Doodle, Doodle, Doodle!

     How many of us have zoned out in a meeting or class and put the pen to paper and just doodled? If this were a classroom, I bet everyone's hand would have just shot up. From shapes and connect the dots to serious sketches, doodling is a phenomenon that is exhibited by nearly all of society. The movements are naturally pleasing, it cures boredom, and lets our minds wander.
     I found this blog that is an collection of doodles called; Doodlers Anonymous. It's so interesting to me. Some of it is the weirdest stuff, but that's what doodling is! Doodling doesn't make sense and it's not supposed to. In some ways, doodling is an honest form of art. We may have a specific intention while we draw, but we don't censor the mind. I wanted to point out some of my favorites I stumbled upon.

Video Game Humor

Why I love it: This is totally something I would've drawn in class. I remember sitting in German in high school with my best friend doodling some of the stupidest things. All of it was quirky and witty and all of it was just our twisted minds out on the table. I'm also a bit of a dork so I fully appreciate the humor involved. I especially like the 'passing the torch' one. Too clever!

Laura Lea

Why I love it: I love how this girls doodles are just her mind on sheets of scrap paper. Sometimes just a though, sometimes something wildly inappropriate. Either way, I love it. She uses color and anything from notebooks to textbooks! She just doodles away. What I love the most about her doodles is you can just see how much fun she has when she does them. My favorite out of the bunch is the 'too cold to draw' one. I love that it's just a simple thought captured on paper.

It's Like Candy

Why I love it: These are the kinds of doodles that start off as just a bunch of circles on a page and that completely steal away all of your focus to whatever it is you were doing. I've got a doodle of mine that started as some scribbles with a pen during a show that was supposed to make it look like I was taking note of something. As the show went on though, it progressed into something totally unexpected and to be honest I love it. Doodles like this are more than just a cure for boredom, they're art.

     Here are a few of my doodles for your viewing pleasure. (Bare in mind these aren't scanned. They're taken from my phone as pictures.)

Class of X Doodle

Light Doodle
This is the doodle that I did during the show.

I Feel All Scribbly Doodle

 

Shakespeare Doodle

     So there you have it folks, art in the form of your everyday time waster. Just proof that art can come out, even when you least expect it.

~Just Another Starving Mindless Doodler

     You can view all my doodles and other pictures at my photobucket account.

     Bucket o' Photos