enfants has taken inspiration from a variety of historical sources. in an interview with v magazine, henri alexander commented that "as far as other painters i am really into robert motherwell. i'm envious of the scale of his work. also, [the work of ] cy twombly, antoni tàpies and jean dubuffet…i find particularly appealing at this point in my life. i think those that are familiar with tàpies' work, will see he has influenced erd from the informality to the way he uses furniture and rags." the artist has also noted being influenced by japanese fashion designers rei kawakubo and yohji yamamoto, artist raymond pettibon, and punk rockers darby crash and johnny thunders.