2008 Doodle 1 - Army Guy

I suppose this is the first doodle or sketch of 2008. I've not been too productive on the artistic front due to a number of things. I'm hoping to get this under control and be playing with my ballpoint pens more.

I was making a shopping list (so I didn't buy a bunch of stuff I didn't really need) when I got sidetracked and doodled this guy at the bottom of it. Then I finished the list and went shopping.

It's funny when creativity hits you. :)

This was done with a crappy generic ballpoint that I'd picked up somewhere. It wasn't a very nice pen to write with, let alone draw with. Ah well. I didn't really notice when I was doodling.

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Ostrich (a.k.a. more fun with a pen)

Still in the mood to draw things with my crayola roller ball I thought I'd tackle that most hairy and long-necked of birds; the ostrich. This was drawn on slightly better quality paper than the cat in the previous post but the pen was the same. Now, if only I had a 0.25mm pen... ;)

Kitty cat meow!

I had a spare 90 minutes and wanted to try the challenge of drawing a furry animal. I've never drawn a cat before and a good friend of mine is kitty-crazy so I thought I'd give it a go. This was drawn using a 0.7mm Crayola Pro Liquid Ink Roller. It's a nice pen - very smooth flow and good black ink but it's a bit wide to draw with really. A 0.5mm would have been better. I'm quite pleased with the end result. It's not perfect but for my first kitty I think it's OK. :)

Mugabe ballpoint sketch

I had this great idea for a political cartoon featuring Zimbabwe's infamous leader, Robert Mugabe. Unfortunately, while I was sketching out the idea I got a bit carried away and almost a couple of hours later I had created this. I'm not going to bother doing a critique on it for two reasons: 1) It was never meant to exist. It was supposed to be a quick ten minute sketch to base a cartoon on and to be honest I actually quite like it (even if the subject is a scumbag). 2) I'm trying to be more positive about my art work in the future. I've realised that my negative attitude to my work has been responsible for my lack of creative output.

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