Yesterday was National Doodle Day, in aid of Epilepsy UK. Unfortunately, I found out about this too late to actually do anything particularly interesting. However, in honour of the event, I figured I'd make up a little doodle-themed post.
I love to doodle. I was one of those annoying kids at school who was permanently sketching in the exercise books. If I have a pen in my hand, I have to doodle. I simply can't hold it still. Paper is an insignificant detail- A lot of my best doodles have been drawn on my thighs!
Not only does doodling help me focus and concentrate (I cannot make an important phone call without a pen in hand!), but it helps me relax and unwind. When I get my annual spring bout of insomnia, I end up creating the most intricate doodles. This heart is possibly my favourite doodle. It took me 90 minutes between the hours of 3:30 and 5am when I was jet lagged after returning from my Florida holiday.
My old fallbacks are eyes and cartoon faces of myself (and, lately, the kids at work, since they realised I could draw and now all want a portrait!). Do you like to doodle?
I only knew it was national doodle day because it said so in my Dodo Pad! That heart is a cracker :) x
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I keep meaning to get a Dodo Pad!
DeleteI love to doodle too. All my uni lecture notes are covered (COVERED!) in doodles...!
ReplyDeleteYour heart drawing is amazing by the way!
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I ended up having some lecture notes that were nothing but doodles!
DeleteThat heart is not a doodle lol
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Haha it started off as a doodle. I promise!
Deletelove your illustrations. just came across your blog and its soooo lovely.
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Thank you Elena! Glad to have you on board :)
DeleteWow, impressive! Especially the heart.
ReplyDeleteMy kind of doodling is horrifically messy - usually in pencil. Very scribbly and unintelligible.
When I went back to my old primary school at the end of y10, I found the kids there absolutely loved me drawing them. (And I did too, of course.) Whether it be cartoons or realistic, they were crowding round me and asking me to draw them, and it was so fun!
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Haha that's what happens to me too- I end up with a crowd of them around me!
DeleteWowww the heart looks sooo cool!
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Thank you :)
DeleteI wish I had known about this at the time, not that I can draw but it would have been nice to do something for epilepsy. You're really good at drawing, you should do lotsa arty posts :).
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Aw, your doodles are awesome. I wish I had at least talent like you <3
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