Hey Gamedevs, how do y'all decide on an art style? I know staying within our scope and skill set is a good idea. I usually have a vague idea in my head, but getting it out of my head has always been nearly impossible (I may have minor aphantasia).
Listen to "Aphantasia Deep Dive by Google NotebookLM" by The Chris Abraham Show. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chr...
Overengineered x Joe - From publicly committing to things to touching on the taboo of “Hey, it’s open source, but I’m its prime user”, hitting on aphantasia and the inner monologue, to diving into the weeds of Gmail workflows and much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plda...
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Took a lot of time to sort through. I have severe aphantasia and dissociation so reaching those central feels took time and sorting. The first thing I felt were hooves. It was emotional rather than imagery and it took me by surprise.
I was frustrated working in blender to make a world. And then I put my VR goggles on and got into it. I felt so happy even though it was such a basic little place, but I made it and it was my own. As someone with Aphantasia it was one of the first times I got to play in a world of my own making.
kissing you all on the forehead in my mind is quite a feat too since I have aphantasia
my dad does not remember dreams at all. he has pretty strong aphantasia, i wonder if that might be connected in his case. i remember images more than plots, like i can recall how the mountain and forest looked, but not what i was doing there.
5. He has aphantasia, but it mainly affects just his visual imagination. His auditory imagination is decent, whereas scents/smells and flavors are especially sharp.
I've found that since I can't visualize things in my head at all (aphantasia) and since I'm neurodivergent as fuck it's super hard to grasp where boxes/cylinders come into play, I have a better time pulling from what I see, so I've taken to daily hour long reference sketches for practice.
I believe I have aphantasia, which I bet has something to do with it. "the self" is extremely tangible in the head and is yet just a word + everything it's nearby in semantic phase space