How your signature style finds you when you let go

For a long time I thought my style was something I needed to figure out.

So I tried to control it.

Same colours. Same brushes. Keeping everything consistent from the beginning.

That is where I went wrong.

I was forcing something that is meant to evolve.

What actually changed things for me was letting go a bit.

Trying everything. Different tools. Different mediums.

Making work that did not match.

And slowly, without trying, patterns started to show up.

I realised I loved vectors, but I also needed texture.

I kept going back to pens.I kept making single colour watercolours.

And somehow, blue just kept appearing in my work.

Not because I chose it.

Because it felt natural.

That is when I understood this in a deeper way.

Your style is not something you decide.

It is something that forms while you are busy creating.

And this is where the law of detachment comes in.

The more tightly you hold onto the idea of “I need to find my style”,the harder it becomes.

When you relax that grip and focus on just making work, exploring, and enjoying the process that is when your style starts to reveal itself.

Not all at once. But piece by piece.

If you feel like your work is not “you” yet

That feeling is normal.

It does not mean you are behind or doing something wrong.

It usually just means you have not given yourself enough space to explore yet.

Your style is already forming in the background.

It is built from what you enjoy.

What you repeat without noticing.What feels natural in your hand.

You just have to pay attention to it.

What actually helps

Instead of trying to lock in a style, try this.

Look back at your own work.

Not just the polished pieces. Everything.

Notice what keeps showing up

Colours you reach for

Shapes or subjects you repeat.

The tools you enjoy using the most

There are always clues.

Stay with something a little longer

When you find an idea you like, do not move on too quickly

Explore it in different ways

Make it cleaner

Make it messier

Turn it into a pattern

Change the scale

This is where your work starts to deepen

And where your voice becomes clearer

Take inspiration differently

Instead of copying what someone makes, look at how they make it feel

Pay attention to their choices

How they use space

How they build rhythm

How their work flows

Then bring that into your own world instead of borrowing theirs

Your signature style is not something you need to chase.

It is already there, slowly building through everything you create.

The moment you stop forcing it and start paying attention,you begin to see it more clearly.

And the best part is, it keeps evolving.

Which means you never really arrive.

But you do get closer to yourself with every piece you make.