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So this is my influence map for the artists who I am inspired by basically.

Alessandro Barbucci: He's probably the largest influence on me, especially after I got out of my weeaboo manga-style phase, his works pretty much inspired the renaissance in my art style which shifted more to an original style which is a blend of both western and eastern influences. His art is so 'refined' in a way that I want to emulate in my work(but which I have failed to capture time and time again).
Kaoru Mori: I absolutely love the dedication and detail she puts into her work and it has been a learning experience seeing how her style has evolved in Emma: A Victorian Romance, which is pretty much one of my favourite manga.
Tessa Stone: While her style has definitely evolved and is different from her 'Hanna is not a boy's name' days, I still admire her old style when she was working on that comic and it has also been partly influential in me picking up western techniques of drawing people stylistically.
Chirart: I like her style of drawing people, quite realistic but stylistic to a certain extent. Her art can certainly feel generic at times and too realistic but it's part of her style and I respect that. She influenced me when I was still in my weeaboo stage.
Minkyu Lee: After seeing Adam and Dog, I was so intrigued by his mastery of the male form(and his male faces are kind of cute too) and how simply he can capture it yet remaining deceptively simple. That is not to say that he is not proficient in drawing women well, as I have included two pictures of his artwork, one featuring a girl and another featuring a boy.
Xavier Houssin: I love the way he draws women. They seem to have a distinctive style and their proportions seem very aesthetically appealing to me. The faces he draws are quite quirky, looking like imps rather than humans and that is part of his appeal as well.
Hyung Tae Kim: This man is primarily responsible for my methods of sexualising women. His works introduced new(and never-before-seen) ways of making women look more attractive and sensual, sometimes to the point where it looks rather lewd and contrived. But it works well when Hyung Tae Kim does it, so I try to incorporate his stylistic choices into mine when I draw women sexually. He is also very good in designing costumes.
Yu Dori: I loved her art from the early 2010s. They emphasise a type of feminine sensuality that is wild and unpredictable yet graceful. That is to say I love the way she draws women and the subject matter she puts them in. Her work has gotten more political and more minimalist as of late, and that irks me a little. She has huge amounts of talent and I love her choices of subject back in her 'renaissance' period. Putting East Asian people in 17th century French court clothes and presenting it as an actual period painting is an example of how attractive her choice of subjects are to me. She is apparently quite well-read and was good at her art ever since she was 15.
Glen Keane: Who doesn't have Glen Keane in their influence map? He is considered to be a kind of animation god in Disney and I do love his drawings of gestures and emotions. They are so expressive and are easily identifiable as humans.
Loish: She is a popular artist in deviantart and I am sure in other social media as well. Her style is quite versatile and is something that is easily liked by people, including me. I enjoy her illustrations of people, how she draws them and how she colours them as well. It is nice to see her evolution as an artist as well.
Kazue Kato: When I first saw Ao No Exorcist during my weeaboo phase, I was intrigued by the mangaka's art style and I wanted to emulate it. I guess some of her influences still appear in my art now. She is really very good and she has a distinctive style which is aesthetically pleasing.
Uwe Heidschoetter: His art does have a rough, curvy sketchy style which I feel I like to emulate sometimes. I do absolutely like it when he does his gay art though. He puts so much dedication into it, that is not to say that he does not put dedication in his other works as well.
Myra Hild: I love her distinctive style and seek to emulate it sometimes. She doesn't always have a distinctive style though and can have different ways of illustrating characters. Her subject matter is also interesting and heartwarming to me as she does quite a lot of gay male-themed fanart.
Epsee: I do enjoy this artist's mingling of a realistic style with a stylistic touch. It makes her characters look distinctive, but not realistic. I seek to emulate her realistic-but-not-too-realistic style sometimes.
Charlattes: Her art is just adorable. I love her gay male fandom ships and it makes me want to copy her style of drawing guys as they all look so cute. She has a bit of a manga-style though so I have to be careful of that.
Corycat90: His art of men is good and I have taken quite a bit of influence of his style of drawing guys from this artist. Most of his main male OCs are trans though, which irks me a little but they look so handsome though. I do not care much for her furry art. I am not a fan of her style of drawing furries.
Joanne Poon: A local(I think?) korean artist who captured my attention this year because of how she drew guys. I like the hairstyles she draws on guys as they are hairstyles I have not tried drawing before. Plus, I bought a comic from her called 'Dandelion's Promise: Chapter 1' and there's a lot of teasing towards a gay ship in there so that's cute.

