Honestly speaking, I've been heavy on learning various styles/fundamentals, observing an art piece and trying to imagine how they were executed and trying to apply my hypotheses when doing my own artworks. Growing up I copied from various genres, picking things up along the way.

On the flipside, I never actually dedicated my time to developing a consistent style until the last few years! I haven't even developed a proper moodboard for what I want my style to be like LMAO. it kinda goes against my experimental nature I think?

I don't know how much people notice, but even now, I have a tendency to figure things out on the fly & experiment rather than having a solid, fixed method while working 😅 Although I do think I've gained somewhat a more consistent workflow and results!

Use to agonize quite a lot about this back then! (still do to a certain extent).

This is why I have various methods of creation (on my SFW side - sorry can't reveal myself for safety reasons - I am even more so varied and experiment a lot!)