My personal influence map is comprised mainly of artists I admire for their unique drawing style and implementation of colours, shading and engaging compositions to bring their paintings to life.
Grypwolf and AndytheLemon's styles, their obvious differences in overall techniques and subject matter, both utilise smooth, flowing lines to illustrate their characters. Shapes are more clearly defined and sharp cell-shading renders their forms solidly.
Viria and Kalambo work with colour to create simultaneously convincing and intriguing shadows and highlights in a painterly way, employing sketchy, sometimes broken lines to emphasise forms.
Culpeo-Fox works in so many divergent styles that span from sketchy pencil drawings to smooth digital art and even complex filigree-like illustrations that it is impossible to find a particular image which showcases his main focus. However, rustic colour palettes and organic textures do band his works together.
The show Avatar the Last Airbender- a story that is deceptively intense and with lovable characters.
The game Undertale- a sheer masterpiece of intricate characters and multiple story-lines that break the fourth wall so beautifully the gamer has to take a moment to wrap their head around what just happened.
The show Vikings- for its historic accuracy, marvellously showcasing the workmanship of blacksmithing, carpentry and leather-working around a compelling narrative.
The animated show Steven Universe- an elegantly simplistic art style with deep characters and story.
The anime Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood- the one that got me into anime.
The webcomic Off-White- stunning art style combing cell-shading and a painterly style.

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