I don't think being similar is something to be dreaded of. No matter how unique your series are, there must be something similar to it even by one element, and there must be another series that just make it pale in comparison. Praise the ordinary.
Okay then to answer the question, none of them are unique to mine but those are recurrent:
- Use of primary red color of different opacity for sketching.
- Wavy hairstyles, defined cheekbones,
men in dress, overall weird fashion. - Sweet, dainty, unsuspecting-looking but powerful and/or manipulative characters. Characters that are weak pushovers until they snap, yandere or yangire.
- Humanoid/human-appearing creatures whose true forms are far from human, or "humans" that are not fully human.
- Mundane can be cool.
- Characters that are suicidal, have inferiority complex, or parental issues.
- Hybridization (includes interspecies relationship)
- Cannibalism. Yummy!
I'd say my signature thing is my line style. I have yet to see anyone else who does it like me.
It's actually very simple: the lines are low resolution and anti-aliased. The thing is, that's not something they hand to you in most art programs (I guess it doesn't really look 'professional') so most digital artists would never get in a spot where they make lines that way. I'm not most digital artists, though. ^^
What gets me about it is that because it's so unorthodox, people seem to think it's intentional. :9 Like, if a beginner artist draws with really rough lines, you just say 'ah, they're a beginner' but if a mature artist who clearly has mastery of many techniques draws with rough lines, you say 'that's their style'. So people think this is my style...
But to be honest, it's not...like, I didn't really choose it. It's just a byproduct of my current process. If I was given a tablet and a bunch of convenient aliased tools to work with on the regular, I'd probably just go with those. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Ahh! This is all really interesting, folks! Thanks for sharing with me!
I'm really intrigued by what people notice in their work like that, and how it develops. Some things we pick up ourselves, some we may never notice until a reader points it out, haha! For me, the burgers developed from being stuck as to what I should draw in my backgrounds, particularly the floors, they're always so blank and I struggle to give them detail, hence, oh, someone dropped a burger here, I wonder why. It invites introspection.... Were they drunk when they did it? How did they feel when they lost their delicious burger? Is it still good? Why does everyone seem to drop burgers in this universe?
Whenever I draw landscapes or grassy fields I love drawing overhanging, cylindrical rock formations If I'm making a large grass field I like to spread some red flowers across it to create some visual interest. As well as some particles and fairy like creatures close to the ground
. Might not be a signature thing, but it is something I enjoy adding to create some more visual interest in some empty areas
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You can see these in my latest cover I made for my comic:
Ah, the burger thing is super cute!
I don't write a comic, but I do write a New Gods novel that I make art for. I would say my signature writing thing is the usage of "gross" horror words combined with ethereal descriptions to paint a mental picture of the industrial hell-world I'm writing about. And for my art, definitely red cyberpunk cityscapes and alien/demon people. Oh and omegas lol! None of these things are unique but the way I combine them to write about something I adore is unique to me, I would say.
Stellar moved through the murmuring glow until she was in a crescent of shadows. A hot breeze filtered through the area whipping Stellar’s hair and dress into a hallucinatory spiral. Beneath her, terrain groaned mechanically. She reached out and grabbed a nearby pole when the planet’s surface shuddered momentarily. Due to the geo-active nature of Apokolips’ internal structure, such disruptions were commonplace.
(from ch.13)
Demilunes clawed skyward; saliva made of darkness seemed to reach for her. Even to elites, the Royal Palace was a menacing zone. Stellar gripped the hem of her dress with sweaty hands. She hadn’t found Tilde and no longer had time to search. Stellar peeked at luminescent lava streaming near decorative towers. She visited the Palace many times before, but it never ceased to set her on edge. That morning was particularly sickening due to her nightly misadventure. Ambient pain enveloped her in layers of mental sediment.
(from ch.14)
I think my signature thing is how cheesy or sentimental my episodes and characters are because I tend to get the cheesiest ideas and just run with them. I feel like I am getting more and more cheesy as I continue to make episodes xD Another thing is probably the O-surprised eyes, I make those a lot, like more than the daily recommended amount on the prescription bottle kind of a lot xD