In terms of childhood, I grew up with Hayao Miyazaki's films so they became what my imagination fed off of and grew on, and I fell in love with creating cute characters starting through Pokemon OCs! Eventually when I learned what fanfictions were and all that internet lingo, I found I really loved to make original content and characters
In terms of style inspirations, I enjoy a category of anime art that has painty-like rendering to them! And I've been striving to draw some cool anime with that same rendering c: