Steven Sugar is the brother of showrunner Rebecca Sugar as well as the inspiration for main character Steven Universe.[1] While he was a student at Rhode Island School of Design, he worked as a summer intern at Cartoon Network on Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. Now, he works for Cartoon Network as a background artist for Steven Universe. He is also a background artist for Pendleton Ward's Bravest Warriors and is currently developing a new indie game of his called Magbot with the help of game design company VaporPunk.