u/DanteDoubleAgent

Hi Aphantasia Community! hoping the creatives/artist in here can explain their process when making art- especially w/ anatomy & non-digital mediums. ( tho all is welcomed! ) That or share some resources/videos that you feel explain it best since I know this is likely a frequent topic.

I don't have Aphantasia( or atleast I don't think ) but I struggle w/ a cocktail of disorders that replicate it. Want to better accept my situation by understanding your POV and relying on my brain differently for Art.

Also any tips are greatly appreciated aswell, will try to add my own below when I feel like one could be helpful/relevent.

Interested in hearing perspectives on this because It's still something I can't fully wrap around my head. It's easier to notice in other parts of my life and start working on disrupting that loop, but with art it's so complicated.

Personal Experience

I get stuck in episodes endlessly because I can't tell apart OCD from wanting to improve, refreshing skills/knowledge because of poor memory, perfectionism, being too precious w/ lines, etc. It all ends up blurring into each other, which I'm assuming is because this is the one thing I want to be obsessing about. ( + other mental stuff clouding brain )

Even when I do eventually take notice of it, It's hard to disrupt that loop. Like if it's related to drawing heads, I can't avoid that like I would handle anything else(character artist/career). Writing notes helps most in the moment, but the same notes don't help future me get relief oddly enough- needs to be NEW notes, same information.