not sure what else to call this, but I've always wondered if it happens to a lot of other people too...
I'm a little ADD and so I have a really hard time focusing on stuff for long periods of time.. this applies most of all to artwork and sitting still working on art. one thing that really helps is to have something to listen to or watch while i work. (i know a lot of folks are actually this way, ADD or no.. on the flip side,
has to have silence to be able to really focus.. i'm pretty sure i dive him batcrap insane with all my noise)
Sometimes it's audiobooks, but usually it's movies or tv shows on the other monitor.
Anyways, when i listen to or watch something while i work, the memory of that thing gets embedded into the art. years later i can go back, look at the picture, and tell you what i was listening to/watching. I can even tell you what part of the picture is assigned to what movie..
seriously!
for example, this one:
[link] while i worked on the big tree, i watched the 5th element, family guy, and some weird animated thing with robert downey jr. in it..
on the mosses and sticks in the background was arrested development and the 10th kingdom. the pond plants in the lower right hand corner.. more family guy.. uh.. the toad and some mosses was date with an angel....
a lot of other things, including the mini-waterfall in the background was watching House, specifically with all the cameron/chase drama. i remember it upsetting me more than it should have, and then later finding out those two actors were together and then broke up irl. whaaaa.
older than that, you say?
[link]this one was almost all watching the office.. though while i was working on her left shoulder, we watched grumpy old men.
[link]this was almost all watching bones. specifically, the episodes where angela is in the relationship with her girlfriend, roxie.. although i did try watching nip/tuck while i was working on the log - i didn't get into it.
[link]now we're before i started watching netflix... now it's just audiobooks. this one was shutter island.
[link]terry pratchett's discworld!
i could go on but... you get the point. i have such a CRAPPY memory in every other aspect, it's scientifically interesting to me that i remember this kind of thing so easily..
though i can only remember when i'm looking at the picture. if i couldn't see it, and you asked me about a certain image, i'd have no clue. it's imprinted somehow...
anyways. anyone else do this? anyone know why? come talk psych with me
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I've done the same thing with tv shows. I don't watch and draw at the same time a lot, but I used to draw while my parents watched tv. I remember drawing an Elephant in pencil (why? I don't remember. Art assignment?) and my parents were watching SVU. Not exactly the most pleasant memories with that drawing in particular.
My sketchbook drawings often have interesting words or noteworthy things from the lecture scribbled in, and sometimes these little pockets of info lead to inspiration and ideas. I've studied a lot using my sketchbooks. I'll draw images of things I need to remember.
I'm the same way though - crappy memory in every other respect! But when it comes to visual input, I'm good to go. Navigation is no problem if I've driven the route before, but if I come at an intersection from a different angle or at night, I might not recognize it. I can't pay attention in class or remember lectures or dates without drawing and writing while I listen. I often lose things if I don't make a mental visual note of where I put them.
I can't remember what I was watching when I drew something but I can tell you exactly what was happening the first time I heard a song or what song was playing when something in particular happened.
But it's rare for me to remember specifically for a larger art project what was going on.
I need background noise to concentrate on drawing too. In fact, I think the main reason I've had so much trouble with digital art lately is cuz this "new" computer crashes when I try to stream videos... Music just doesn't work as well for me.
I usually can't remember what I was watching or listening to later though. O.o