Being able to visualise something helps but it isn’t mandatory. Glen Keane for example has aphantasia and he was an animator and character designer for several hand drawn Disney movies.
I have a friend who has aphantasia, but she can still draw somehow. Drawing from observation and using reference images isn’t bad either. Every artist does it.
Sure, I might be able to rotate a 3D cow in my brain, but I still need to look at a picture if I want to make my drawing look really nice or somewhat realistic.
Visualizing in your head isn’t really that useful for painting. It is more reliable to do little thumbnails, blocking the general shape or sketching first.
Only problem with my aphantasia is that I can’t picture or have any vision of what I want to draw. I know if I learn the basics I can recreate it. It’s just I lack the vision or even desire to create something
Not really everyone. I have aphantasia, can’t draw what I can’t see.
Being able to visualise something helps but it isn’t mandatory. Glen Keane for example has aphantasia and he was an animator and character designer for several hand drawn Disney movies.
I have a friend who has aphantasia, but she can still draw somehow. Drawing from observation and using reference images isn’t bad either. Every artist does it.
Sure, I might be able to rotate a 3D cow in my brain, but I still need to look at a picture if I want to make my drawing look really nice or somewhat realistic.
Visualizing in your head isn’t really that useful for painting. It is more reliable to do little thumbnails, blocking the general shape or sketching first.
Only problem with my aphantasia is that I can’t picture or have any vision of what I want to draw. I know if I learn the basics I can recreate it. It’s just I lack the vision or even desire to create something
Me too, but using a reference picture means I have something to compare to for getting proportions right.