doodles | drawing f'14

Endless faces of time emerge from deep space. Tentacles billow out from a spider's web. Without further interpretation, these doodles simply give the illusion of depth.

Yun Jung

Minjung

doodling | life drawing s'14

Doodles are an exciting opener to any sketchbook. Whether the mind is more conscious than absentminded matters little. There is a natural shift back and forth. If a mark is fraught with trepidation, think like a seven-year-old. Just have fun.

"Take this clever experiment, led by the psychologist Michael Robinson. He randomly assigned a few hundred undergraduates to two different groups. The first group was given the following instructions: "You are seven years old, and school is canceled. You have the entire day to yourself. What would you do? Where would you go? Who would you see? The second group was given the exact same instructions, except the first sentence was deleted. As a result, these students didn't imagine themselves as seven-year-olds. After writing for ten minutes, the subjects in both groups were then given various tests of creativity, such as trying to invent alternative uses for an old car tire, or listing all the things one could do with a brick. interestingly, the students who imagined themselves as young kids scored far higher on the creative tasks, coming up with twice as many ideas as the other group. It turns out that we can recover the creativity we've lost with time. We just have to pretend we're little kids."

- From Imagine: How Creativity Works, by Jonah Lehrer

Talia

Bhasha

doodling | drawing f'13

A sketchbook exemplifies the creative process. Packed with amusements, frustrations, and ideas, it serves up a visual feast of both the subconscious and the intellect. 

Doodling kick-starts this process. Whether in a lecture, while on the phone, or when watching television, there are no thoughts of right or wrong. A line - less judged - emerges as the grip loosens. 

Genevieve

Tayler

Anna

Victoria

sketchbook | drawing sp'13

A Molskine sketchbook breathes the spirit of adventure. Compact and rugged, the classic Molskine serves as an introspective and spunky companion to the creative thinker and the instant sketcher. Handy. It slips in and out of a pocket, or a backpack, whether one is daydreaming in a coffee shop, or packed in a subway car. Versatile. Both reality-driven and experimental, it can also be heartfelt and funny. Flip through its pages, and it is easy to be smitten. The Moleskine can be a light romp, a dark saga, and a real page turner - all in one - a cascading portrayal of the young adventurer within. 

Chapter one: the first "doodles":

Kyungjoo

Matthew

Zachary

patterns l drawing f'12

Found repeatedly in nature, it would be unusual not to see patterns emerge in the sketchbooks. 

Check out the following website with multiple examples for further inspiration:

http://www.creativefluff.com/arts/traditional_art/repetitive-splendor-patterns-in-art-and-design/

doodling l drawing f'12

There have been articles written, a TED talk given, and a website founded, all to promote the doodle. Proof of an unfocused mind, doodles are usually found scrawled among students' notes and on scraps of paper. In my drawing class, doodling is an assignment in the sketchbook. It is where the mind flows freely - both in and out of consciousness -  and I get a first peek into each design student's creative world.  (The doodlers are not identified, since their process is continuing.)