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skunkes · 7 months ago

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Did or does anything inspire your art? It’s so fun and unique

I do have artists (both Established and like Peers/Mutuals) I enjoy and I do pluck traits from art I like as I see fit to mold my own but I don't have any conscious inspiration ykwim...ive had ppl tell me my art looks like or reminds them of things i like, whether "vibe based" (stuffed animals) or a specific media (care bears) but i dont consciously draw inspiration from care bears ykwim... I could tell u i loved archie comics as a kid and i love the art style but thats not a good answer to the question bc it doesnt present itself in my work (and if it does its not on purpose) ykwim...i hope dis makes sense.

I always bring up Urasawa when this question comes up, like I love urasawa's art and often save lots of it for inspiration but my work doesnt really ever come out as an emulation of his as a result, it's more osmosed as I try to figure out how I want to draw, bc I haven't seen anyone who draws the way I'd like to yet. (Also using him as an example, as this is how I feel about all my other "inspirations").

Theres tons of different ways to draw every possible trait of a face or body etc, so I just do that, taking shapes and such from other artists i observe along the way without really picking up the influence (and if i do its never for very long), since I've yet to find anything im very happy with

#ive never understood how people do those inspiration boards and you can SEE how all the people they list influence their art #if i could scrounge together enough artists that inspire me then i dont think you'd even be able to tell unless you Guessed #if that makes sense #similarly i do have thousands of folders of artists and mutuals' art i have saved #to go look back at for inspiration...but its not direct inspiration #like zaftiguy2 on twitter (NSFW) is an inspiration of mine....you would never guess though bc what I osmose from his work doesn't #present itself very upfront in my stuff‚ if at all #does this make sense? i feel when ppl ask others this question is bc they wanna see more art adjacent to that of the person theyre asking #but unfortunately its not like that for me ykwim :(#id be much much better if there was someone who drew the way i want to draw that i could copy off of LOL #my art is so bad BECAUSE i feel like im making it from scratch. and im bad at coming up with things #anonymous #skunk mail #so thank u for thinking its unique bc i personally think its very generic as a result #like. entry level art style #off the top of my head artists i LIKE are kemafili manaohu and yawningyawns #on twitter....kemafili is on here though (kemafili1 on twitter)#those are artists i have in my ''fave'' folder. theres others i think but thats the only ones i can think of rn #i also have tons of artist folders saved in general but read my above statements about inspiration #eraserplains is another one... they're on tumblr too #i like raymodule (tumblr) and robottoast (twitter) but again not in a way where im like wow i want to draw exactly like that lets try

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