Perhaps you could try drawing slightly longer series to help develop the manjuu roundness. Pick a anko or a fanfic if you don't want to bother with the plot. Having humans in it may help since you'd have a face to compare with yukkuri expressions.
Just go with whatever you are comfortable with since in the end, you will develop your own style anyway. So what if it looks like somebody else's style?
EllaLuxe said: AbyuseAddict, your style is yours and it's awesome. If that guy doesn't like it, he can kiss your ass easy! I and the folks of OYP love it. Please don't change it to satisfy some judgmental butt-hole who can't even draw his own.
Seconding this, because I'm not good enough with words to say it myself.
What I like best about your art is how we can see your improvement by leaps and bounds. This may sound funny, but drawing more yukkuri may actually have unlocked the your artistic talents to be considered one of the top artists whose work can be found in OYP.
poweryoga said: That's quite a compliment to be compared to kiri.
Quite.
AbyuseAddict said:
I think the key is the eyeball. Every artist has their own way to draw yukkuris' eyes. I just need to find out mine.
Interesting observation that could be applied on "anime style" character design in general: even if they body types, hair/accessories/clothes/etc. are drawn identically, you can differentiate artists by the way the eyes are drawn, which are distinct from artist to artist. (Which, in a way, is why most Western artists' take on manga style tends to look "not right").
In yukkuri's artworks, the focus on expressive eyes may even be more important since after all a yukkuri is basically just a head.
/ic/ once said, don't worry about what 'your style' is and how close your art ends up being to your influences. Just keep improving and your style will develop on its own.