A Famous Artist: The Secret To Getting Good At Art Is Understanding And Memorizing Your Subject Matter

i’m so dependent on references that it’s frustrating been drawing dogs since i was in diapers. still can’t visualize one well enough to draw it from memory! obv i’ve found my ways of working through it but it’s a really real barrier one day i’ll manage with muscle memory. one day i will become Strong. Poweful jackwords btw aphantasia is when your brain physically cannot visualize. like you can’t conjure an image of an apple in your mind even though you know perfectly well what an apple looks like i am capable of visualizing but the images i conjure are very hard to decipher??? it’s like really low poly low textured 3D graphics from like 1992 on a tv made in 1975 genuinely fascinating