Metzen ya ambaci jerin litattafai na Dragonlance da Star Wars a matsayin manyan abubuwan da ya samo asali don abubuwan kirkirar almara da almara na kimiyya, kuma sunayen almara da masu zane-zane kamar su Walt Simonson da Keith Parkinson a matsayin wahayi na zane-zane. Ya bayyana salon zane-zanensa kamar yadda " Walt Simons da Lee's pencilling styles for form " yayin da ya fi son " suturar tufafi, jigogi da kuma jin dadin zane-zane na Larry Elmore da Keith Parkinson ".
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