Description
So this is my influence map for the artists who I am inspired by basically.

Alessandro Barbucci: He's probably the largest influence on me, especially after I got out of my weeaboo manga-style phase, his works pretty much inspired the renaissance in my art style which shifted more to an original style which is a blend of both western and eastern influences. His art is so 'refined' in a way that I want to emulate in my work(but which I have failed to capture time and time again).
Kaoru Mori: I absolutely love the dedication and detail she puts into her work and it has been a learning experience seeing how her style has evolved in Emma: A Victorian Romance, which is pretty much one of my favourite manga.
Tessa Stone: While her style has definitely evolved and is different from her 'Hanna is not a boy's name' days, I still admire her old style when she was working on that comic and it has also been partly influential in me picking up western techniques of drawing people stylistically.
Chirart: I like her style of drawing people, quite realistic but stylistic to a certain extent. Her art can certainly feel generic at times and too realistic but it's part of her style and I respect that. She influenced me when I was still in my weeaboo stage.
Minkyu Lee: After seeing Adam and Dog, I was so intrigued by his mastery of the male form(and his male faces are kind of cute too) and how simply he can capture it yet remaining deceptively simple. That is not to say that he is not proficient in drawing women well, as I have included two pictures of his artwork, one featuring a girl and another featuring a boy.
Xavier Houssin: I love the way he draws women. They seem to have a distinctive style and their proportions seem very aesthetically appealing to me. The faces he draws are quite quirky, looking like imps rather than humans and that is part of his appeal as well.
Hyung Tae Kim: This man is primarily responsible for my methods of sexualising women. His works introduced new(and never-before-seen) ways of making women look more attractive and sensual, sometimes to the point where it looks rather lewd and contrived. But it works well when Hyung Tae Kim does it, so I try to incorporate his stylistic choices into mine when I draw women sexually. He is also very good in designing costumes.
Yu Dori: I loved her art from the early 2010s. They emphasise a type of feminine sensuality that is wild and unpredictable yet graceful. That is to say I love the way she draws women and the subject matter she puts them in. Her work has gotten more political and more minimalist as of late, and that irks me a little. She has huge amounts of talent and I love her choices of subject back in her 'renaissance' period. Putting East Asian people in 17th century French court clothes and presenting it as an actual period painting is an example of how attractive her choice of subjects are to me. She is apparently quite well-read and was good at her art ever since she was 15.
Glen Keane: Who doesn't have Glen Keane in their influence map? He is considered to be a kind of animation god in Disney and I do love his drawings of gestures and emotions. They are so expressive and are easily identifiable as humans.
Loish: She is a popular artist in deviantart and I am sure in other social media as well. Her style is quite versatile and is something that is easily liked by people, including me. I enjoy her illustrations of people, how she draws them and how she colours them as well. It is nice to see her evolution as an artist as well.
Kazue Kato: When I first saw Ao No Exorcist during my weeaboo phase, I was intrigued by the mangaka's art style and I wanted to emulate it. I guess some of her influences still appear in my art now. She is really very good and she has a distinctive style which is aesthetically pleasing.
Uwe Heidschoetter: His art does have a rough, curvy sketchy style which I feel I like to emulate sometimes. I do absolutely like it when he does his gay art though. He puts so much dedication into it, that is not to say that he does not put dedication in his other works as well.
Myra Hild: I love her distinctive style and seek to emulate it sometimes. She doesn't always have a distinctive style though and can have different ways of illustrating characters. Her subject matter is also interesting and heartwarming to me as she does quite a lot of gay male-themed fanart.
Epsee: I do enjoy this artist's mingling of a realistic style with a stylistic touch. It makes her characters look distinctive, but not realistic. I seek to emulate her realistic-but-not-too-realistic style sometimes.
Charlattes: Her art is just adorable. I love her gay male fandom ships and it makes me want to copy her style of drawing guys as they all look so cute. She has a bit of a manga-style though so I have to be careful of that.
Corycat90: His art of men is good and I have taken quite a bit of influence of his style of drawing guys from this artist. Most of his main male OCs are trans though, which irks me a little but they look so handsome though. I do not care much for her furry art. I am not a fan of her style of drawing furries.
Joanne Poon: A local(I think?) korean artist who captured my attention this year because of how she drew guys. I like the hairstyles she draws on guys as they are hairstyles I have not tried drawing before. Plus, I bought a comic from her called 'Dandelion's Promise: Chapter 1' and there's a lot of teasing towards a gay ship in there so that's cute.