>>3687355I'm not that good of an artist, but in my opinion the goal in OP pic isn't good enough to be an aspiration. It whole image looks flat and has shapes on the flat face. It also looks kind of(kind of) stiff. I think you should have better and more competent aspirations to tackle like Murata or Krenz.
Again, I'm not good enough to be an advice figure, but as far as I know, knowing what you're drawing is the best thing you could do. Try to not wing it, think of what you want to draw, at least the bigger picture of it. I've also noticed that most of the competent human stylizations are based off real humans(i.e, supposed to be 3D for the most part), but intentionally break things if convenient to the current circumstance or style. For example, look at anime keyframes. So essentially, I'd say:
1: be competent, correct yourself
2: be open minded to concepts
3: take time to analyze what you're trying to draw
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