I think it's great that your way of coloring doesn't look exactly like mine (or anyone else's for that matter)

Thank you so much for saying that! I have kind of found my own style, haven't I? *G*

I don't try to copy other people's styles completely, it's just a way of getting out of my set ways and do something differently, to expand my repertoire. The only way I know how to do this is take other people's icons and try and achieve the same look until I understand how they did it. I hope that's okay.