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Ok so this isn't really a tutorial, per-se, more a step-by-step of my latest doodle;

By request from ~qwertypictures , who asked to see the process of a splodge pic being made... this is a weird thing for me, because it's such a spontaneous/personal/ instant art-form (the whole POINT for me is that you don't plan before hand, you just DO, and each one is different) but I figured taking a couple of shots throughout the process wouldn't ruin the spontaneity too much, and if they inspire someone else to give it a go then great. :]
I've also had a few other questions regarding my marker work and inking too, so I'm hoping that this might clear that up a little.

So *stressedjenny introduced me to this way of doodling a while ago, and since then it's become one of my favourite pass-times! lol When you draw every day for a living it can be really hard to think up ideas and find inspiration for draw for fun in your down-time, however these pics are spawned out of pure creative-energy ... you literally make a slodge on the page with no preconceived ideas about what you'll end up drawing, and then just see what you can turn it in to.

The first picture shows my splodge, green marker pen... doesn't really look like much but after some prodding and poking I decide it was something with horns

The second shot shows my rough line-art laid out, I first started drawing a snail but somewhere along this stage he became some weird hairy dragon..

The third shot shows most of the colour marker and the tip-ex laid are down.. all that remains here is to use the white marker pen to colour his wings and add the patches on his skin.

The final shot is more or less the finished article... once I got all the colours in place I go back over all the lines and tidy/strengthen them up/make sure they're all good.. also adding some shading too.

Please bare in mind though that's not how every I do is made, I change the technique to suit my mood, and really so long as you have fun there's no rules as to how you should do it... - Just go crazy and doodle something you never would have thought of before!

Thanks for reading.

Description
...That is the question!
(Download to full view)

Ok so this isn't really a tutorial, per-se, more a step-by-step of my latest doodle;

By request from ~qwertypictures , who asked to see the process of a splodge pic being made... this is a weird thing for me, because it's such a spontaneous/personal/ instant art-form (the whole POINT for me is that you don't plan before hand, you just DO, and each one is different) but I figured taking a couple of shots throughout the process wouldn't ruin the spontaneity too much, and if they inspire someone else to give it a go then great. :]
I've also had a few other questions regarding my marker work and inking too, so I'm hoping that this might clear that up a little.

So *stressedjenny introduced me to this way of doodling a while ago, and since then it's become one of my favourite pass-times! lol When you draw every day for a living it can be really hard to think up ideas and find inspiration for draw for fun in your down-time, however these pics are spawned out of pure creative-energy ... you literally make a slodge on the page with no preconceived ideas about what you'll end up drawing, and then just see what you can turn it in to.

The first picture shows my splodge, green marker pen... doesn't really look like much but after some prodding and poking I decide it was something with horns

The second shot shows my rough line-art laid out, I first started drawing a snail but somewhere along this stage he became some weird hairy dragon..

The third shot shows most of the colour marker and the tip-ex laid are down.. all that remains here is to use the white marker pen to colour his wings and add the patches on his skin.

The final shot is more or less the finished article... once I got all the colours in place I go back over all the lines and tidy/strengthen them up/make sure they're all good.. also adding some shading too.

Please bare in mind though that's not how every I do is made, I change the technique to suit my mood, and really so long as you have fun there's no rules as to how you should do it... - Just go crazy and doodle something you never would have thought of before!

Thanks for reading.