I've come to believe that an artist's "style" is a result of all the little tells they've stolen from other artists (perhaps tempered by their own artistic shor

I've come to believe that an artist's "style" is a result of all the little tells they've stolen from other artists (perhaps tempered by their own artistic shortcomings?). Pro artist, you are pretty much spot on, except for not including a certain number of stylizations invented while working from life. I like to say that when you can rip off eight people in the course of one drawing, you have your own style. I learnt recently that the creator of Lupin III was influenced by Drucker and Aragones and the way that manga/anime looks makes so much sense now.