[Fett]

Wisely, Bryan Hitch once said; An artist's 'style' is just his errors.

[drumsstick master]

my style i generally figure out as i go along. i will play about with different ways of drawing things, and settle on a way that seems comfortable. my faces are anime/manga based, primarily because it's easier to draw than realistic  style. i also have a very "simpsonish" style i draw in, for gag strips and panels.

[Tommy Dreamer]

My style has often been called Philadelphia Extreme style, because that's where the whole federation, and the movement began.  Sure, I have some amateur wrestling skills, but I don't rely on them.  I'm more known, and rightfully so, for the use of pretty much any weapon the crowd can give me.  For example, one time at the ECW arena, when I was beating up Raven, a fan handed me a blueberry pie…

Wait… you mean my drawing style?

Well… usually I put the paper on the desk… then I grab a pencil… on rare occasion I'll actually draw a line…

[Matthew Lim]

Wisely, Bryan Hitch once said; An artist's 'style' is just his errors.

Ooh, I want to join in on quoting people.

In relation to myself, as Jim Rowe said: "What influenced my style was the feeling that I was a lousy artist… I was like the ugly duckling, not knowing what I was, style-wise, and thinking I was all on my own… I evolved into a style that couldn't be compared to anyone else."

[David C. Matthews]

Another quote that contains a nugget of wisdom …and I can't remember who first said it, but boy, is it true!…

"An artist never finishes a work; he merely abandons it."

Haven't we all been there?… to our eyes, the piece is 90 to 95 per cent "finished", but there's always something that can be done to (we think at the time) "improve" it, only to wind up sabotaging the picture by overworking it.

[Paul Schilling]

I like to draw and doodle, but my liking has always been in the Curt Swan and Gil Kane school of lead, throwing in a little Jack "The King" Kirby, Joe Kubert and Sam Keith.  What can I say, I grew up reading most of these guys in the 60's.  I'm also a lousy artist

[Paul Schilling]

P.S.

I better throw my sister Karen's and my two best friends, Neil and Ken in there. 😀

[Mark Newman]

I assume the question isn't limited to drawing.  And even if it is, I don't always pay attention to these limits.

My feeling about style is it's something that creeps on you when you've found a medium you're comfortable working in.  And if it is truly your own, it's something other people notice before you do.  All you know is that what you've created feels natural and right.  Then someone else comes along and tells you what is distinctive about it.

All of a sudden, you can see who you are and why you're different from everyone else.

My writing style has emerged over many years.  Some of the decisions are conscious.  Many aren't and I discover them by listening to other people's reactions and noticing things after reading and re-reading my work.

In the end, I don't aim for a style.  It happens.

Mark

[Kitsunekun]

I guess my style would be anime-like though a little more realistic.
Though sometimes it variates through the levels of anime and realism

[Jody]

Weird. I honestly don't think I have a style. And I think that's because I spend most my drawing time focusing on "getting it right" — that is, figurework, musculature, facial structure, foreshortening, even the damn hair. I use a lot of reference photos (all hail to DtV's Newsthumbs!) to get a sense of the pose I'm looking for. Of course, I almost always have to add a lotta beef; not many fitness models have the guns of Sheila Huckaby. I guess I'm shooting for a comic-bookish realism.

Anime passed me by, so it's no influence. But I am impressed with the Justice League/Teen Titans cartoon style, and have tried that approach a couple of times. But most of all, I just see the flaws, especially after I've posted the art online ("Jeebus Christmas, how could I have tilted her eyes like that?")

Basically, I feel as if I'm in constant learning and tinkering mode, and have a tough time referring to that as a style.

Ya know?

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