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Do you doodle?

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MotherForkinShirtBalls · 03/01/2019 22:56

If so, can you share what inspires you? I'm trying to unclench this year and I think/hope doodling might help me let go a bit - be less afraid of not getting things "right" all the time, so not even starting. But since starting things is clearly not my forte, I googled which did not work out well.
Instead of my mindless hearts, starts, blocks, etc I got lots of very artistic creations that scared me! So, seasoned doodler advice would be lovely Flowers

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nikkylou · 03/01/2019 23:18

What do you mean by doodling?

I doodle, too much. To the point it's practically drawing without a rubber. I doodle at work, normally in the notebooks I should make notes in.

I also do a bullet journal, which makes me feel productive rather than wasting paper.

In terms of inspiration for doodles, there is none so to speak. It just is there out of boredom. The bullet journal however, Pinterest is full of page ideas, which I then hunt for people's layouts of it, and then kind of work my own.

However, your post reads like that you want something more focused that the scribbles at the side of a page.

Maybe something like this:
30 day challenge / drawing prompts
pin.it/kmov5ve2ey2oru

pictureframe.typepad.com/.a/6a01348727339b970c016301644a15970d-pi

Get a sketchbook, decide a theme?

Look up artists, try to copy the image, then your own image in their style? That's bordering on full on art tbh Grin

PersonaNonGarter · 03/01/2019 23:21

I doodle. As in, if I have pen and paper I absolutely cannot not draw.

I don’t completely understand your OP, though. By ‘doodle’ do you mean lighthearted and intentioned drawing? Or do you mean covering pages with scrawls of geometric swirls and images?

MotherForkinShirtBalls · 03/01/2019 23:39

Hmm, if I'm not explaining myself well, I don't think that bodes well for knowing what I want myself 🤔

I do the corner of a page scratchings in meetings doodles all the time, they actually help me focus. But lighthearted intentional drawing sounds a good description of what I would like to try. I think the drawing prompts are a good idea, thanks for that link. The YouTube links I found when I went looking were for very intricate although stylistically different elements filling entire sheets. And they scared me a bit! Much further down the rabbit hole I finally came across a "draw 25 simple flowers" one which seemed much more beginner like. It doesn't help that I can barely draw a straight line with a ruler!

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