puppy_love

I'm not sure what to do.
I love to draw, and I learned to draw through an old friend, who was drawing girlies before she met me. I learned how to draw from hers, and I'm afraid now to lose that style because that's the reason it means so much to me when I draw my girlies. But now I'm wondering where I should take it, should I take a course and become REALLY good, or should I just keep developing it on my own to ensure I don't lose my own personal style.
I feel like I can really make something out of it if I do take classes, and I want to be the best I can be at drawing, but I'm afraid to take any influence from outside sources.

Another thing that bothers me is when I see amazing girly drawings that are soo perfect, but all I can think is 'i can never be this good', and feel like I should give up drawing entirely. That's just selfish...

p.s. all of you SG girlies are so beautiful!