Woodpress

Recently at the hardware store, some mops tried to stare me down.

I won.

I drew a few squiggly lines down a paper, then noticed that I could see profiles of faces in them, so I added some detail.

Also, today is my wife’s and my 16th wedding anniversary.

Here’s an attempt at one of those faces that you can turn upside down (umop apisdn) to see another face.

… and another eye.

This is another doodle that I started with a scribble.

This taken aback robot is another result of starting with a scribble.

If I had a scanner on my desk at work (where I tend find myself doodling on sticky notes while I think about something), I could in theory scan the scribble before finishing the drawing, but that would require enough effort that it would take my mind off of whatever I was trying to think about.

Hmmm… maybe I could scribble on a bunch of sticky notes at home, scan them, then bring them in to finish. Maybe I could even get my kids to scribble on some.

I’ll throw in an extra doodle today. A dragon’s head–another of my standby subjects.

I really need to draw from reference more–not when doodling, but for more ambitious projects. In addition to improving the realism of my drawings, it would almost certainly increase my doodle subject diversity.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

As a child, I was always told that Cinco de Mayo was Mexican Independence Day, but according to Wikipedia, Cinco de Mayo is actually in celebration of the Battle of Puebla, and isn’t widely celebrated in Mexico. (Mexican Independence Day is September 16.)

In celebration of the Mexican Army’s victory over the French collection agency at the Battle of Puebla, here’s a sad reptile.

It’s celebratory (even though he’s sad) because it’s not one of my standard uninspired doodles. Still, he’s sad (maybe he’s French), so here’s a bonus.

I think she looks a little like Olive Oyl, and a little like a muppet. To escape the standby doodles, I started this one by scribbling on the sticky note. After that, I turned it different ways until I saw a picture… then I finished it.