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Studying other artists is fantastic but it's important to remember that you can't pick up on everything that artist is doing! If you try to become exactly like them, you'll never be as good as them. Your own flair is the most important.
Planning on doing a fantasy illustration series to explore style and try different techniques! The first two (right) I didn't quite like but today's (left) was good! It's hard to try new things in art, because you'll get worse before you get better :^)