{"id":10073,"date":"2025-09-03T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/793649660765110272-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:01:19","slug":"793649660765110272-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/793649660765110272-2\/","title":{"rendered":"793649660765110272"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https:\/\/donotdestroy.tumblr.com\/post\/774192247837179904\/what-happens-when-you-let-your-art-be-influenced\">donotdestroy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf=\"{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/taraleaver.com\/2016\/02\/influenced-by-other-artists\/\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/taraleaver.com\/2016\/02\/influenced-by-other-artists\/\",\"title\":\"what happens when you let your art be 'influenced' by other artists? - Tara Leaver\",\"description\":\"In which I demonstrate using my own past work what happens when you let your work be influenced by other artists.\u00a0\",\"site_name\":\"Tara Leaver\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"68897037837531c358b083de91473f87:f5ec709a7f3cbd86-6c\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":700}]}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taraleaver.com\/2016\/02\/influenced-by-other-artists\/\" target=\"_blank\">what happens when you let your art be \u2018influenced\u2019 by other artists? &#8211; Tara Leaver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the big daddy that I learned from all this: I actually CAN\u2019T paint like other artists, and nor do I want to. That\u2019s the best thing this exercise has taught me over the years; it\u2019s fun to experiment, to try out what other artists are doing, but if I only ever did that I\u2019d be unfulfilled and dissatisfied. 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