White Diamond has SUCH A GOOD DESIGN. Her basic profile is basically what people expected but all the detail put into her is so unlike a Steven Universe character she stands out immediately.
Her linework and coloration is how the Crewniverse typically draws backgrounds, using a distinct watercolor-esque style with less defined lineart so the characters pop no matter what background they’re on.
Those feet do not belong to any SU character. Nobody in this show has nails or even distinct heels. The level of detail is jarring since we’re so used to much more simple characters while the detailed art is allowed to rest in the background. She feels like a permanent fixture in her throne room, a living part of Homeworld itself.
Her face is the only part of her that’s animated and even slightly resembles the typical style of the other characters, but even still no character has so much detail on their eyelashes, or even their lips (most lips in this show are just two lines on either side of the mouth). Her facial features are also pitch black on a figure that is otherwise pure white to light gray. Every character design in the show employs contrast to highlight certain features to a degree, it’s a basic component of any visual medium. But the contrast in her face is noticeably more dramatic than any other image in the show, whether it’s the richly colored characters or pastel environments.
And of course I haven’t even mentioned her towering figure or the blinding light she’s apparently emitting. All of this comes together to create a being so foreign in their own show she sears her image into your mind with her brilliance and stark, contrasting features.
