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in an art rut (and also sick)

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deer girl doodle :]

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blehhhh

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comfy fall vibes :3 wuf

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some pose study with shiny vaporeon girl, trying to get back into doing art bc it's been a month of nothing LOL sometimes annoying to translate what i see into my own style, i will tell you that >_<

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drew my night elf from wow in some casual clothes :] i lov her

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small dragon

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this espeon was in my dream and i thought it was cute...might keep it as an oc

my bf called it espresseon bc it has coffee colors LOL

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Idk who needs to hear it but if you have Aphantasia you can absolutely do character art. Don't let it discourage you. Especially since a good portion of art advice won't fit you and will leave you feeling like its your fault.

I have Aphantasia, its super hard to put characters in poses from my mind. I cannot draw cartoons or exaggeration well, its very hard because I do not see the drawing until it is on the page. I use so many construction lines and blocks of color and always need a reference to base my character poses on. I cannot imagine things artistically before they're on the page and it is super frustrating.

You can still do it with Aphantasia though, it just takes practice. So many of your sketches without references are going to look awful despite you knowing the proper proportions of the human body, it doesn't mean you don't know what you're doing.

It just means you need to give yourself extra help. You're not lesser or bad for not being able to draw on a whim or not having these intricate details. Trust me, I've struggled with thinking that.

The best thing you can do to work with it is collect so many references, use a pose software (like magic poser), and absolutely screenshot and collect art that has a creative element you struggle with. (For me its color, backgrounds, and splash text.) Also, maybe practice abstract art. You have a brain unhindered by a visual expectation, I recommend it. For me I like to do surrealist/abstract pictures of water and space. It takes technical skill but everyday is a good day to start practicing.

Having Aphantasia is a neutral thing. It's not bad or good, it's just there. That bad part is not acknowledging that you work differently so you need to adapt differently.

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Attack of @crittercookie 's Ferris! I had fun trying out different brushes for this one

my linktree | artfight

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always jealous of people who can just choose a fursona and stick with that decision. i want to be a silly creature of some kind but am never happy with what animal i choose to define myself as. huge respect to the million blue wolves out there who know exactly what they are in their heart

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revenge for sprinklepede on artfight!! attack me here :3

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some recent art fight revenges :3 ocs in order are from sheepwithnohome (twitter), @k1tt3nzzz, and foxhopped (twitter) attack me here!

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artfight attack for parabugz on twt! attack me <3

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artfight attack for sillycallie on af ^_^ attack me!

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popsicle

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since artfight is having its annual issues, im just gonna upload my first attack and edit credit stuff later first attack of the year!! for catloid on af feel free to attack me :3c