I think I wanted to post a blog about this mainly because I’ve been trying out something new with my art recently, and I wanted to express it.
Finding an art style can be tricky, as most people who don’t do art just expect you to become better and better at normal human forms and expect everything to be perfect. Finding out how to draw in a way that;
1. You like.
2. You actually enjoy doing.
and 3. Are comfortable with.
are all coming from the same knowledge on if you know the human form.
Once you can get down something that actually resembles a human person, that stylization can come to you easier and you can test out proportions and different colour tricks once you feel more comfortable knowing your stuff.
I have a very, more realistic style than some. Some people prefer cartoony or anime ways of styling characters and different landscapes or animals. I think mine is more about uncanny valley, which, isn’t necessarily a good thing, but I enjoy drawing this way. I most draw fanarts, and when doing that, you have to think about taking a cartoony style character and making them look like a proper person (this is at least what I do for my style). It can be hard when, from reference, that person clearly looks fake and animated, and converting it to a person who looks alive an not like an AI generated thing, or a robot, can sometimes be hard.
I don’t really work fro references, I just make up my own thing because it’s better work flow for me. So, if you dont want your characters to look like a robot or a fake human, use a reference of someone or something, just to help make them look more real.