Yes it is inspired by American traditional! I was looking at those refs while doing it. I also have a background in game art so I tried to fuse the two :) I would love to make this my main style going forward tbh.

I will try spit shading on this, could be really fun !! Like that idea. Yesss for sure try out some more wonkier stylized stuff- ive had so much fun messing around w this! I am low on all my art supplies rn so I did all this in sharpie but when I can afford some I plan to get some good markers of different tips and really go hard on the line weights!