Doodling by The Blokehead

Author:The Blokehead [Blokehead, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General
Publisher: Yap Kee Chong
Published: 2014-03-17T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5- WORDS AND SYMBOLS DOODLING

Doodling can have practically anything as its subject, from flowers and kittens to trees and clouds. One of the most common subjects of doodling is words though. Whether it's a name, a title, or just random letters or symbols, these doodles are some of the most naturally occurring ones. After all, if someone is trying to take notes in class or in a business meeting then pretty soon the words on the page will start metamorphosing into doodles.

The Basics of Word Doodling

Word doodling is quite simple, and it doesn't require any great skill since it draws on the common knowledge that people have regarding language. Perhaps the most basic form of word doodling are bubble letters; letters that are fully drawn and could be colored in rather than just being simple lines on a page. Simply drawing bubble letters for the word "red" and then filling them in with a red pen is a simple, easy word doodle.

From this basic staging point word doodles can get as cray and intricate as the doodler wants to make them. For instance someone might want to doodle a word so that the way it's written looks like what the word represents. Writing the word "razor" in sharp letters that have an illustrated sharp edge makes the doodle that much more eye-catching, for instance. Sketching out the word "crocodile" so that it has scales, a bulky leathery look, and so that the e on the end has an eye and a mouthful of teeth is another way to make a word doodle a little more noticeable. Writing the word "forest" so that it's made of trees, or the word "jungle" so that it's composed of vines and flowers is another way of accomplishing this.

Another form of word doodling is graffiti letters. For those who've seen graffiti style letters they cover a wide variety of styles. Some styles are written with the letters practically on top of each other, while others are big, looping scrawls that require stepping back and looking at the whole to be able to read. Some graffiti styles incorporate additional decoration (such as making letters look like they're melting, or carved from ice), and some keep the look as plain as possible so that the words are legible. It's entirely up to the doodler which style will be embraced for his or her words.

What is Symbol Doodling?

While words are symbols, not all symbols are words. For instance the symbol for the birth sign Taurus (a circle with a crescent above it for horns) is a symbol. Symbol doodling is much like word doodling, but it can seem more complicated. Instead of working with letters, one simply doodles a symbol and changes it in some way.

Take the example of the birth signs. A doodle might alter them slightly to make them look more like the things they're supposed to represent (twins for Gemini, fish for Pisces, a bull for Taurus, etc.), adding hints of detail while still keeping the original symbol in place.

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