Steven Universe the Movie is the expansion on the story of the Crystal Gems. Set two years later, Steven has grown up and is happy with his life, the Diamond Authority has been disbanded, peace has been brought to the universe and uncorrupted gems are living on Earth.
Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven are all content in their lives until a new gem turns up, Spinel.
Spinel is hell-bent on destroying Steven's happily ever after by taking away all the progress he and his friends have made over the years by using a special weapon called a Rejuvinator. During the fight Steven hits Spinel with her own weapon, resetting her as well.
This becomes a major focus of the movie, Steven must remind his friends everything they have been through and who they've become through those turmoils, as well as understanding Spinel and how to help her.
Spinel is such an interesting character, she shows so much emotion through her extremely exaggerated body movements, when she is happy and devastated.
Spinel is a perfect example of a character that has mental illness, we understand it through her design; the different colour schemes and shapes between her happy to broken forms, however we also know how she is feeling through her extreme animation, her body language pushes her emotions further.
Her every emotion is showed physically and I believe that this is something that I will need to incorporate into my own character design, push the physical exaggeration as much I can to tell a story just through design.
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