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Its cute n all but the style is pretty derivative. Which is fine if you're okay with that.
Being derivative is one thing, and that's bound to happen with most anyone at some point. I haven't ever gone out of my way to blatantly copy a style, though.
For the subject matter, it needs to be able to convey the thematic stuff perfectly. The comic wouldn't work without the reactionary faces, noodly arms and overall style. The only things people say look like Flapjack/Adventure Time are the mouths. And while I can see what they mean, I don't want to do square teeth or having the teeth be a solid white area on the top/bottom of the mouth (or or less the only other options). I think rounded teeth fit more than others.
Just because it shares similarities doesn't mean I'm trying to make it look like something else. I don't want to change my style because someone did something similar before me. I have plenty of styles that I use based on the subject matter, and using any of my other styles would just be a waste since they don't match at all.
Not trying to sound arrogant or that I was never inspired by any of the previously mentioned shows, but when people say I copy something it sets me off a bit. If I wanted to sit down and copy things I wouldn't have gone to college, haha. Of course, you said my style was derivative, which is acceptable. Although when people say this stuff, I always suggest taking a side by side comparison of the things in question, and more often than not, the things are more different than originally thought. People like to pull one or two features and automatically connect them rather than look at the big picture and see there are more differences than similarities.
I did learn a lot of color composition stuff from Adventure Time, though. That show is amazing for that stuff and it showed me things I had never thought about.
