Creating a unique style?

[Le Sigma]

Well a style is not usually your own. Many people here started out a bit different. They used bases from other sprites and recolored, then they edited, then they used their own bases, then their own colors, then their own sprites, and finally, they made their own styles. You must start by looking at a style you like, try to copy it, without making it obvious that you used that style. And then you will find your own ways to remake that style in your own knowledge.

I started out that way. I've been spriting for nearly a year now and I like to think I've progressed a great deal.