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The Steven Universe Podcast

All By Design - Steven Sugar, Liz Artinian, Jane Bak, Mary Nash, Efrain Farias, Danny Hynes, Aleth Romanillos, and Angie Wang (Vol.1/Ep.5)

The Steven Universe Podcast

Cartoon Network

Tv & Film

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Steven Universe designers are responsible for the look, style, and color of the show. So today, we've got Art Director Liz Artinian, Lead Background Designer Steven Sugar, background designers Jane Bak and Mary Nash, colorist Efrain Farias, along with Danny Hynes and Aleth Romanillos, who do the early design work for the episodes, to talk about the real-life places and objects (and classic video games) that inspired the look of everything from Beach City to Homeworld to the characters themselves. We'll hear about their favorite episodes to create, their most challenging design moments, and their proudest design achievements.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Mackenzie Atwood and I'm here in the Steven Universe Writer's Room at Cartoon

0:08.6

Network Studios in Burbank, California.

0:11.6

So you know what that means?

0:13.1

It's time for another episode of the Steven Universe Podcast.

0:16.8

And today we're talking to the Steven Universe designers.

0:20.0

These are the members of the crew and the universe responsible for the look, style and color

0:23.8

of the show.

0:24.8

So we're going to talk to Art Director Liz Artenian and lead background designer Steven

0:28.9

Sugar.

0:29.9

We'll also talk to background designers Jane Bach and Mary Nash and Colouriths, Efron

0:34.4

Ferrius.

0:35.4

And we'll have Danny Hines, Angie Wang and Alathro Manilo's who do the early design work

0:40.7

for the episodes.

0:41.7

We're going to discover what real life places and objects inspired the look of the show

0:47.1

and the characters.

0:48.1

And we're also going to find out which episodes were their favorites to create and which

0:51.9

were a little more challenging to do.

0:54.0

And starting us off, I've got designers Danny Hines, Alathro Manilo's and Angie Wang.

0:59.4

Thanks for joining us and can you tell us what your jobs are officially?

1:02.7

Oh, Danny Hines, my job is lead character designer.

1:07.0

Cool.

1:08.0

And Steven.

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