Thanks for the feedback I greatly appreciate the thought you put into your comment. I like your idea on looking at your drawing with a different perspective seems like a pretty good technique. One of my art teachers would suggest to me to always look at my drawings from far away to achieve something similar to what you described. Or even take a break from the piece for a day or two then take another look at it.
As far as developing my style goes I am pretty excited about it! I want to try out all sorts of coloring styles, eye styles, hair styles, and everything else! What has been the biggest motivation to me is this competition.
http://browse.deviantart.com/contests/Right here you could see the improvement from many artists over just two years. I’ve always wanted to be able to draw manga/anime but never took the time and regret it. However, I decided to finally take the leap and begin on my journey to becoming an anime artist. I’d figure if other people are able to progress that quickly than I should have a pretty good chance of at least becoming decent with practice.