ok i suddenly had a thought and got curious
visual artists: when you have an idea for something, does it appear in your mind as the finished product, the steps you'll have to take, a sentence, or something else?
finished thing (i saw an image of an apple in my head so that's what i'll draw)
steps (if i draw an apple, i'll draw a circle as a guide first, then...)
sentence (i should draw an apple being picked from a tree)
a combination of these (tell me in the tags!!)
something else (also tell me in the tags!!!!)
not a visual artist, just curious.
i have aphantasia (i can't see images in my brain) so i just like hearing how other people visualize ideas LOL also hopefully the examples i wrote make sense it's kind of hard to put into words but ehhhh
Hmmm, It’s hard to explain (even more bc English not my first language)
But it’s like, the great majority of the times I imagine something finished…, just not exactly finished. The initial idea is vague, and sometimes it just evolves by the time I’m deciding in my art process, I guess? I’ve always thought that make art is taking decisions and the final idea is something that you construct
Sometimes a word or a sentence is what I need? But I’m pretty sure the image is there, even when it is born for a sentence or situation
There are few times the idea is so potent and resonates enough to be so clear in my mind and I just, well, spit it on the paper. But this is the exception, not the rule
And…, to think about steps…, is something curious, like, yeah, I definitely ask myself how to do things,
#I imagine something similar as an apple #but the apple take form completely when my hand doodles #until it’s polished enough to be clear #you made me overthink #is it complicated #or am I complicated? #Im just autistic, probably
