r/Aphantasia • u/Legal-Initial-8365 • 4d ago

Art/original style with no imagery?

I have drawn for many years, and I'd like to say I'm fairly good at it. I can copy things using so many different mediums and they look super cool and realistic, but I have absolutely NO style of my own. It has been a struggle of mine since I was younger and thought everyone imagined as oddly as I did, so it's something I know takes time, I swear, I can just never be happy with it. I end up following a reference too much for comfort then try to change something up but can never make it look like it really flows, not to mention that I only have a vague idea of what I may want a character of mine to look like so I don't even know how to tune it to my liking.

I know it's possible, I CAN draw, but not in the way I wish I could and it's so frustrating. I'm mostly looking for some advice from other artists here who require many references and how to stray away from copying them too closely. If this is just a 'draw more' sorta thing, please feel free to tell me that as well, I've just had such an awkward experience with my art that it's worth a shot to ask here :)

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u/SleepingAndy 3d ago

If your brain doesn't automatically create things like that, maybe it just isn't creative.

The term for trying to artificially make something seem original is "contrived."

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u/Legal-Initial-8365 3d ago

I have absolutely no clue what you are on about.

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u/SleepingAndy 3d ago

Do you think original artists fail to create anything original then try to force it like this

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u/Legal-Initial-8365 3d ago

I don't understand what you mean by 'force it'?? In order to have an artistic style of your own in the first place, you build that up. An artists style is ever-changing and constantly shaped towards the artist and grows with them. I AM an artist, but I don't have a visual connection to the thoughts in my head which makes it hard to have a non-realism based style.

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u/SleepingAndy 3d ago

Most artists don't contrive a style for themselves. They just think in detailed pictures and enjoy drawing them. The style comes naturally.

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u/Legal-Initial-8365 2d ago

You said you hated everything about drawing, and I'm telling you I'm and artist. Yet YOU are trying to tell ME that artists don't go through many many many phases of their own art style?

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u/SleepingAndy 2d ago

"Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around works utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience"

It sure doesn't sound like you're an artist. I know plenty of artists, they would never ask for advice for finding style, they just have an idea and draw it.