There is reason why some people stress over the pictures they draw, because they worry about what people think, hesitation on what to draw or materials to try out, and always betray yourself because of peoples approval . Everyone has their own art style or different techniques to draw and you can't please all people but you can please some. I think its okay to draw your own character as "inspiration" to another character as long as you give credit to the creator. For example, Naruto and Luffy was inspire by Goku but each of them have different goals.
What am saying, is that its okay if you get your ideas from "somewhere" but don't go to