#distinctive style

[darkthare]

In trying to get my Tumblr somewhat updated with Neoscum fanart after the deletion of my twitter, here's the Distinctive Style cover with no text! Buy Distinctive Style: A NeoScum Fashion Zine and support the Brave Space Alliance!

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[ryssbelle]

Drew a bunch of Marinettes in a bunch of different artists styles it was a lot of fun!!

Artists who's styles I mimicked: @buggachat @hamsternamedmarinette @ladybeug @sabertoothwalrus and @anna-scribbles all epic artists 🤟😎

[hoofpeet]

First date 🐐🐄

--Nachi are also called 'dancing goats' because they've been selectively bred for their gait- [seem here] which is caused by a mutation in the shoulder joints that restricts their movement.. So I think it would track for nachi satyrs to have a lot of shoulder pain/arthritis and whatnot

[mammutblog]

i’ve been thinking a lot about batkid outfits so i drew as many as i can in one go

[koolaidashley]

Freshened up refs for my 04 boys 🥰🥰🧡🧡🧡🧡

[abby-howard]

I'm going to be asking a lot of artists I follow this question, but how did you develop your style? It SEEMS like most people find their style and stick with it forever, just making improvements and iterations. I tend to work in a lot of different styles because I enjoy doing that, though I know there are things I gravitate towards as well. But I wonder what your journey was and how you got feedback and improved while staying true to what you enjoyed?

Hi there!

I definitely wouldn't say that I've found my style and stuck with it forever-- I feel like each of my projects has asked for a certain kind of art, and has presented new challenges that push me in new directions.

Some of that comes from seeing someone else's work and having something click into place that might fix errors/faults in my own, and then I might try to incorporate that, such as bigger outlines on my characters to help distinguish them from the background, or maybe a way someone else simplifies eyes that can help make mine look less weird.

When I first started drawing, I can see where I encountered certain influences because my sketchbooks suddenly switch to incorporating some new stylistic element that I liked from whatever I was reading/watching at the time. But it was never QUITE right, it was never just copying, there was always something ~wrong~ with it. And that wrongness was my style! As much as I hated it, that was what distinguished my art from being just a copy of someone else's. I hate it less now, and understand that other people see something there that maybe I don't, because it's just what happens when I filter other people's work through my head. My soul, if you will.

There are definitely through-lines with my work, driven by what I like drawing and what comes easily to me-- hatching is almost always a major component, and I like making expressive characters. Here's some of my earliest available stuff, from my old webcomic:

Then not long after that, I started The Last Halloween, which pushed me to challenge myself in both layout and style:

And here's the same comic, years later:

And here's a series I did for kids, where I had to use full color and lay off on the hatching, as well as learn how to reconstruct animals that we have no photo references for, which is definitely a place where style comes majorly into play, whether I wanted it to or not:

Then there was the horror book I did, where I tried to push my work to be less cartoony overall, and to work very hard on improving my hatching:

Then I started work on Scarlet Hollow, where I incorporated a limited/muted palette and had to once again push myself to make less-cartoony art, as well as learn more consistency so I could draw sprite sets. This was a big challenge for me, and has helped me grow as an artist so much!

And most recently, I wrapped up work on Slay the Princess, which required that I go back in the cartoony direction, but in a very different way than I was used to. This took a lot of sketching to figure out, and there's still a decent amount of artistic stumbling in Chapter 1 while I settled into it.

She's drawing on anime/Disney influence, but each Princess required a bit of stylistic variability. Some are more anime, while some are more realistic than even the Scarlet Hollow characters.

So I wouldn't worry too much, honestly! A person's style is often something that reveals itself over the course of their career, rather than something they choose and then try to stick to forever.

Even if you don't think you have a style, you do. It might vary a lot piece by piece, especially if you're trying to closely imitate another person's art, but the more work you do, the more you'll figure out your own strengths and interests!

[justladders]

me when the low frame rate rabbit

and some random palette swaps below the cut

[they-hermes]

Hey you, dc comics reader! are you tired of watching your idiot jason todd get fucked over by the writers in the main ongoing? dont want to see him die for a meaningless reason and then get revived in the worst possible clothing choices and awfully young ugly face for a technically mid twenties man? well why dont you pick up The Boy Wonder #2 bu Juni Ba, the mini series following damien as he claims the robin mantle, and get yourself a heaping of a real jason todd

watch him go! hes angry depressed and mangled to hell and back!

[cubezart]

everyone seems to really like my squip so i drew a lil more

[danmeichael]

what lbh thinks he's singing: ruler of my heart (sua) what sqq is hearing: ruler of my heart (luka)

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

During Clone Force 99's introduction in TCW, it is obvious that while Hunter does have a distinct chaotic streak and manages his brothers like a pro, he is also the most levelheaded, responsible, diplomatic member of the squad (there's a reason why he's the leader).

I can only imagine how relieved Hunter was when Echo decided to join them, having seen what Echo is like: creative in his own way and willing to jump right into the action but also being mature, responsible and reasonable. Hunter: "Yay, I won't be a single parent anymore I'll finally have some backup when I need to rein the others in!"

... So now I'm imagining Hunter's disappointment the first time Tech shares an absolutely off-the-wall insane plan, Hunter starts to recommend toning it down just a little bit, only to have Echo jump in with a "Well, sure, but what about this?" idea that ups the chaos factor by about 200%.

Hunter's just standing there in shock like - "Oh, shoot, we've corrupted the ARC trooper. Rex is gonna be so upset..."

Echo's like - "Are you kidding? I grew up with Fives. Same level of chaos, just a slightly different brand."

(I still wholeheartedly believe Echo's influence made the squad as a whole mature a little bit before the events of "Aftermath," but also Echo really is a menace when he wants to be and that's why he fits in with his adopted family so well! 😂❤️)

[alenseress]

Redrew two of my sketchbook works in digital while I'm having a crisis with my usual artstyle

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[catsharky]

An interim comic! Rewinding to the first time my Shep met Garrus while I work on the next part. I'm halfway done the planning stage, but I needed to take a break and do something 'simpler' for a bit (this doesn't have BGs so it counts in my mind ok).

For anyone who doesn't know it, the song in Shepard's head

Also as a heads up, while I generally try to keep Shepard's appearance vague in any comic where I can get away with it, I'll be tagging any comics where she's definitively my Shepard with #SharkyShepard.

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[onehundredfallenpetals]

This utena quote really felt like it fit them, so I had to redraw it as shuake

[rosiethedragongeek]

The way HTTYD dragons look just feels so good like they made them so baby