Hi Blankminded, I am 50yo and have over the last few months started drawing, I've never done this since I was a kid because I have complete multisensory aphantasia and I thought it was beyond me to do anything like this. But recently I've gou d joy in it, even though it can be a struggle. I was trying to draw a portrait of my OH, a person that I've lived with for 30years and all the pictures on my phone he was wearing a hat. So I had to message him at work to send me an unhatted picture because I couldn't remember what his hair looked like. For everything so far I just download bunches of pictures of what I need off the internet, or take pictures when I'm out to try and make sure I have things to reference. I can't seem to do anything much without reference pictures, but I think that's ok. It's all about having fun. I just got one of those freaky artist mannequins so we'll see if that helps with figure drawing.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and that you're not alone in this. It *is* a struggle and people also don't grasp that aphantasia has serious impact on memory. So I look through my sketchbook and most of it I can't remember drawing at all. Even stuff I only did a few days ago (maybe that's just me though) keep going if it makes you happy.
