Mind Over Matter

INFJ cognitive functions gijinkas art blog based on cognitivedoodles’ og concept and worldbuilding!

[cognidoodledoo]

More of an Ni thing than an INFJ thing but I’d like to think it’s still relevant lmao. Aux Fe can only do so much to account for people being people, hence Ni writes the scripts for Fe to deliver to combat the problem...

Given enough time, of course.

That’s just how I interpret Ni-Fe, though; would be interested to see how everyone else sees it or if they even have this problem! Including people who aren’t Ni doms, I’ve always wondered how we appear to them~

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Teleportation Shenanigans

So yes the intuitives can just warp from one part of the mind to another with the unconscious mind dimension. Ni can hear things better from there because she’s a dominant function so she has the most control of the mindscape.

Ne usually isn’t allowed to be in the main hub… any shadow functions is usually not allowed to be in the main hub lol. But would often visit and mess around with the original plans Ni made when it’s unguarded, usually when Te is too tired to stay up.

Ne have a more glitchy teleportation vs Ni having fading into existence teleportation

[cognidoodledoo]

Hope Ne isn’t up to anything too drastic....or is he? 🤔 Also poor Fi getting overridden by Te ;w; 

[cognidoodledoo]

Here’s a design of my own mindscape, based on how I personally think my functions manifest themselves!

The general lounge area that all the functions share is a way for each function to relax and not overexert themselves while the user’s still active (ex: Ni taking a break on the couch while Fe or Ti takes over for a while), but they can use it just as freely even when the user isn’t active.

I took layout inspiration (and stole the gate) from Steven Universe since I thought it would be fitting thematically.

Maybe I’ll design the individual rooms if anyone’s curious enough to know?

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💡 INTP Dom Ti's Room

ive had these ideas for a while now, so heres a proper presentation of how Tis room and thoughts work

the functions all live in the mindscape, so think of it akin to Inside Out lol

[cognitivedoodles]

Fun Fact : I submitted this for my visual art club assignment and made up a whole story without people knowing this is an interpretation of Introverted Intuition Function

Anyway i should give a lil bit of story

Keep reading

[cognidoodledoo]

We can’t forget about giving these guys their own intro, types and enneagrams, now can we?

More info down below:

From top to bottom function, they get visibly less and less humanoid + the dark sclera compared to the main functions since they aren’t as developed or even expressed/made aware of as often as the first four (especially Te and Si).

In a way they’re all symbolic “opposites” to their functions’ counterparts! More of this will be detailed in their individual bullet points.

The similar color schemes and designs for Ne and Si to @cognitivedoodles​’s still apply here: shadow ENTP/INTJ and ENFP/INFJ have Ne and Si in the same slot, but influenced by different auxiliary/critical and tertiary/trickster functions!

The introverted functions having a more muted palette and the extraverted functions with a more saturated palette still applies.

Introverted functions tend to have longer hair while extraverted functions have shorter hair; I’ll delve into this a little more for each relevant individual function.

Hopefully I delivered with the semi-compensated colors that represent both Fi and Te!

Opposing Ne

Ne’s design is meant to be reminiscent of a spider, since I associate opposing Ne as being “caught up/stuck in a web of possibilities”.

The intuitive functions are the only functions that don’t contrast each other through the “roles” they represent; they do it via imagery alone.

Compared to Ni’s ponytail made of converging the strands of hair, Ne gets twin tails and diverge at the end as a contrast to their way of processing patterns and information!

Another part of the design that points towards this is Ne’s multiple eyes; seeing multiple possibilities in equal weight.

The ribbon-like part of the outfit are supposed to act like extra limbs since I figured the actual extra limbs are reserved for Se. They’re also used to further hammer in the “multiple possibilities” aspect of Ne.

Ne has a bad habit of provoking Ni (re: everyone) when given the opportunity, which further serves Ni’s paranoia of needing to suppress them as much as they can.

Ne has a soft spot for Se though, given that they’re both the only manic functions around.....maybe when Ni finally slips up Ne can make her acquaintance with Se.

For all her teasing, Ne can at least respect Ni’s dedication to the user. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t harbor any hard feelings toward them though....

Critical Fi

Fi’s a ragdoll, which explains the stitches around on her body, fake blush on her cheeks, patches on her dress, and heart motif patched onto it which contrasts with Fe looking more clean and polished as a China doll with porcelain glazed skin and his heart motif as a shiny brooch of sorts separate from his body/outfit.

Also eye contrasts! Fi having buttons for eyes and basically an ‘x’ for pupils while Fe gets “actual” eyes with a pure white heart for pupils.

