In case remotely anybody was interested, I came to post my process and thoughts on my artwork.
I usually start out having a mild aneurysm over what to start with, spending up to an hour looking through Araki's manga. I'll find a piece I like, and go ham on it with photoshop (I use Adobe Photoshop CC 2019, in case anyone wanted to know). I crop out the character in the scene, add a background, and if it has color, I go through the steps to make it look glitched. I can post a tutorial if anyone asks.
As for copyright, I don't know. I'm technically using someone else's work in my art, but it's very transformative. I pondered over this for a wh