What influenced your art style?

[MadamBubble]

My style started out as being heavily influenced by anime, to the point where I would refer to myself as a mangaka, Though as of mid 2018, my style has started becoming more and more in line with western cartoons.

Shows like Steven Universe, We Bare Bears, SvTFoE, Gravity Falls, Craig of the Creek, etc. Though my style still has some manga influence when it comes to proportions, ever since I stopped depending on how to draw manga guides I've started learning actual artistic fundamentals. Such as shading, anatomy, foreshortening, and color theory.

Oh yeah, and if it wasn't for western cartoons, I would also still have a terrible case of same face syndrome.

[Raven_C]

Mine is for sure anime. haha. I started drawing sailor moon/pokemon/CLAMP stuff way back in my single-digit years.

You can tell in my drawing here that my style is heavily anime influenced (not just because it's fanart; that's how i'd draw my OCs too). But I think some western style seeps into it a little bit too (just a tad).

[Wumbl]

My work is actually really western. During my weeb phase it was a bit anime-esque but I got over it eventually. It just didn't work for me.

My current style takes inspiration from comics by Marvel and Vertigo. I'd say right now I'm learning from two big Vertigo titles: Constantine The Hellblazer and Preacher. Those comics rock my socks so I can't really help it. I think my writing style is influenced by those comics too - a lot of dark little jokes and twisted plots.
I also take some insp from Man Of Action's animation style - it's got a semi-realistic streak while being just simple enough to still be efficient.

If I'm honest though pretty much everything I like influences me in some little way.

[baasinsimple]

Well, artistically, I'd say Mangaka's that don't really have that go to anime artstyle. Like Kentaro Muira, Modern Yoshihiro Togashi style, Echiiro Oda and Yasuhia Hara. I also take away from some american styles. Particularly Jim Lee, Jack KIrby and some of Alex Ross's work.

[kyurenai]

I'm mostly inspired by Kuroko no Basuke in terms of how I draw my characters, but when it comes to coloring I like the softer, painting like aesthetic from artists like Kazuaki.

[DiegoPalacios]

My style varied a lot during the years.

The earliest influence i recall was Nintendo, specially Kirby and Yoshy`s island. Drawing mostly cute simplistic creatures.

When i was 13 i started to actually read something to learn about drawing. My brother had some "how to draw manga" books and went into the animesque route.(i started drawing humans in this phase)

Some years later during art classes at school i learned to draw some surreal things and make some "piccasso-like" style that i don`t use very often.

A few years ago i learned how to draw weird faces....Really weird faces.

And now in the most recent years i have tried to develop a flexible art style. So i can draw in the way that fits better the stories i tell.

[Roshii]

Well, I am mostly influenced in anime stuffs. But right now for my comic, I am sorta aiming for like Funamusea's style and just a bit more better anatomy.

[Shanny8]

My art style was influenced mostly by other comic book artists; secondly by other stuff. My main influence was Marc Silvestri & his art on Uncanny X-Men in the late 80s; I later started incorporating other art styles like Jim Lee, John Byrne, Joe Madureira, J Scott Campbell, and Ed McGuiness. I also got inspiration from manga like Kia Asimaya and Silent Mobius/Dark Angel, Kenichi Sonada and Gunsmith Cats, Adam Warren and his version of the Dirty Pair, and Fojishima's You're Under Arrest/Oh My Goddess.

[joannekwan]

-copy pastas from a past thread xD with some new edits-

I've bolded the biggest influencers

Aged 4–16
Simpsons / Arthur /anything else that made an impact on me when I was just starting to draw
Pokemon / Digimon / Cardcaptors / Monster Ranchers / Sailor Moon - first introduction to anime
Shaman King / Naruto - the start of my true anime phase lol

Aged 16–20
Mushishi / Monster / the works of Natsume Ono and Est Em - when my anime phase started waning, I got into more mature series and a more mature style

Aged 20–22
Leyendecker / Alphonse Mucha / Hanuka brothers / Secret of Kells - during my years in college, there was more focus on fine artists and contemporary illustrators.

22–now
Kevin Wada / various tumblr artists - currently I love seeing things on the internet and picking bits and pieces to sprinkle into my own work.

[shazzbaa]

I never know how to answer this. I just,,,, steal from literally everything I like. A lot stuff I steal from isn't even like...media I've watched or know well, it's just, I saw it somewhere and went "that looks cool" and then later some element of that thing shows up in my work.

When I try to think of what things specifically have inspired me and really stand out in my work I honestly have no idea??? I feel like other people might be able to pinpoint my influences better than I could!

[ToxicRamen]

My art style is influenced by different cartoons:
Powerpuff Girls (90s version)
Dexter's Lab
My Life as a Teenage Robot
Invader Zim
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Fairly OddParents
Danny Phantom

And various 80s/90s Anime/Manga:
Tenchi Muyo!
Ranma 1/2
Saber Marionette J
Slayers
Outlaw Star

[MadamBubble]

Better than anything I can conjure up with my six years of taking this seriously.

