Tbh? Me neither, for quite a while. Historically, my art style has been pretty inconsistent. However, I think I have achieved some level of consistency in the past few months, even if only on a minor level. Here are some tips!
1. Experiment! While this seems counterintuitive, it's really the best way to find out what you like and what you don't like. Here are a few examples:
Lineart: Do you like bold, thick lines or thin, light lines? Do you like many small sketchy lines or smooth, big lines? Or do you wanna go lineless?
Color: Do you like to use bold colours, or muted colours? Light or dark? Or (like me) do you like to mix it up? Do you like having many different colours, or just working with a few? Or do you like working in greyscale?
Shading: Do you like shading boldy, or subtly? Or a mix of both? Do you like to make your shading reflect the environment, or do you prefer flat backgrounds? Do you like bright, neon lighting or more natural lighting?
Please don't get tripped up by these questions, these are just some things to consider if you want to try experimenting. There are countless ways to experiment, the former questions are just a starting point if you don't know where to start!
2. Create a formulaic way to draw. This is piggybacking off of my last point. After you are done experimenting and finding out what you like, simply identify those things and apply them to a drawing. For example, my average drawing consists of:
Blocking out shapes with a huge brush, blocking out muscles with a smaller, sketchier brush, thin , sort of sketchy lineart, flat colours with slight variations in shading, colourful lighting and overlays, and sometimes a white outline. That's my formula, but yours can be whatever you want.
3. Create a series! A series is defined as a collection of art that leaves no doubt in the viewers mind that they were created by the same person. Do y'all remember this from 2020?
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This was technically a series I did at the time over the span of a few months! Though there are some slight changes between the drawing's styles, I think you can tell that I made all of these by the shading, lighting, eyes, bright colours etc.
So how does this relate to consistency? Well, it's pretty simple. Doing a series means that you have to force yourself to draw in the same style in order to show the viewer that you are the one who drew it. The series doesn't have to be big and grand, it can literally just be a series of drawings that you try to make look as consistent as possible.
