[Dog_Girl_Kari]

Originally Posted by vincent_richter

It shows, but much more subtly than you might think. It took me a while to notice that the shift in style would've needed inspiration, in the first place. This is the part where I make you self-conscious.



*teasing* You're not tracing now, are you?
So long as that can be said, you cannot possibly be cheating when it comes to "your take" on a design. Just keep being you.

You are actually coming across as very rude, just so you know. I have been drawing everyday for over a year now to get better and evolve my style. Every artist looks at other works for inspiration, but I don't copy things. If I see a way they did something I may try something similar to get that effect, but the way you make it sound it's as if I went to an art page and start to copy they way they draw, and how they do everything. Frankly, I'm a little insulted. The same as when I uploaded some pics and you told me how it looked like Wolfman-Al's style, as if I'd just gone to his page to copy his art that day. I got better because I draw a lot, and I worked hard to improve, my style evolved because I found new ways to do things, most often through trial and error, not from other's art. I got better because of me.