What a tangled web we weave
general journal junk
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idealog
There are all manner of methods to the doodle - scribbles, patterns, characters, random sketching.
Zentangle, a popular method of drawing patterns, has been incredibly popular over the past several years - though some find it too formalised and a lot less organic than they're looking for. There are all kinds of ways other than that to doodle or draw lines, patterns, or anything else.
- There's parallel/perpendicular, where you draw a line on a page of whatever length you choose, and the next line must be drawn either perpendicular or parallel to the last, and so on. There are no diagonals nor curves. Though you could certainly change the rules and try adding them.
- You can use a pencil to draw some random squiggles, and follow that by shading, adding, and augmenting to the shapes created to turn them into something else, like people, flora, fauna, or something else
- Turn drops of paint or ink, once dry, into random characters, people, or animals.