Just curious if Leyendecker was an influence in your art style. I’m obsessed with the way you both use color!

i’ve studied Leyendecker’s style quite a bit, but he hasn’t been a huge influence on my colors, i owe much more to impressionists and even realists on that front. and, y'know, myself, at least i like to think so 🤭 i’d say that some of the defining features of Leyendecker’s color, to me at least, is the overwhelming warm/sepia-toned quality, lights and shadows that are very close in hue, as well as studio-esque artificial direct lighting that is so strong it sometimes leaves even the skin of the people in his paintings shiny; none of those is something i employ often, and now that i’m leafing through my stuff, most of my works are the opposite of that. i do quite enjoy Leyendecker’s brush strokes though and thank the dude for being one of the artists that have helped me figure out what the heck to do with blank backgrounds when i only want to focus on the character and/or fashion. nothing quite like a fashion artist to aid with that!