Very interesting: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47830256 … I had only recently heard about aphantasia and wondered if it hindered people learning to draw--or if learning to draw could fix it--but looks like even top animators can have it so neither is true.
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Replying to @zedshaw
Pretty sure I’ve got aphantasia, but never had a problem drawing. Always got confused when people talked about picturing things in their mind!
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Replying to @rlivsey
Actually, that's what this article was saying too. I'd always thought not being able to visualize meant you couldn't draw, but turns out that's not true. But, do you mean "draw what I see" or "draw from imagination"?
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Replying to @zedshaw
I’m fine at both. No great artist, but that’s from lack of practice more than anything! Hard to describe, but I can imagine without picturing. Eg I can “imagine” a beach, and lay out a scene spatially without ever “seeing” anything visual. Not sure that makes sense…
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Replying to @rlivsey
It does, and seems to be common. I'm going to bet you kind of use the paper as your visual system. Now, here's a trick: What if you just imagine drawing on paper in your mind? Can you do that?
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Replying to @zedshaw
Hmm not easily. If I try and imagine drawing something I feel a very strong desire to move my hand to match. Forcing myself to stay still feels very uncomfortable like I’m being held down, bizarrely.
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Replying to @rlivsey
Wait, go ahead and do that. Move your hand, it could be the bridge that makes it work.
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Replying to @zedshaw
The words come first, like a narrative. I can tell myself “you’re sat at a desk, paper in front of you” and I can orient that spatially, then tell myself “you’re drawing an apple” or something and motion drawing that. If I want to “see” the drawing then i have to “step into it”…
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… so that it takes up the whole spatial field. Again, hard to describe a spatial feeling with no visual component. Like when you close your eyes you “know” where things are in the room without being able to see them. Like walking in the dark?
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Interesting. Yes, trying to convey a cognitive experience to someone without it is nearly impossible.
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Replying to @zedshaw
Heh indeed. It’s certainly an interesting exercise though!
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