/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4055934
>How do you "get" a style?

To add to what >>4055951 said (which I agree with).

Getting a style is always something that happens organically. But that doesn't mean that you don't work on developing one. The technically correct answer would be "draw and draw and style will develop on its own" but the answer misses something important:

When you're learning how to draw you're still drawing with style: your teacher's. If you're learning to draw from Vilppu you're going to have Vilppu's style, Loomis' if you're learning from Loomis, Huston's if you're learning from Huston's. You catch my drift.

So you're never not emulating someone else's style. The thing is, you shouldn't be learning from a single teacher. You should be learning from multiple. And if it's not multiple teachers you should be studying work from multiple artists whose style you admire.

As you do so over and over you start to realize that the methods and styles you learnt, and the methods and styles you studied, start to merge because your brain and your hand aren't printers. Maybe you add more shadows here. Maybe your lines are thicker. Maybe you twist proportions a little bit. And these you imprinted into your subconscious through learning and studying.

Your taste informs your studies and the media and art you consume. That in turn informs your brain, hand and eyes when you draw. The result is style.

It comes organically but through mindful and rigorous practice and study. If you want to drive your own style towards a target, study that target consistently. If not then it will come on its own, as long as you're drawing and learning and studying.