welcome to the wild wild world of creating digital art.
there's a million pieces of jaded practical advice pieces i could lay down in my years of program crashes, 'how the heck do i achieve this look's, wrong layer drawings and general mayhem that comes with devoting time to the craft.
but the best thing i can offer is keep doing it, there's something to be said for muscle memory.
also that is real good for a first attempt, style replication is something i fall really, really short at. +floof