today’s Structured doodling session involves straight lines or rectangles crossing the page at right angles. If you would like to use the page I created (in pdf format): Download it here

Instructions:

Structured doodling starts with a set of lines or shapes on a page – straight, curved, concentric circles… whatever. You can draw the lines by hand or do them in a software program and then print them out. The idea is to let the lines influence your doodling.  Put some music on and just let it happen. Try not to guide it too much and try not to have an end result in mind – think of it as a meditation in 2D. BUT if at some point your doodle starts to take an interesting shape that catches your imagination – don’t resist!  Shape it more consciously as you like.

When you have something you like the look of. put it aside for another day (or if really in the mood, straight away). …

Next, port it into the computer somehow (scan or photograph) and play.

For mine, I combined it (several copies of it) with a couple of scans of some tea-stained paper and the result is quite nice and nothing like I have ever done before – which is fun!  Check it out in my redbubble folio

Until next time… Happy doodling!

P.S. When you have had a play – share the result on the Scrabooli Studo flickr group. … I am realy looking forward to seeing what you come up with…

Meet Crazios!

I was at a bit of an inspiration low this evening and decided to do some structured doodling…

Structured doodling is a concept I came up with or stumbled across some time ago. And this little fellow worked out so well I figured the concept is good enough to share. I know that being artistic doesn’t always mean that artists are overflowing with ideas. Sometimes we need prompting!

Structured doodling starts with a set of lines or shapes on a page – straight, curved, concentric circles… whatever. You can draw the lines by hand or do them in a software program and then print them out. The idea is to let the lines influence your doodling.  Put some music on and just let it happen. Try not to guide it too much and try not to have an end result in mind – think of it as a meditation in 2D. BUT if at some point your doodle starts to take an interesting shape that catches your imagination – don’t resist!  Shape it more consciously as you like.

I am going to do more of these … and may even dig out some older ones too. It should become a regular feature. And who knows? it might even turn into a book. That’s rather exciting!

So… today’s Structured doodling session involves many straight lines crossing the page at random angles. If you would like to use the page I create:

download the base page here (pdf).

And check out this tutorial if you are interested in how I created the finished illustration:

How Crazios came to be:

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Until next time… Happy doodling!

P.S. When you have had a play – share the result on the Scrabooli Studo flickr group. … I am realy looking forward to seeing what you come up with…