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Is My Art Style Getting Stale?

Is My Art Style Getting Stale?

and the real pressures inherit in getting better at being ourselves

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Jacob Souva
Apr 11, 2025
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I’ve spilled a lot of ink on style over the years.1 It’s for a good reason, I think.

Art directors, editors, agents, art galleries, and the very large group we call “people who buy things” all want to know what we bring that’s special. Sometimes that can mean making art that fits into a box but more often than not it’s more of a unique and marketable fin…

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