Are you a doodler?
By Cahaya
@cahaya1983 (11116)
Malaysia
December 27, 2017 1:20am CST
I think it's almost like a habit for some people, whenever they can reach for a pen and paper.
I used to do that when I was a student. They were mostly drawings of (imaginary) flowers or some random, abstract geometric forms. Or my name, sometimes. But of course, they were far from pretty. 
I've seen some really intricate, jaw-dropping doodles and wonder why they're called doodles. They're masterpieces!
Do you know that many US presidents doodle too? Yes, even presidents doodle.
So are you a doodler? When and what do you doodle?
I've seen some really intricate, jaw-dropping doodles and wonder why they're called doodles. They're masterpieces!
Do you know that many US presidents doodle too? Yes, even presidents doodle.
So are you a doodler? When and what do you doodle?
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22 responses
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
Haha yeah I find most of them very funny! 
I like doodling when I'm on the phone too, if there's a pen and paper within reach.
I like doodling when I'm on the phone too, if there's a pen and paper within reach.7 people like this
@LadyDuck (471508)
• Switzerland
27 Dec 17
@cahaya1983 I always have a pen and paper within reach when I am on the phone, you never know if you need to write down something.
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
I prefer drawing cartoons than doole names
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
You can draw cartoon very well! Nice drawing of Garfield there. I don't really have the talent. 
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
30 Dec 17
@peachpurple I think I can draw a Doraemon, but nothing more complicated than that.
@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
28 Dec 17
@cahaya1983 thanks, I can draw Sinchan ( La Bi Xiao Xing ) too.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
27 Dec 17
I would doodle a flower or a geometric figure or a cartoon, if I am holding a pen and a sheet of paper, specially while talking to someone on a landline phone.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
I'm very bad at drawing cartoons (or pretty much everything for that matter) so I used to just doodle random shapes and patterns.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
27 Dec 17
@cahaya1983 There is nothing wrong in drawing random shapes and patterns. Whatever you sub-consciously draw on a piece of paper, shows your state of mind or what is going on in your mind.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
@dpk262006 In that case they show how random and unpredictable I am, I suppose.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
28 Dec 17
Awesome! Well it's never too late to frame your doodles!
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
28 Dec 17
@cahaya1983 I have Doodles the cat! lol
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
Pretty much like me then. I liked to combine all sorts of shapes and patterns together.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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28 Dec 17
@cahaya1983 We should have a place to show our doodles .
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
30 Dec 17
@YrNemo I'm not too proud of my "masterpieces" though!
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@creativeaashish (2609)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
28 Dec 17
I always doodle. Some are for the sketching of the product. Doodling is very important in designing of any product.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 18
Yes I agree, I think a lot of design ideas start with doodles. What do you like to doodle?
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
11 Jan 18
@creativeaashish I hear you. I've never been good at doodling faces or sketching portraits. They turn out funny.
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@creativeaashish (2609)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
10 Jan 18
@cahaya1983 I like to doodle everything except face!
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
28 Dec 17
Yeah some doodles really turn out to be amazing works of art. I read about this guy Kerby Rosanes who draws really intricate doodles.
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@jobelbojel (35577)
• Philippines
29 Dec 17
No, I don't doodle. It is nice to know that the presidents can doodle.
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@jobelbojel (35577)
• Philippines
30 Dec 17
@cahaya1983 my brothers can doodle. I have shared one of my brother's doodles here.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 18
@jobelbojel That's nice, my siblings and I aren't really into arts much but one of my cousins is really really good at sketching.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
30 Dec 17
Yeah I guess they're not completely safe from boredom!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Dec 17
I am a doodler and I tend to doodle flowers, always have.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 18
I used to like doodling flowers and leaves too!
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
Same here! I still remember the flowers I used to like doddling in my notebooks back in school.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
Cute! So you like doodling on the phone, not using pen/pencil and paper?
So you like doodling on the phone, not using pen/pencil and paper?@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
@myhuka Oh I just doodle on random pieces of paper now, I don't really keep them.
@myhuka (207)
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27 Dec 17
@cahaya1983 yes thats more convenient. can i see your doodles
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
28 Dec 17
I still doodle, but I've never made anything interesting.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 18
Mine aren't that interesting either but sometimes they do turn out pretty nice, at least for a non-artistic person like me.
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@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
27 Dec 17
I didn't know that nice detail about US presidents, I think the doodler thing happens me the most when I'm on the phone.. and it seems like my hands got to do something LOL
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
28 Dec 17
@saritflor Oh I'm the opposite, not very good at arts. I tried doing a few sketches before, it was fun but they weren't that great either.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
Haha yeah I tend to do that during long phone conversations too, sometimes. I thought that thing about US Presidents' doodles were pretty funny, but I have to say some of their doodles were actually cute!
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@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
27 Dec 17
@cahaya1983 When I was younger I did love to draw.. but it didn't turn to be such great.. sometimes though I do have that feeling for painting
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@Unmaskedsoul (46)
• Qatar
27 Dec 17
Yes, I remember the days at school when the last page of my every notebook were used up scribbling little things especially names of friends. We did it mostly to pass time during a boring class.But gone are those days. Now doodling has grown into an art form and there are so many people working on it intricately. Its more like a passion for them. I absolutely love doodled art work. 
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
That's right! Some of the things they doodle are featured in adult coloring books too, very intricate ones. You can really get lost in those doodles.
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@creativeaashish (2609)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
28 Dec 17
Well! I think that doodling might have made you what you are now. I always like doodling too.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
6 Jan 18
I love to draw create and doodle. My biggesr one now is on rocks and find the more i do, the better i ger.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 18
That's great! I don't consider myself that artistic, but I used to love painting pine cones when I was a kid. My aunt got me into it.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
5 Jan 18
I use to doodle but with the use of computer it has come to an end. I haven't for several years now. It was mostly geometric shapes.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
5 Jan 18
@cahaya1983 I am having the same experience. It is hard to doodle while typing.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
5 Jan 18
Yes I used to doodle during my student days but I rarely do it now. Most of the time I'm on the computer and I hardly have any reason to doodle.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 17
You should try! Who knows, it might turn into a real masterpiece you know.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
4 Jan 18
I'm not that artistic either, but it's just something I do when I'm sitting idly in the middle of something.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 18
I don't doodle as much as I used to when I was a student.
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