I would honestly be flattered if someone pay me a commission and asks me to draw with a style similar to another artist, that means someone trusts my abilities to replicate another artist’s style, that also means that the person who is paying me the commission knows how I draw because usually people before paying a commission, check the gallery and the style of the artist ...

Now, I don't know if my point of view is wrong or bad, because first I'm also a newbie selling designs and drawings on internet, I started in 2018... and I would like someone to give me their opinion, again the truth I don't see how bad this can be, I don't see it as an insult to the artist.

Well, it is a hit or miss really. Some might take it as a compliment of their own skill to emulate the style of another well respected artist. Or perhaps they want it in a similar style due to the artistic reasons of the character, such as trying to draw a cartoon character true to the nature of their media. If my character is meant to exist within a certain universe that is primarily drawn by a certain artist, (for instance digimon), it would be cool to try and have the style of the commission match it to look like the character is really there!

But generally speaking, I would say that this is something a client should not ask for as it is rude for quite a few reasons. Namely, it is discrediting your own personal style which is like your brand; your style is something you have worked hard on mastering. And the client does not want that? It would be like asking your chef to cook with a recipe from another restaurant. I doubt that would end well at all!

In some cases I think it would be alright, but for the most part I believe a client should be paying you for your style.

Thank you so much for commenting!

I understand a lot why an artist can get upset if a client asks for something like that, If you like another artist's style so much, ask him.

I understand the idea that an artist works for so many years with a style, so that suddenly a client asks him to draw something different from what he has done for so long, and that this may annoy the artist, possibly not reaching an agreement with the client.

But I also think that an artist's skills are undervalued by enclosing him in the idea that that artist can only do one style. I have seen many artists who in their commissions, offer drawings with realistic style, cartoon, chibis, etc. Of course, there are many ways to draw realism, cartoons, anime or chibis, each artist creates art with something that identifies them, and perhaps that something is difficult to replicate. The way the artist colors, the way they draws hands, faces, bodys, etc.

I try to find an intermediate point, because I understand why an artist can be bothered by this, but I also don't think that the client is doing something horrible asking an artist to draw another style of another artist.

I say this more than anything because of the experience of several artists that I have seen working in other styles than those that dominate, even the same artist explains that it is based on the style of another artist, or things like artists who work for a complex production, such as an animation movie, an animation studio will have about 20 or more artist, and everyone should design and work with a focused style according to the megaproduction they are doing.

But it is difficult find an intermediate point, because many see this as an act of the client by looking for another artist to draw something in the style of an artist that that client cannot afford.

And I also think it's a negative point that I understand when a customer asks for this, I think it is rude for both artists when the goal is to get something cheaper, since you despise the value of the work of that artist that you cannot buy a commission.

That's why I think it's an interesting topic to discuss and debate, because getting that intermediate point is difficult.