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To anyone who is obsessively busy trying to find a style unique to them; don't. It seems to have become some sort of trend nowadays on dA, trying to "find a style", when really it is something quite ridiculous to be doing.
If you compare it to handwriting, it's like worrying about how to make every single letter of the alphabet both beautiful and unique to you when your spelling and grammar leave a lot to be desired, while they are really the most important things to learn first. Sure having a pretty style to look at is nice, just like having a beautiful handwriting. But if all of your other artistic knowledge is falling behind, much like your spelling and grammar, the result will still be unattractive and your art will not reach the viewer in the way that you intended.
So in short, focus on getting better, on gathering knowledge, experience, and practicing, not on finding your own style. Style will happen automatically. Not to mention the fact that if you're a good and experienced enough artist, you will be able to adapt to any style you need and want to. Focusing on something that really isn't important like that is only unnecessarily limiting yourself and your progression.
If you compare it to handwriting, it's like worrying about how to make every single letter of the alphabet both beautiful and unique to you when your spelling and grammar leave a lot to be desired, while they are really the most important things to learn first. Sure having a pretty style to look at is nice, just like having a beautiful handwriting. But if all of your other artistic knowledge is falling behind, much like your spelling and grammar, the result will still be unattractive and your art will not reach the viewer in the way that you intended.
So in short, focus on getting better, on gathering knowledge, experience, and practicing, not on finding your own style. Style will happen automatically. Not to mention the fact that if you're a good and experienced enough artist, you will be able to adapt to any style you need and want to. Focusing on something that really isn't important like that is only unnecessarily limiting yourself and your progression.
Username Update
Hi everyone! To avoid confusion, I have changed my old username (LhuneArt) into my new one. I stopped going by “Lhune” online 6 years ago and am now more widely known as either Caraid or by my real name, Ilse. So for the sake of consistency across my platforms I decided to change it here too. Lhune remains my oldest and dearest character though. I’m not abandoning her - just no longer using the name for myself.
Re: P2U Line-art packs
Hey everyone,
Question - would you guys prefer it if I broke up the pack/variations into smaller packs so that people can buy them one at a time?
Also, if you have any suggestions or requests for future packs let me know!
Commissions opening this afternoon!
Hey everyone,
I'll be opening for a batch of commissions roughly two hours from now. For more information please check this page: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/28864818/ and keep an eye out on my journals, or follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaraidArt
Thanks for looking!
Lhune/Caraid
Opened a Cubebrush store!
For those of you who may be interested in (narrated) timelapse videos of my work, brushes, high-res files and possibly PSDs somewhere down the road, I have recently opened a Cubebrush store where you can find them! Of course, all of these are also available on my Patreon, but I understand fully that some people may not want to commit to a monthly subscription and would prefer to just purchase a one-off thing. If you do, I hope that this is a solution!
Payments can be made through PayPal or with credit cards.
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Wonderful article, thank you for writing it ^^