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Your style is so cool! How do you draw like that and what styles did you use as inspiration? I’d really like to learn how to draw in that type of style.

Thank you so much! My artstyle is an amalgamation of thousands of things but I’ll pinpoint a few of my strongest inspirations :] This is gonna be long, so strap in

You can never have too much reference, and doing artstyle studies will help you form your own individual artstyle the quickest. I tend to really lean into styles with blocky proportions, thick lines, and expressive characters. Mainly I’m taking inspo from 2000s cartoons such as Gorillaz, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, My Life as A Teenage Robot, Dexter’s Lab, Secret of Kells, 60s cartoons from Hanna Barbera like Scooby Doo, Chattanooga Cats, Yogi bear, and classic animators and artists like Milt Kahl, Mary Blair, and Osamu Tezuka, and ofc various mid century illustrators and advertisements.

Going straight for character lineup sheets and concept art will help a lot, because often animators and designers will write notes specifically about how to approach every aspect of their artstyle :

this is a collection I usually pull out of Hanna Barbera :

Some modern artists I consider to be a big impact on my works are Jamie Hewlett and Robert Valley :]

I recommend building a large folder comprised of the all art styles you wish to emulate and keep them handy whenever you begin to draw. Fan art is great practice. And this is more of a personal thing, but I try to immerse myself as much as I can in the aesthetic I want to depict; meaning watch lots of movies, read lots of comics, and listen to motivating music according to the style ! Have a good day, and I hope this helps. :]