But for studies you don't want to be stylising too heavily. The further removed your studies are from the source material, the greater your degree of error. You have to understand why and how other artists reduce real life into the symbols they use, and the only way to do that is to study real life and try to keep it true to life~
Read these:
Understanding your style- 1
Understanding your style- 2
Common artistic 'anti-patterns'
Read these:
Understanding your style- 1
Understanding your style- 2
Common artistic 'anti-patterns'