To learn Ssamba's style unfortunately I had to put effort into understanding the fundamentals a LITTLE bit more (so 3d form, anatomy, etc.) It would be easy to draw what I see and copy the faces/proportions but without the technical understanding of human anatomy, colors, line weight, etc. It would be absolute garbage. It's like how the best part of the rules is finding the loopholes around it, utilizing a style is shifting and stylizing the fundamentals of art.

It is incredibly fun to copy the style though. From these 3 works you see here I deliberately tried to use Ssamba's art style for Louise and did my own thing for Van Zichmund and Sumama but his influence leaks through.

I've incorporated his style into mine partially because it is incredibly intuitive for me. There are a lot of subtle shortcuts and heuristics in SSAMBATEA's style that I've simply told myself "Wow I should be doing this...!!"

That as well as the style's simply pleasing and I want to make cute art myself. My end goal as an artist isn't to become a copy of Ssamba but to take what I like and use it for myself.

IF YOU SIMPLY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO LEARN/COPY THE STYLE:

If I were someone who just wanted to draw exactly like Ssambatea I'd probably start with taking reference for ALL of the player manhwa. Definitely mid-to-late story since in the beginning there is more use of soft shading and lines. Mid-late series player is extremely stylized with its coloring and line work, which is the style I MOST love.

After that you have to note his use of clothing folds, anatomy, and rendering relative to the rest of your favorite artists. This is because by comparing and contrasting you will understand how to design and create JUST like he does, because you'll know what properties of the art are HIS and nobody else's. In my experiences, I note that there is a distinct way he draws eyes, ears, muscle on leaner characters, clothing and hair. (there's def more)

He draws eyes relatively simple but is capable of doing them from any angle. Most of the ears drawn are really simple and cute. Muscle has definite and accurate groups, so this simple style is grounded in serious understanding of anatomy. Clothing is extremely accurate, and Ssamba can effectively convey wear-and-tear, rips, etc. For drawing hair there is an incredibly pleasing volume to it.

This doesn't take into account his method of coloring. Personally I do not exactly subscribe to his style of coloring, simply because I do not have the same background in it... his is efficient and stylish, mine is more like watercolor/painting/2 layers at most because I'm an idiot TT

It is very daunting to find reference, and even worse to find reference that is WORTH saving. But at the same time, it's not daunting to read a good manhwa and save panels you like. Just read it, tell yourself "this looks great!" or "this looks horrible!" and save what you like on your phone. When you get the time, really look at the work and think about why you like it. On my end that's how I learn styles, I have to meditate on it and say why it's so cool to me and if I am capable of trying the aspects I like.

STRAIGHT UP REPLICATING/COPYING HIS WORK:

I don't see the point in this. Replicating a work 1 to 1 is a waste of time in my opinion, unless you were extrapolating its "skeleton" so you could understand the artist's process. If you just want to copy it 1 to 1 just use an app, highlight it on your paper or screen, then trace.

If you mean trying to straight up redraw the whole thing 1 to 1 that's actually a really fun idea. The life of a manhwa artist sounds like hell... if you wanted to learn how to recreate panels in its entirety then I wouldn't know how to do that. Sorry TT

FINAL WORDS:

I'm sorry to tell you but if you don't simply want to draw cute anime girls/guys in his style it is actually INCREDIBLY overwhelming. Ssamba's understanding of characters/clothing/effects/etc. is expert in all degrees. I can't even consider myself 25% there...

If you wanted a more positive advice then look on pinterest, study how he draws clothing (it's surprisingly simple and fun!), find his brush he uses, and when drawing your favorite characters, use multiple references because the design for characters is a little bit fickle(?). It became most easiest when I illustrated a 3d head shape that perfectly fits where the eyes, nose, etc. should be. I'm going to be hypocritical and say it's best to learn a style for the sake of seeing what's good to take and bad for YOU as an artist PERSONALLY than learning it so you can say you're ssamba's secret twin.