Artist Inspirations

Boris Groh: contrast in color palette, glowing eyes, good use of silhouette,  horror elements

https://www.artstation.com/borisgroh

Sergey Vasnev: color palette, composition, subject matter, atmosphere and tone

https://www.artstation.com/sergey_vasnev

Tommy Lee Edwards: sharp contrast, bright colors, visual appeal, lighting

https://www.artstation.com/tle

Maksym Grodiyenko: unique shapes/designs, glowing effect, color choices

https://www.artstation.com/gordi

Romain Durand: hand-painted visual style, stylized textures

https://www.artstation.com/romaindurand

Duy Hoang: rendered outlines, simple texture style, clean look

https://www.artstation.com/hqduy

Gleb Levonto: clean style and visual appeal, screentone-like flat colors

https://www.artstation.com/levonto

Isaac Oster: interesting design, bright colors, nice textures

https://www.artstation.com/isaacoster

Raphael Jean: 2D meets 3D style, distinct/sharp edges and highlights, worn appearance

https://www.artstation.com/raphjean84

Paolo Crimaldi: shape language, silhouette of item, design

https://www.artstation.com/macridil

To research: Sketchfab toon shader, ways to do toon shader in Marmoset, DOTA shader