[Rowein]

My style is strongly influenced by manga, especially shojo and BL. I started drawing trying to imitate Shingo Araki, Leiji Matsumoto and Clamp, always with very stylized drawings.

Then I started to study art history at the university and began to include influences of traditional art in my style (proportions, anatomy, volume, chiaroscuro, etc).

Now, I really like an Italian artist named Sergio Toppi and my style has been somewhat influenced by him. In addition to Kaoru Mori, Scarlet Beriko and Zakk.

However, I have always been told that I have been lucky because my style manifested itself almost immediately, I did not have to look for it as it has happened to many who I know. It was always recognizable.

[MadamBubble]

That's how I started out too, though my mom was the one who found the book in Joseph Beth Booksellers.

[J.Z.Castillo]

oh I'm gonna use @joannekwan prompt and do age brackets as well

0-9
Disney... The Little Mermaid in particular. I would draw mermaids ALL. THE. TIME. The disney style really stuck with me for a long time.

10-14
ANIME! So much anime. Cardcaptor, Sailor Moon, Saber Marionette, Cyberteam in Akihabara, Digimon, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, B't X, Saint Seiya, Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, Evangelion, Gundam Wing, just to name a few.

14-18
I started to get more refined with my likes here... I stopped drawing as much anime style stuff and more aesthetically appealing stuff. No more HUGE eyes and pointy chins or tiny tiny waists or that weird Yugioh hair that is a bunch of triangles, or eyes on top of hair strands (what the hell is that all about anyway??) And THEN Avatar: The Last Airbender happened and I was like "WOW, I can merge anime and western comics TOGETHER to make something?!" and that completely changed my way to approaching my style. I started making less "anime" choices and more "comic-style" choices when it came to faces and proportions.

18-23
SO, this is the time I was a tattoo apprentice, I was doing pretty much illustrations meant to be tattooed. I learned about line weight and composition. I also learned about tangets and how to make something not look too cluttered and crammed. I learned how to EDIT and how to use PURE BLACK to maximize my illustrations.

23-Now
I started to look at illustrators from all places on the spectrum. Right now I am following Kevin Wada and Jen Bartel closely but I am also a huge fan of James Jean, J. C. Leyendecker, Gil Elvgren, and Norman Rockwell. I'm sure there are more names but I can't name everyone off the top of my head. I am focusing more on making stylized realism (if that makes any sense) I am also focusing a bit more in the use of bright colors and implementing queer fashion in my illustrations.

There have been more things going on, you know, but I'm only pointing the highlights of each era, otherwise we would be here all night talking about my creative journey.

[TimCaloweh]

My art when i was a kid. I got into storytelling from those mountains of dvds from my childhood house, and the old tv shows from disney channel, nick, etc. I developed two hobbies. One creative and one destructive. Growing up with terrible people got me angry getting into my teens so i didn't draw as much as i used to. Or at least not friendly drawings. Eventually when i discovered i had severe anxiety and the potential appearances it had in my childhood, i took a stroll down the jagged terrain, memory lane. I know this may seem narcissistic, but the mind i had before my anger really got me interested in art again. Worlds i created, characters i drew up but never brought to life, and a binders full of crappy art i just really didn't want to throw out. So i built upon the foundations from the kid who really liked rainy days.

[fischhead]

Ultimately, I feel like my style is just a hodge-podge of different sources, with anime being the most influential. It started with DBZ and Sailor Moon on Cartoon Network's Toonami program back in '97, and I stuck with it until just a few years ago. These days I'm trying to move closer to the western style with Don Bluth and Jamie Hewlett as my biggest influences (even if it doesn't really show).

[fischhead]

My style varied a lot during the years.

The earliest influence i recall was Nintendo, specially Kirby and Yoshy`s island. Drawing mostly cute simplistic creatures.

Oh, man! You just reminded me of when the Nintendo 64 came out and I started drawing pictures of Mario the way he looked in the games with all the weird polygons XD

[plebisss]

Lol I started my art with drawing pokemon, and my parents entertained me and bought one of those 'How to Draw Manga' Artbooks from the 2000s. I also liked Inuyasha, so I used to try and copy Takahashi's art.

Now I just look at artists on twitter that I like and try to incorporate elements of their art style that I like. Recommend Pako, great character designer as well!

[Stardust-clearwater]

I think my biggest influences are disney and Pokemon. All of my drawings tend to have a sort of cartoonish simplistic quality.

I used to get super inspired by Anime and manga but I never had the patience to sit down and draw all the details and if I ommited details from the wrong things they never look quite right.

More recently ive been inspired by animated video games. Art heavy things like Skullgirls, Okami, and little nightmares things that have humor as well as some freaky dark stuff have really helped to broaden my range.