{"id":2472,"date":"2016-03-12T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T19:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2018-02-05T13:59:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:59:21","slug":"art-gallery-steven-universe-wafuku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2016\/03\/art-gallery-steven-universe-wafuku\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Gallery – Steven Universe Wafuku"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now for something a little different. A while back, I posted my watercolour style\u00a0fanart of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson<\/a> from BBC’s\u00a0Sherlock dressed in Meiji-era wafuku. Recently, I’ve become hooked on Steven Universe, which is an utterly adorable and uplifting cartoon. I thought it might be fun to draw the main characters from the show in more modern wafuku. They were super fun to draw! I tried to convey aspects of each character in their outfits, but hopefully even if you’re not familiar with the show you can appreciate them. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Steven\u2019s wearing a jinbei, featuring a motif of Cookie Cat, the mascot from his favourite snack. Jinbei are very casual cotton two-piece outfits. Adults will generally only wear them around the house, but it\u2019s not uncommon to see younger kids wearing fun print ones to summer festivals and whatnot. I thought the cute, comfortable, slightly juvenile style would fit Steven well.<\/p>\n

Connie\u2019s wearing a yukata, which is about a step up formality-wise from a jinbei, but still very relaxed. The two of them could easily be going to a festival or hanging out at the beach. The music note motif is actually the viola sheet music for Do it for Her\/Him,\u00a0<\/em>which is a song from one of the best episodes featuring Connie.<\/p>\n

Pearl has on a fairly traditional semi-formal kimono, featuring a design of her favourite tree around the hem. It\u2019s elegant and a little rigid, just like Pearl, but wearing flats instead of zori and a coloured collar are a little unconvetional, also just like Pearl.<\/p>\n

Garnet\u2019s outfit is retro and funky, just like Garnet. The bold pattern and longer sleeves are inspired by Taisho-era style, and she\u2019s got on a shigoki obi under her regular obi for a bit of added brightness.<\/p>\n

Amethyst is the youngest and the boldest, so I figured a bright fun coming-of-age furisode outfit would be the most appropriate.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Jasper is all about the big bold drama. She\u2019s in a masculine-styled outfit inspired by the White Lion role in traditional kabuki. With that hair, how could I not? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Peridot\u2019s outfit is staid and practical and geometric, a relatively casual komon kimono with a coordinating haori. (Note that I drew these before the most recent episodes of the show, before her loyalties started to shift<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Lapis, with all her lovely song and fluid movement, is wearing a trailing hikizuri, or dance kimono. They are often worn by geisha, but all other manner of performers as well.<\/p>\n

There are star accents on all the Crystal Gems and yellow diamond accents on all the Homeworld Gems, too. Their normal in-show costumes feature these motifs as a subtle visual cue about what “side” they’re on, and I wanted to carry that through in a way that still fit with the rest of the artwork.<\/p>\n

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