the story. Those are all sort of written down. There’s definitely an ending. There’s ways to expand it and go further, but Rebecca is going to have her chance to tell her story the way she intends it to be told.

[neopinkdiamond]

Oh.

SHIT.

...Dang, maybe I should have kept him alive.

[discount-supervillain]

[neopinkdiamond]

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(I actually suspended all invites to the Discord server sometime back. Somebody was trawling it for callout blog type shit, saving privately shared art, and in general just plain being a hole about it. Message me if you're interested in joining)

Guys, don't look now, but the Hydrogen Baby is starting to get upset.

I take it back. A year and two months is now the longest I've gone since updating.

Lot happened and a lot didn't happen, up to and including getting laid off and having to start somewhere new.

Thanks for all the support!

[neopinkdiamond]

I want to ask after reading the comic on Tapas, is Neo Pink Diamond on Archive of our own? (A03)

No and yes.

The comic is not currently available on Ao3.

However, the "pilot" for the comic, The Life, Death, and Life of Steven Universe by @abelquartz is on Ao3. (Long story short, I comissioned him back in 2019 to write a one-shot based on the general idea. The next year, I figured "I can take this further" and started the comic following my own ideas and a loose adaptation of Abel's prose.

[neopinkdiamond]

How soon is soon?

Soon as in "within the next few pages" not "X weeks."

I do apologize, I've had an extended slump period where I've gotten very little art done as a whole. Aside from ADHD junk, I had to deal with a layoff and was fortunate enough that I finally landed something right as my old job cut me off. Stuff's been hectic.

[neopinkdiamond]

So… how does Steven being reborn as a full gem work?

I genuinely intended to get to that, soon!

[empanadastheresurrection]

doodling VERY bitter reunions

[abelquartz]

@sharkman-jhones

[neopinkdiamond]

Yeah, alright. I'll jive with this.

[neopinkdiamond]

New year new schedule?

That implies I had an old schedule!

I *am* trying, though.

[emiemi345]

[ask-whitepearl-and-steven]

I know you all have been eagerly waiting for new episodes - and they ARE coming - but for now, I've been very grateful to have the chance to spend the new year's holidays with my family. So - thanks for your patience that gave me that opportunity!

New episodes are already available on my Patreon if you want to check them out early, and

EP 11 will premier publicly on tapas in late January! Keep an eye out! :)

Thanks to everyone who was here this year, and here's to another one!

[neopinkdiamond]

I didn't finish my own New Years art...again...so have Chekhovs!

Happy New Year!

[nugatorysheep]

I made this for @sharkman-jhones's birthday but I never posted it outside of Discord. Gotta get better about that lol

[neopinkdiamond]

I may or may not have shown concept art of alternate/future hairstyles and set off the Old Men Yaoi machine in others.

[neopinkdiamond]

I want to give a special shout-out to @abelquartz for this!

5 years ago, to the day, I decided to get off my butt and actually do something with an AU concept instead of just making art and daydreaming about it while never sharing things.

That led directly to me and Abel shooting the shit about this idea for a few months until eventually we got The Life, Death, and Life of Steven Universe (which I like to consider a pilot for the AU!)

Eventually, the idea wouldn't leave me alone and I decided to actually try making a comic and the rest is history.

Thank all of you for being fans of this little idea of mine and for being generally cool and chill people.

Please check out Abel's other works, especially his Selkie!Steven AU.

Much love, Sharkman

[gaudess-schmoddess]

Last Line Challenge

Tagged by @nugatorysheep

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you like).

Kind of a sneak peak of the next Chapter of Drift Together:

“Hey, Flower boy? Can I get some help?” Steven had somehow appeared beside him without him even noticing. “Oh? Uh, with what?” Floret snapped back to reality, looking down at the shorter human in front of him. “I can’t get the fucking clasp to work right on this necklace. Can you get it?” Steven placed a silver necklace in Floret’s hands. Floret inspected it, noticing the skull that turned into a sword with ruby-colored eyes. Very Steven. “Turn around,” Floret mumbled, grabbing ahold of both ends of the necklace, “Uhm, your hair might get caught…" Steven obliged and held his hair up and out of the way. Floret gently set the necklace around his throat and pulled the clasps together in the back. His finger gently brushed against the nape of Steven’s neck, and that weird humming feeling in his gem came back. He clasped it together and patted Steven on the back. “G-got it.”

The last thing I drew (that I can post that is) is this:

It was for art fight for @flaretheskywing! I will tag @flaretheskywing and @neopinkdiamond!

[neopinkdiamond]

I feel like a giant asshole because the last two things I've drawn in months are this codo emoji and Amethyst's boob. As in just that line that makes up her left side in this upcoming panel.

In totally unrelated news, I'm trying to get treatment for ADHD.

I ain't got enough mutuals that I feel comfortable tagging.

[neopinkdiamond]

What's your headcanon voice for gem! Steve?

Literally this exact interview with Peter Cullen: https://youtu.be/zryfjSaxXLo

"Be strong enough to be gentle" for Optimus resonated with me so hard.

[neopinkdiamond]

Neo Pink Diamond - Page 47

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Amethyst, please. He's going through a lot.

I think that was just about the longest I've ever gone without updating? Sorry for the long wait. Winter/Fall turned into a total bastard and other fandom brainrot started settling in (I picked a really bad time to get into RWBY, just saying.)

In related news, I'm done moving and I'm getting tested for ADD.

Thanks everyone for the support and patience!

[neopinkdiamond]

Daytime Reblog + Some minor changes in the text baloons.