How true is this?

There's always a worry that you're being overly influenced by someone but trying to be truly unique is an impossible goal.

Salvador Dali said it best “those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”

Just because it reminds you of something doesn't make it similar or derivative.

Only amateurs get triggered by these kind of comments.

>>2993170

They're just complimenting it, it doesn't mean anything negative.

>>2993170
I wonder, with things like this, if you showed [another more popular artist] what [another more popular artist] would they come up with?

>>2993866
Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

meant to be a compliment and only taken light,y.

>>2993170
Listen to Steve Huston's NMA talk on philosophy of art, if you get the chance.
Proko has a free interview as well where he touches on the topic.

Basically - originality comes from the way you transform and combine different ideas, which is born out of your need to better convey ideas of your own.
As you travel through your life, you'll see different art styles, different things in nature, different techniques and whenever something works for you, you add it to your toolbox, to your personal style, your signature.
If you do this rather than copy someone else's style straight away, the only way for someone to have the same style as you is if they live the exact same life as you, which is impossible.