#droolingdemon

Thank you for your encouraging comment! Been questioning if my style can be called y2k.

It would be a dream for my work to make it on the institute! But I’m unsure if they operate like that. Could try but I don’t wanna come off as vain.

It would also be nice to make the y2klostandfound.

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Now, inspiration.

Oh, where to start?

Direction

Before my art style used to look like this:

Keep in mind, that I wasn't as experienced with a drawing tablet as I am now. But, looking back, I knew I didn't like my art style. It was flat and somewhat boring. I needed something else.

First, I asked a few questions, searching for simple adjectives that I want people to describe my art:

How do I want my art to be described?

Cute

Stylish

Artificial

What do I want my art to look like?

Cute

Rounded

Flowing

Stylized

Then, I searched for artists to take inspiration from. This can take a while and you'll find more over time. Just search on any social media and see what you like!

NOTE: I either couldn't figure out where to contact these artists or never got a response regarding repost permission. I take no ownership of any of these drawings or characters.

Inspiration Artists

Lavendertowne

Before I got my tablet, my style was practically a ripoff of hers. It took a long time to realize I don't like drawing like that.

But, her expressive eyes are still my envy.

DroolingDemon

Specifically, this one experiment of theirs. Gave me my first spark. Otherwise, not similar at all. You can find them here on Tumblr.

Adam Vian

Of SFB Games, or Super Flash Bros. Specifically, the style for Detective Grimoire: Tangle Tower. You can tell with the white highlights.

Ajmarekart

When given the time, my art has similar backgrounds to AJ's. The main difference is AJ's are personally drawn while I often use photos online, including IRL ones. Love having a mixed-media feel.

Conomi Akahori

These rounded and cute figures are amazing! Informed main eye design and proportions.

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Of course, the y2kaestheticinstitute was a huge source for all y2k.

I'd also credit Pan-Pizza or RebelTaxi since he was who introduced me to the y2k aesthetic. However, I wouldn't call our styles similar at all. Though we incidentally used the same fonts.

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It took a long while but now my art looks like this!

Star Impact- The Dragon

I shipped Midlink before I even knew what shipping was.  I was only ten years old, for crying out loud!  And even nowadays, with very few exceptions, I’m not that big on shipping to begin with; I’ve only recently started reading fanfiction, and literally all of it has been centered around Twilight Princess.  Obviously, that game and Midna and Link’s relationship have a had a huge impact on me–enough so that I felt the need to make my first sideblog dedicated to them, specifically.

You’re definitely not alone in that!  I don’t dislike her canon true form, per se, but I wish it had either been more Twili-esque or that it had reflected her personality in some way.  I’m extremely partial to @droolingdemon‘s redesign of her that I reblogged a while back (which you can see here), and another really good one that stays a bit more true to form is @earthsong9405‘s design from their headcanon AU, which blends her imp form and true from in a way that works surprisingly well (and that one’s here).  You can tell by looking at the concept art for the game that they originally were going to go for something more alien and out there, but ultimately they settled on her current design because they’re COWARDS.

@droolingdemon ’s angel dude from a while back

This took way longer than it should’ve, but here it is: My “Draw your friends’ OCs in your style” meme! However, I only have, like... four art friends with OCs, so I opted to double up on them, and then round things out with an OC of an artist I like, but who I’m not friends with.