An artist’s style is really just the way they prefer to solve visual problems. Here’s an example of what I mean by “visual problem”- especially in video games and animation, the character needs to stand out from the background; some artists use thick black outlines to solve the problem, some use an outline of a darker color than the character’s color, some use no outlines and just balance the value, color and/or saturation of the backgrounds, many use a combination of these solutions. All options can look nice and effectively solve the same problem, but your choice on how to solve the problem helps define your style.
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