Bullet points from my art portfolio:

• Oil on canvas. Been there.
• Charcoal on plywood. Done that.
• Crayons on the wall. Deeply satisfying, but primitive.
• Urine on fresh snow. Seasonal, still perfecting my technique.? Doesn’t leave much to imagination. Besides, being limited to just one color is boring. This coming winter I’ll start experimenting with drinking artificially colored beverages. In theory,? a mixture of pineapple and grape Fanta should produce a nice emerald green shade.
• Finger on a dirty car? Oh, God, I can’t possibly imagine anything as ridiculously banal as “Wash me!”… No, wait, I take that back.? Totally forgot about people taking their pathetic pictures pretending they’re holding? the Leaning Tower of Piza from crushing down. Say “Cheeeeesy”!
• Spray paint on Winky Dink, the neighbor’s cat! Please don’t ask.? Misdemeanor…

Time to refresh, start a new trend, burn my name into? the history of art forever.

This is my trigger-happy answer to anyone who has the nerve to question the multitude of? my talents. Try? rendering a perfect? butterfly with? six rounds out of Desert Eagle .44 Magnum.

Go ahead, take your best shot (pun not intended) and? let me see? you produce a masterpiece of this caliber.? Two bad puns in one sentence… my new? personal low. I’ll just drive to the range and shoot myself my self-portrait with AK-47.

I’m sitting here with my Movado in one hand and a screwdriver in another. Why, you wonder?

Nope, I’m not going to doodle on the wristband.

Nope, I love my watch.

Nope, my watch is not broken. Yet.

I’m having my life flash before my eyes. My mom used to call me The Destroyer when I was five. The urge to take things apart was (and still is) bigger than me. The things were not meant to be taken apart by 5-year-olds, so this usually was the end of the things.

Thanks to Jose Geraldo Reis Pfau I’m about to dismember my watch. Which may or may not lead to turning it into a piece of art. The Brazilian is good. Just look at his miniature motorcycle sculptures constructed out of watch parts. Captivating…

Somebody tell me where I can get some junk watches… Before it’s too late!

Now, that I got my very own hard copy of this fine doodle-friendly publication, I can freely shout from the rooftops of all the doodling communities: IT IS SOOOOOOO COOOOL!!! Super-talented artist herself, Racheal Anilyse, created this incredible treasure box, an eye candy of epic proportions. I couldn’t put the damn thing down whole day until I was absolutely sure I read every article, studied every little detail in the design, and naturally covered the whole thing in very appropriate food/coffee stains (from being handled roughly @ the family dining table ;)) Everything about it, the layout, the interviews, the guest artists, the whole feel of the Underground Art School’s Magazine Sketchbook Issue, just sings to me, and it will to you too! Go, see the preview, buy a copy and enjoy!
Oh, btw, one of the Doodle for Love contest winners’ artwork is in it, as promised. And I did a whole spread featuring some of the greatest Post-Its artists of our times (this just sounds grand, doesn’t it? :)). This Mag is a MUST HAVE for anybody who has even the slightest affection for the art of Doodling and Sketching, and I know for sure, that if you’re reading this, you’re more like addicts high-end connoisseurs So, what are you waiting for? INDULGE…

Well, the things on the Doodling Battlefield are certainly heating up. The screen is burning with an abundance of awesome doodles of various mediums and sizes.

The required “unconventional” doodles impress with creativity and surface choices:

Some other unusual offerings include Julia’s free screensaver download, which can be viewed and snatched by clicking on the artwork below:

Several contenders broke through the 100 barrier, and there are now 2 clear leaders, racing head to head towards the 150-doodle finale (although, quite a few still have a good chance to catch up to them!). We’ll see what happens, this is a serious Doodling sport event out there, no room for weakness. Pro-Doodlers are breathing into each others’ necks and scribble furiously towards the finish line.

Come, join the fun by looking, linking and commenting. What can I say, even witnessing such intense competition has never before been so great!

Ok, the hardest part for this post was to pick, PICK SOMETHING ALREADY!!! There’s just SO MUCH overwhelmingly talented doodling going on, I can barely keep up watching (let alone doodling myself!!!) Check out all the unconventional materials our contestants are using! From latte’s foam to green tropical leaves, it’s like nothing you’ve seen before:

This is just a tiny-tiny sampling, so don’t forget to stop by Doodle-Off “Official” Blog and check out all entries for yourself. Comment too, nothing keeps us doodling more than appreciative (as I know you are if you’re reading this ;)) audience!

Etsy Shop Textile Style (aka cricketapollo) owner hails from Chicago where she works as an editor and writer (finance and music–yes, weird combo) and indulges her love of textiles — mostly sewing and embroidering, but also stalking cool and unusual vintage fabrics.

These richly textured beauties naturally remind me of doodles! Free flowing lines, creative colors and shapes, that’s my kind of textiles!
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