Not to mention hair contrasts- Fi with her long, lush, and thick hair that touches every inch of her body while Fe has shoulder-length hair and neat bangs.

Fi contrasts Fe’s role as a doting and sociable parent by being the silent and critical parent; she could give Si a run for his money when it comes to who’s the least talkative, given that she generally only speaks when spoken to.

In that same vein, Fi actually more often than not calls out Fe on his bullshit when she gets the opportunity and sees it, much to Fe’s chagrin. But there are also other times where Fi’s the only function to notice and recognize what Fe actually misses when reading others. and himself

Trickster Te

Te’s an automaton, hence the shiny body! (Based on many Te dom characters I love lmao) Also his “glasses” are actually just a visual provided by the screen, they’re not real glasses (or eyes for that matter).

Te contrasts Ti’s role as an innocent, tight-lipped, knowledge-hungry school girl by being the stern, aggressive teacher that always has something to say when everyone else is being inefficient, or worse, unable to make their plans work out.

Te definitely has issues with the entire main function stack being “disorganized” and “inefficient” because of the many notes he’s jotted down about why and how they could improve if they just let him and the other shadow functions take control for one second.

He mostly has issues with Ti, calling her “slow” due to her need to know every single little detail and fact (unbeknownst to Ti of course because of a few strings Ni and Fe managed to pull so a function like Te and the rest can stop threatening to take control of their spots and ruin the user even more than Se could ever dream of)

The whip is also another reason Ni and Fe don’t want him around lmao

Demon Si

Si’s a timekeeper demon that actually hates his face so much he opted to wear a mask so he doesn’t have to face (heh) himself

Si contrasts Se’s role as an eternally youthful, joyful teenager by being the eternally elderly, depressed time demon that would rather be left alone forever but sticks with the shadow functions under the excuse of “keeping them in check”.

The broken off demon horn is to emphasize the fact he’s a demon since the original one whole circle horn is supposed to symbolize him being a timekeeper (eternity). The demon and self-loathing emphasis references how INFJs/INTJs internalize Si negatively more often than not.

Si has only ever interacted with Ni a few times and Ni’s more paranoid about him than any other function; he fuels their anxiety more than everyone else combined, to say the least.

No one admits it, but Si is in some weird way the glue that makes the shadow functions stick together.

[cognidoodledoo]

AYYY THEY’RE FINALLY HERE!!!

At long last......the shadow (ENFP/INFJ) functions make their appearance, and they’re here to lurk in the shadows (heh) until an opportune moment calls for them.....

More info coming soon!

(Based on @cognitivedoodles’s worldbuilding and lore!)

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(honestly click on the image for better quality lmfao)

based on wojak:

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so... were shipping cognitive functions now huh (Ti is blue and Te is red)

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@cognidoodledoo you dont fucking understand that dad and school girl dynamic fucking hits IT FUCKING HITS !!!!

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SDFLKGJLK THANK YOU IM GLAD YOU LIKE THE DYNAMIC AND YOURE SO RIGHT IT JUST HITS!!! IM CRYING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DRAWING THEM THEY LOOK SO GORGEOUS IN YOUR STYLE AND YOU CAPTURED THEIR VIBES SO WELL <333 you’ve genuinely made my day i cant thank you enough......

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when i was 13 Tumblr taught me that hating myself is a form of entertainment and a sign of humility and it made me look at myself like i was a stranger

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yeha Ti and Te in a simplistic & very shape-y art style bcs my partner inspired me

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its 4am but shit (fuck). i plan on refining these designs, especially INFP and ESTP but fuck (shit)

[cognidoodledoo]

Shadow function designs are taking so much longer than I thought they would (te and si my beloathed) + just finished exams so have a meme fresh out of the oven for the time being!

[infj-arli]

My personality (affected by functions) is:

40% tired/depressed potato (Ni)

30% anxious housecat - cares but doesn't want you to know (Fe)

20% perfectionist/ocd squirrel - may also be silent or not stop talking, depends on the day (Ti)

10% straight-up feral gremlin (Se)

[infj-arli]

I finally got around to drawing little functions like @cognitivedoodles but with a bit of inspiration from my earlier post (above). I'm not 100% happy with the colors (I naturally gravitate toward cool and earthy colors) and tbh the squirrel seems out of place. Also I don't know how to draw squirrels. But the cat is cute.

Anyway - Ni ended up with the brightest colors and the only one with visible eyes. Fe is basically a cat stuffed animal. Ti is... a busy squirrel. And Se is a feral gremlin with cookies and their hands are busy with some of my hobbies and more food.

