Dude, I was totally wondering when you'd write something about this. ^^
Yes. Echolocation. It's JUST like that. This is why I don't write fanfic. I get unbelieveably uptight about the translating part. My goal is to make the writing invisible, so I cut out any of my own narration. Every single word has to be tested for my own feeling and oh. My. God. It kills me.
With drawing, I almost don't have to echolocate at all. I just do it some at the beginning, and then I get a fairly stable mental picture of what's happening. I already know how I want the eyes or that coat or this arm to look, so it's just a matter of making it match on both sides. I still have (sometimes outrageous) criteria for what I want, but no worries about putting in too much of my own feeling because I have to be clearly OUTSIDE whatever I'm drawing to see it.
Wow. It reminds me that I do enjoy drawing. ^^ Feels goooood.
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Date: 2004-03-09 02:17 pm (UTC)Yes. Echolocation. It's JUST like that. This is why I don't write fanfic. I get unbelieveably uptight about the translating part. My goal is to make the writing invisible, so I cut out any of my own narration. Every single word has to be tested for my own feeling and oh. My. God. It kills me.
With drawing, I almost don't have to echolocate at all. I just do it some at the beginning, and then I get a fairly stable mental picture of what's happening. I already know how I want the eyes or that coat or this arm to look, so it's just a matter of making it match on both sides. I still have (sometimes outrageous) criteria for what I want, but no worries about putting in too much of my own feeling because I have to be clearly OUTSIDE whatever I'm drawing to see it.
Wow. It reminds me that I do enjoy drawing. ^^ Feels goooood.