when i draw art i have what i think is an odd way of going about things.
i let the characters themselves usually decide the style... I don't mean like drawing Sly in a cell shaded style because I want to emulate the game, but doing it because it feels right.

for instance. I recently drew a photo of Gilgamesh from FFV. NOW the style he ended up with was a slightly cartoony style. honestly It fits the man since he's an all around ham and oddball. i'm leaving out that he's a literal rainbow as well... but that's not the point.

I don't pick they styles i use... the characters i draw pick them for me.

the reason i bring all this up is because I'm actually kinda insulted because someone thinks i should have drawn him in a realistic style (which i can't do well) and not to mention when i pointed it out she said i should have still tried. I know she wants to help me make my art better... but my style is not that realistic... ESPECIALLY not with people. I was proud of the way i made him look as another friend stated look like a living cartoon (honestly he is.)

I just want to know... am I getting too worked up by this? being told i should have done something in a different style when I honestly let the subject of my drawing chose for themselves what they want to be?

Also... anyone else do that? let their (for lack of a better word) muse pick?