September 21st: Recycled Notebook

I first heard about recycled notebooks by accident. I came across a video tutorial on how to make recycled notebooks from old cereal boxes and used printer paper while looking for something entirely different on google (a something that I can't currently remember...possibly relating to chocolate chip cookies or The Office). Anyway, I came across this video last winter and have been harboring a secret desire to make a recycled notebook of my own until now. Tonight I decided that there was no better time to get cracking on my recycled notebook project. Here is the fruit of my labor:

It may not look like much, but this little guy took me the entire Emmy Awards to finish! It is made from an old popcorn box, a crossword puzzle from an old magazine, pieces of a would-have-been-trashed gift bag, string, and pieces of used printer paper. I'm not sure when I will get around to using this notebook, but it was something that I felt like I "had" to do... something similar to covering my bike with Peanuts comic strips. I may never fully realize why I sometimes feel the undeniable urge to do things like creating a recycled notebook, but for whatever reason, doing things like this makes me feel more like me.

Mr. and Mrs.

I created these two little guys for a t-shirt design for Threadless. The design is still in the works and I will post the link to it when it's closer to being finished. Until then, please enjoy the company of this lovely couple..they're quite friendly.

Mrs. Rat
Mr. Rat

August 27th: The Little Garden

August 26th: Vespa Spotting

Contests! Contests! Contests!

College is over and student loan payments are fast approaching. Question upon question races through my mind as I wonder how I will ever be able to possibly pay off my loans and start a life as an independent woman. The solution?! CONTESTS. I have always enjoyed making videos, but never knew that I could get paid for doing so! Since finding out about YouTube's contest page (why didn't I know about this sooner?!), I have been trying my hand video competition. So far I have two video entries in the running. I find out about my winning or losing status in just a matter of weeks. Oh, the suspense!

I know that they aren't doodles, but creativity was involved none-the-less...
Here are my entries:

King Trifasa

I just got back from a fabulous mini-vacation with my cousin, aunt and uncle. Whenever I hang out with my cousin fun always seems to ensue. This particular hang out session was no different. We tend to get a little, well, weird when we're together because we are, well, a little weird (some would argue that the "little" is more like "a lot") on our own. One night Carly asked me to draw a picture so I naturally drew her in the fetus position. She in turn drew a picture of her hermit crab (pictured below) as well as a few characters from a very...um...interesting story she typed while falling asleep. I especially like Lucy's serpent-like hair. It looks like that cobra's about to strike!
In response, I drew King Trifasa: a crossbreed between (you guessed it) The Lion King's Mufasa and The Little Mermaid's King Triton. Behold the result.

Summertime Shenanigans!

It has been quite a while since my last post and all I can do is plead the 5th on why I have been so behind in my doodling antics. Could it be that I no longer have class time to doodle in? Perhaps it's the fact that I get to be creative for the majority of every day that I work under the title of "Creative Intern". Whatever the case may be, I do admit to lagging behind on my own goal of creating a doodle a day (or close to it). To make up for that, I have a few things to post that I have been working on during my time of absence. The first is a book cover design that I have been given the wonderful opportunity to create this summer. For my first design I created a bunch of cartoons for the cover. Here's the tentative first cover design (that I have decided not to go with because of its children's-bookness) The chef is one of the cartoons I created. I think his name would probably be along the lines of Jean Pierre if he actually existed outside of my mind. I have also been working on a t-shirt design on Threadless. Check it out when you get a chance and let me know what you think I can do to improve it! It's still in the critique stage so I would love to hear what I can do to make it the best it can be! Here's the link -->Thanks!