Style and Transitions

I've been thinking a lot about how style is conveyed, through either moves, transitional moves, or how one puts together a dance... So, I'm curious how you guys discovered your own styles, how you differentiate between other people's styles, and what kinds of things you do in order to cultivate it. For example, with drawing, it's very clear how style is created: Types of lines, colours, how things are put together. A million people could be asked to draw a woman, and you would come out with a million different answers...but all of the same subject.  In order to cultivate my own drawing, I am collecting various pieces by artists I like that I think convey the best parts of what I like. Subject having no bearing, it's all about how the artist created mood, energy and the subject generally. I realize that sounds confusing, but it works. Through looking at the drawings of others, and mimicking them, I can cultivate a style I prefer to look at, that is all my own. I'm having issues, however, finding people who have radically different styles out on youtube. I'm finding I get stuck on how the moves are generated, the subject itself, rather than how it is made individual to the person dancing. I also have issues because of the physical limitations; I cannot, for example, do the splits or an inversion yet (yes, still!) though I am slowly working on it.