A little off the wall, but here's a fanart for a friend. @twiniverse Just a little thank-you for helping me out with an upcoming episode. :) (Patreon peeps will know.)
But actually - check out his comic! Pippin makes it with tons of love, and a lot of my recent advances with SU background styles is directly inspired by Twiniverse stuff!
Many years ago now I was a tiny au artist I had the idea "Hey, what if my AU but OTHER AUs?" It started with Bad Prediction Nora, since that was a pretty logical step! And obviously I had to do the White Diamond Nora using Earl instead of CGPearl, I mean, how could I not? Duh, right?
I always loved those designs, I don't know why. But they stuck with me. And some years later it happened again. I don't know why but I saw the Walk the Line comic and its sad old wet paper bag of a Steven and I just had to give him a Nora, too. And so Faerie of the Monster Line was created and the Alternate Twiniverse was officially born. It had gone from just a couple fun sketches to something recognisable. And the important thing to know about Walk the Line is... there's more lines. I was invested at this point... and with the backing of a very rabid fan named Nova I kept going.
So then came the idea... I already had Druid's Nora. I was halfway there. Next we needed Sven's Nora, named Noma Moss Universe. A daughter of not a Pearl, but a Spinel! And let me be frank, her design was fire. They all were. But none so much as the fifth entry into the Alternate Twiniverse...
Fate. A fusion of Faerie and Noma named Nova Universe after that megafan because I wouldn't have gotten there without him and it just made sense. I LOVE Fate's design. I can't tell you how much I love her design. She has some sort of control/cosmic entwinement with the mind butterflies in SU. Nugget and I both imagined her being able to move in a butterfly cloud like in Mindful Education where a bunch of the butterflies turn into one BIG butterfly. She can also use them like the canon Gem communicators.
So then there were five. Five Noras- well, three Noras, a Noma, and a Nova. And I adore them, I love them so much, they are so special to me. But something was missing...
A final piece...
So this piece is introducing the latest entry into the Extended Alternate Twiniverse: The Nora from Nova's own Astra AU. In this unfathomably far future she exists as an entity within a necklace that this Steven wears. Is she alive? Can she communicate? Is the spirit within it truly Nora or only a small piece of her? Only Astra knows.
I extend eternal gratitude to @nugatorysheep @thechekhov @jigokuhana & @wilted3sunflowers and @novantinuum for bringing their amazing worlds to our fandom and for inspiring me to grow Twiniverse every day.
Beneath the cut I'll include the reference sheets from the ones that have them. Astra's doesn't because... that's all there is of her, and Noma has 2 (ignore Star, Moss is the correct name). Enjoy!
To Stevonnie this is Nora Universe (she's from the universe where Rose had twins and Pearl gives up her life force so Nora can exist @twiniverse) how do you feel about meeting Steven's sister from another dimension?
@twiniverse Love the cinnamon roll, protect the cinnamon roll.
@twiniverse is such a cool comic so I had to draw this au’s crystal gems, agate, lapis, and ruby! (plus little bonus iolite and amethyst). You guys should all check it out!
To kickoff our countdown to our store opening, we'll be sharing our merch and first up is our collab sticker sheet!
Ten talented creators created these unique fan fusion designs for the Diamonds! Any guesses on names or who is who? 👀
And we'd like to take a moment to highlight one of the designers: Pip Eliott of @twiniverse fame! (Blusky)