razvanc-r's sketchbook dump

[Fedodika]

Anime how to's aren't going to make your goal much easier, learning fundamentals like the inner workings of perspective, anatomy, and gesture will make everything seem intuitive and easy.

You seem to have some understanding of that, and you're applying it to your cartoons that you're drawing. Basically just find art that is what you're trying to emulate and compare it to your own drawings, get inspiration from them as you do it, and don't worry about it being derivative of something else.

Basically, the quicker you can invent a realistic face from your mind, the quicker you can invent faces that are stylized, since style is based on realism. The more information you acquire in that regard, informs better choices for stylization. Like stanley lau (Artgerm) he really understands fundamentals, so when he stylizes, it becomes extremely charming and believable.