Stevens Fusion

Thank you to the Steven Universe community for saying such positive things about this scene, we thought you might like to see the pencil test. These are the shots from "Change Your Mind" that I animated and that Kendra tied down. Thank you Rebecca for letting us be a part of your beautiful show. Thanks to our Drew for scanning it all.

[pinkpuff]

Rebecca Sugar:
”Well, there goes over half the budget”
”Worth it”

[electricbluetempest]

Look how he drew them doing the jump-spin AS THE CAMERA WAS TURNING. God that’s a massive flex

[bleeperdoot]

The fact that white diamond wasn’t 3D animated scared and fascinates me

[chippynose]

"Every time you love yourself, that's me, loving you, and loving BEING you."

[MaximeLoonatic]

Traditional animation should be always present, for centuries.
This scene was a visual glory

[MagicalPouchOfMagic]

not gonna lie i legitimately though white diamond was either 3d or rotoscoped over a 3d model

[marksteinmc]

Other: That's a CGI, It's a 3D Model you uses to animated them, you liar!


James: *Would you like to see my pencil test animation?*

[kyoyameganebereznoff]

No joke; I cried when I saw this animation in the episode. When my boyfriend asked me what was wrong, I just said, “SO MANY FRAMES.”

[grime]

Doctor: You have 24 seconds to live

Me:

[BurritoToonz]

this man just made a 3d scene on paper with a *pencil*


take that in for a moment

[duckie]

Smoothest animation every you have out done your self James Baxter

[Naiobia]

The fact that they didn't have to use a 3d model for white diamond in this scene amazes me

[bellajenkins]

OKAY BUT white diamond was so smooth I thought it was cgi !! YOU ARE SO AMAZING

[LaMont]

For a second pink Steven is like: What the hell is going on?

[IosonoOtakuman]

I recognized it was your animation immediately. You made this moment so muich magical and deep. Thank you, James.

[znra]

I found this even more beautiful than the actual fusion scene because I can actually _see every line_ and grasp the flow of the animation itself, something that was lost on me due to the fusion glow.

[juderamsaywak]

I thought they did 3D animation on this scene! Absolutely STUNNING

[gasolinechugger]

When watching this scene in the show, I legitimately cried. Half because of the story, the other half because of the amazing animation.

[vulbvibe]

Dude not gonna lie I initially thought that white diamond was a 3-D model, but no you’re just on that tier. Respect, Mr. Baxter.

[thingl]

I want to animate like James Baxter I swear