I've always greatly admired art with crisp lineowork and crisp clean cell shading and whatnot. And for a while I saw it as a sign of being a tr00 artiste, atleast in the furry world. So I tried to emulate the whole clean lines thing but find it never turns out quite how I like. The sketchier lines look nice, but because it isn't "Real Art" until I give it clean lines, I try to draw over it anyway. But it ends up looking like an ugly wikihow article. When I let my natural art-style do its thing, and not fight it so hard, it turns out better and I make greater improvements at a quicker pace.

I think my style is a cross between detailed realism and a little rustic, loose, painterly brush strokes, rough edges, sketchy. And now I'm leaning into it more I'm enjoying the process and actually making things I'm pleased with.
I still get imposter syndrome though, because I'm barely a furry to begin with, have a weird style, specialised subject matters etc. I don't upload most stuff here anyway, mostly small discord servers and the like. I don't know if I ever will fully get over that insecurity, but what I have done is gotten over my hang ups over linework. SKETCHES ALL THE WAY