Give soul claps, firm handshakes, and throw smooth bolo punches. Although being a toy seems undesirable, you should enjoy it while you can. At this stage you can bite all you want with no remorse. So steal that dope connection, rob that color scheme, and loot whole letter forms. It is understanding why the connection you bit flows, or why the color scheme you boosted bumps.
Style is the process to an appealling end.
Once you got it down to a science you can reinvent letterforms to suit yourself. This growth will amaze old and yound alike. Pretty soon someone will steal your secret sauce and the cycle will be renewed. Graffiti is the language of the ignored. If your style is stolen, someone heard you speaking.