lobstmourne:

It’s really important to remember that, as an artist, you are NEVER the first person to do A Thing with your style.  People have been doing that Thing since before you were born probably and will continue to do so looong after you’ve claimed the Thing as personally unique.

It’s important to be proud of your work and personal progress but never forget that you started out with nothing.  What you have now is an amalgam of visions other people have featured or forgotten and you’ve cobbled them together to convey your own ideas.  Eventually other people will use you to convey their ideas.

ALL artists are scavengers and none of us are above each other when it comes to personal style.  

As long as you continue to be yourself, your art will reflect it because YOU are the only thing that’s truly unique about your art.