[cognitivedoodles]

AWW YEAH! THE NI DOM GANG GROWS

i love the twist of Ni having opened eyes and everyone else’s got theirs non visible. Ni being the dominant perceiving function *wink wink* and also more cat and squirrel functions are so cutee aaah

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@cognitivedoodles

I realized I forgot the one color rule... I think it would've been hard to see if done with colored pencil (and in my style). So I traced and recolored it digitally

I really like how it turned out! Some notes:

Ni has a galaxy design on the cloak! Mostly because I just like using the brushes lol.

Fe got a color overhaul - periwinkle and purple remind me of my mom (who also has Aux Fe) and home and childhood. Tbh I still like the original gold and brown but that's okay.

Fun fact for Ti: I used color grabs from photos of my cats' eyes ^^

Still not totally happy with the colors for Se but the design is fun.

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🔎📘 INTP Cognitive Functions Gijinka

yes. @cognitivedoodles​ dragged me into this back in 2021. fuck. anyway, heres the full cast <3 they all occupy my headspace doing their own shit even when i dont ask them to. Ti and Tes designs are actually outdated here but ill include their redesigns below lmfao

heres a bunch of info on the little shits if youre genuinely interested:

📘 General Info 📘

introverted functions have a cool colour scheme and they… wear shoes

extraverted functions in the other hand have warmer palettes, and theyre prone to feet infections (except for intuition functions because theyre furries)

main functions have a lighter palette and heart <3 motifs shadows are darker, and they have inverted heart Ɛ> motifs

judging functions can read but perceiving functions are literally illiterate (yes, even if theyre dominant)

feeling functions are neither fem, masc nor neutral intuition functions are based on animals

you cant kill the functions but if you try, their eyes turn into X_X and when they wake up, they see stars, spirals and birds flying around their heads going cuckoo cuckoo

💡 Hero Ti & Opposing Te 💡 (Te dicks down Ti btw)

i guess you could categorise their motif contrast as occupation and mental maturity. Ti is quite the big sis figure, Tes a baby

Hero Ti: when i first made her i was thinking of that stereotypical natural scientist INTP avatar - physics, chemistry, biology and shit - but the thing is, im more of a human science kinda guy, so i sought to redesign this bitch and coincidentally she looks like me irl. shes small because i wanna be small tbf

Opposing Te: he plays into that juvenile boyish character - i didnt have much in my mind other than him being an annoying but overall harmless high-schooler. hes fragile, and quite light to carry

🎲 Parent Ne & Witch Ni 🎲

its like that hamster and banana meme all over again (link). obviously, Ne is a big, friendly and prideful lion, while Ni is quieter, and is poisonously shy

Parent Ne: this fella is a loud boy. hes a big dude with big ideas and a bigger heart! at the end of me designing him, he kinda turned out looking like a preschool teacher - tho hed prolly go to jail if he were to be in the presence of real children tbf

Witch Ni: i actually love her palette the most! it was kinda hard to balance the all dark values at first but i think the purple highlights really did her well. due to interesting reasons, shes also canonically related to Remy from Ratatouille, and is a very good chef

🧶 Child Si & Trickster Se 🧶

this is what Marx warned us. i based these two on class division

Child Si: his design was pretty boring back then; he wore only a sweater, a scarf and vaguely conjoined pants-shoes. now hes a comfy librarian dude whos pretty much a sensitive man-child - hes harmless but hes too nostalgic for his own good. hes the gay uncle. he doesnt have a neck. he doesnt have pupils unlike his counterpart. and his scarf does things that i dont wanna get into here

Trickster Se: id let her fuck me up fr

💕 Inferior Fe & Demon Fi 💕

these two are based on seasons, its fashions and aesthetic. indirectly you could see how i feel about these two respectively based on the tone of their designs lmfao

Inferior Fe: when i think of Fe i think of humans, so id say they look the most human amongst the other freaks. theyre inspired from the phrase “oh sweet summer child” and i couldnt get that out of my head very unfortunately. Fe is my kin. kin is me Fe (real)

Demon Fi: i guess the whole demon thing really plays along with the ghost motif. they used to wear a cool backwards cap and had hands but i removed both of those things alongside their coolness privilege. they dont talk as much and theyre mentally the youngest. heres a peak of what demon Fi looks like under that sheet. yes, they canonically have a gun

PS: hot bitches use 16 Personalities (this is genuine)

[cognitivedoodles]

A proper master post for them, here are the functions’ introduction post

Main Functions

Shadow Functions

Function’s enneagram + MBTI (silly idea but i’m adding this cause it is info)

I’ll be adding more to this post if i uploaded more ramble/worldbuilding stuff