Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.141.252.216-20140213235840/@comment-24717796-20140321211503

IEatRainbowz was right on point, and it's something I really appreciate in this series - DIVERISTY. We REALLY don't need any more black people with straightened/unnatural hair, especially with the 'Return to Natural' movement going on in the black community and the rising awareness of anti-black discrimination such as the backlash against workplaces/schools banning people for their natural hair styles. I think IEatRainbowz explained themselves well enough but I'd like to add that in addition-

The character designs seem to be altered after the pilot to reflect the character's personality (which were most likely still in the works) and to make it easier to animate.

A 'cube' design is very specific, symmetrical, even, flat. That is very 'Garnet-like' to me. The clothes for all the characters in the pilot were changed to be more cartoonish and simple. Garnet had shoulder plates and flowing hair and they decided to make her completely rounded out. That also seems to fit her personality.

So yep, pretty happy.