Hi hello Air!! How are you? I’ve been curious who your artistic inspirations are because I adore how how you draw your scenes (and romance of course haha~) and what art advice has helped/stuck with you? ;w;”
Hello my darling!!! I'm doing much better now that I have changed jobs (looong story ough)!
Oh man.... a lot of my artistic inspiration doesn't tend to come through in my work, but Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau is a huge one! My main style initially came from the Sengoku Basara Anime, and recently I noticed that Horikoshi's style for MHA has started to seep into my work! I also take huge inspiration from lots of Webcomics (Wilde Life, Phantomarine, Namesake, Crow Time, Awaken, Berserkir to name the main ones, and Suitor Armor / Daughter of the Lilies which are both on Hiatus right now!) I'm also quite inspired by Leaphia, Morteraphan, The Dusty Leaves, and Alexa Sharpe's styles for artists that I follow on Tumblr! (Actually this drawing I did of Dante and Abiteth is HEAVILY inspired by Morteraphan's work)
Inspirations from Twitter/Bluesky would be Saren Stone!
I tend to find a reference I like (Via Pinterest) and either recreate it as accurately as I can, or I'll take scenes from video games and recreate it in my style, couple examples here (first game is Beyond: Two Souls, and the second is Devotion - I really wanna finish the DabiTeth Devotion one pfft):
Oof art advice that has stuck with me?? The only thing I can think of is "the chest is one and a half of your head size down from the chin" 🤔 There's probably a lot of advice re: color theory, lighting, shading that I have internalized so I can't like tell you EXACTLY what has stuck with me?
I rely quite a bit on references, and/or vibes, because unfortunately I do draw a lot from the imagination 😅😅 I've recently saved quite a number of lighting "techniques" (easiest way to describe them) to help improve the mood of my work, all of which are largely present in my DabiTeth Color Wheel!
I hope this answers your question!!
