I know nothing about this character/the show she is from, but from what I can see, she is a female person of color with awesome hair, who appears educated/well read, and is wielding a giant pink sword.
Because I love bird so much, I doodled all of the Steven Universe’s characters as bird (For some gems, based at my two old doodles). Bonus, I wanted to draw the creator of SU playing her guitar, and singing.
What’s great is how they demonstrate it in her visually. Her old outfit has her in tall boots, a long dress, and a hat. It’s so covering that it gives a sense of her being closed off. Especially her postures in standing such as to take up as little space as possible – holding her book to her chest like a shield.
But now she’s more confident. She can let her book by her side. Her outfit it way more open – sneakers, shorts, uncovered hair, an open collar. She’s standing with her legs apart and has no qualms holding a bigarse sword that’s basically the size of herself. She’s allowing herself to take up more space because she doesn’t feel as in the way or estranged from the people of the city. Instead of being surprised at the car going around the corner, she’s overflowing with excitement that she never felt in her life before getting involved with the gems. She’s ready for adventure. Ready to keep growing.
Connie is v important. <333
One thing I especially like about Connie’s writing is that we’ve all seen these shy, quiet characters “come out of their shell” in thousands of other series and films, and it’s usually because a more extroverted and assertive person comes by to “fix” them.
But with Connie and Steven, Steven is the more sensitive, naive and innocent of the two, and he’s already seen her as perfect exactly the way she was from the moment they met, accepting and liking everything about her. Her changes are completely her own, because a healthy relationship has given her confidence to be herself.
ringsabel 