Creating a unique style?

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Just sprite whatever you want, and as you sprite more and more, you eventually will use the techniques you learned to make your own "style" of sprite. You can't just go about one day and decide to create a style. You can have vision of how the sprite should be, but to implement it, you just need to apply your knowledge and skills to get your own personal touch.

p.much this

although the "you can't just go about one day and decide to create a style" is kind of untrue

because you /can/ do that, but it won't be like
you'd still be limiting yourself because you're forcing yourself to work with just that style

also, i never understand why so many spriters want to develop a "unique style" before they develop actual talent


or competence(not op, just pixel artists in general)