Ok, I ain't bashin' on anyone's artstyles, even though it might totally come off this way, but I just have to vent a little here because I see this ALL the time.
I understand you want to draw a character differently. I like doing that too. In fact, I
do do it and I love to do it. But I also think that a character should always retain some of their unique aspects, especially when it comes to strong identifying traits such as face structure and hair.
Case in point, Princess Garnet. I think she has an absolutely exquisite design, and her face is gorgeous—cherubic in shape with dainty features, like the nose and mouth. Yet I see fanart of her where she looks like such a generic, hastily drawn anime girl with sloppy undefined hair that it really is almost an insult to her beauty.
Kuja's even worse. He does NOT have a generic bishounen face and I can't get over how many people draw him miles away from how he's supposed to look by giving him one.
Basically what I'm saying is, use your style to flatter a character's uniqueness and not make them look like their faces were copy-pasted from all of your other drawings or a How to Draw Manga book. Experimenting with different styles is fabulous, but without knowing how to implement it correctly you do a character and your drawing a great disservice.
That being said, I acknowledge I may be guilty of the above in some respects myself. But hey, practice makes perfect! 8D And in case you were wondering, yes, this rant was indeed triggered by fugly Garnet fanart.
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