Hey! Do you feel like you developed your style organically, or was there inspiration from other artists involved? I will come across art I absolutely love and would like to draw like, but it doesn’t come naturally for me. Is a “style” something you practice?
a) It's a mix between 'I like to draw like this' but there is definitely inspiration from other artists b) yes, 'style' is something I practice and will continue to practice. It's probably not so easy to tell from my flight rising skins and art, since I default to a comfortable style and I don't even use textured brushes for my FR skins.
I look at a lot of other people and how they draw. It's healthy and everyone should do it. For me, it's not really 'I want to draw in the style of x person' but identifying something in their art I really admire and would like to do as well as them. When I'm trying to get better at lineart, I look at extremely accomplished comic artists (and a lot of my times my friends, LOL) and try and pick out what they're doing correctly that I can improve on.
It's similar to the concept of doing master studies. If you admire someone's 'style', try and identify what makes that style appealing to you. Then draw a few things for yourself trying to pick out what those things are. If you're doing technical studies like that, it's good practice to either not post them or credit the original artist.
Style = technique + familiarity. What I call my 'lineart style' or 'colouring style' is just what I consistently do, whether its unconscious or intentional. Sometimes when you work at getting better in certain technical skills, your 'style' will naturally evolve as well.
Lately lineart-wise I've been admiring French comic artist Moebius' work. His use of negative space and texture is very very cool!
