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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 8413956" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>Now and then you learn something new about your favorite person. In this case, my wife learned about aphantasia and that she's got it.</p><p></p><p>Basically, she can't visualize. Like imagine a room with a ball and a light over your right shoulder pointed at it, and see how the shadow falls. She can't do that.</p><p>Explains a ton of things over the decades. It is mind-boggling that this existed, but it explains zillions of odd interactions. And for her part, she had no idea people were being literal when they said "picture in your mind"</p><p></p><p>Here's the problem. She's an artist. can paint or draw in several mediums so long as she's got reference material. Painstaking detail. Weeks to get it done.</p><p>But she cannot make up stuff she can't see. She likes doing fan art of game characters, but if the char isn't in the right pose, she can't extrapolate that.</p><p></p><p>She's bummed, because this is what's been holding her back, despite the skills she has.</p><p></p><p>My idea is to find out what kind of dress your character tools are out there, and if they let you pose them. Because if she can screenshot it, print it, she can transform it onto paper. But she can't fill in details on armor she can't see or change the pose or viewing angle in her head.</p><p></p><p>She has no problem playing with the character settings (and adding mods for more hair, etc) in her favorite games to get the limited set of looks, but she's stuck playing the game and hoping for a good pose in a cut scene to screenshot.</p><p></p><p>What's out there that might help her out?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 8413956, member: 8835"] Now and then you learn something new about your favorite person. In this case, my wife learned about aphantasia and that she's got it. Basically, she can't visualize. Like imagine a room with a ball and a light over your right shoulder pointed at it, and see how the shadow falls. She can't do that. Explains a ton of things over the decades. It is mind-boggling that this existed, but it explains zillions of odd interactions. And for her part, she had no idea people were being literal when they said "picture in your mind" Here's the problem. She's an artist. can paint or draw in several mediums so long as she's got reference material. Painstaking detail. Weeks to get it done. But she cannot make up stuff she can't see. She likes doing fan art of game characters, but if the char isn't in the right pose, she can't extrapolate that. She's bummed, because this is what's been holding her back, despite the skills she has. My idea is to find out what kind of dress your character tools are out there, and if they let you pose them. Because if she can screenshot it, print it, she can transform it onto paper. But she can't fill in details on armor she can't see or change the pose or viewing angle in her head. She has no problem playing with the character settings (and adding mods for more hair, etc) in her favorite games to get the limited set of looks, but she's stuck playing the game and hoping for a good pose in a cut scene to screenshot. What's out there that might help her out? [/QUOTE]
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