DIY PROJECTS: PUMPKINS + DOODLES = GIFTS

It's that time of the Pumpkin Season and I love pumpkins but I dislike carving them. Here's a better way to display your pumpkins without the hassle of cutting or carving anything. Not only it will look great, it'll last longer and it's an artwork that you created.

All you have to do is have some sharpie pens and a pumpkin.

You don't have to know how to draw, that's the beauty of doodling.  Enjoy!

 

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UPDATE. - No we have not forgotten about you amazing people!!!

First of all THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all of you super cool people who worked so hard! This was by far the most exciting Doodle-off EVER. I can not believe how amazing the work is and I am thrilled to start working on the book. Yes there will be a book!

Rachell, Racheal and I are working out the details on the Doodle-off book and possible Give-aways, right now, so as soon as we have it all figured out we are going to post it here and also contact all of you!
There are some things you guys can do right now.

All of you who qualified to be in the book (100 doodles):
- Choose 5 favorites from your own doodles in the competition.
- Those 5 need to be scanned at 300dpi. If you all have that ready for when we need it in the near future it will make the whole process much faster.
We are not sure if all 5 will be used but it will be helpful to have some to choose from eitherway. So 5 high - quality scans per artist would be fantastic.

- Choose one doodle that you are willing to donate. It must be the originial drawing. More details on that with the next update.

(my doodles are turning into prints, large prints :), what are your doodles doing? :) )

Still doing some drawing =p

The first one is cause I'm trying to sell my mattress and wanted to post something more interesting than just a photo of the mattress. The next two are for Rach's magazine: Underground Art School. Then the others are influenced by the fact that I saw No Doubt recently and can't get their lyrics outta my head!

Julia's Wall Of Fame Doodles

Although our journey ended, I have to say that I am glad that I participated in this challenge. It made me explore in different directions which I wouldn't have done otherwise. But the reason I'm writing is to show you what I've been up to. I decided to create some doodles where I work and make it into an art piece. So I convinced my co-workers to join in the fun by doodling 2 post notes a day until we fill in a poster size frame. Here are a couple of images.

Dawn Doodles 95-100!

Yes, just made it...still before midnight (pacific time, U.S.)...It's actually 9:42 p.m....

91-101!

Phew. Just made it. By my time zone, it's 11:30 pm.

Lani Doodles #90-100

Fi - doodle #79-100

77-90

#'s 75 - 76

#'s 64-74

Hi, I'm a non-traditional surface.

#'s 58-63

I'm finishing this, dammit!

Maria's Doodles - #145-150

I feel bad but I have to finish off with some hidiously scanned doodles. Very sorry to do that to you guys but my laptop is screwed up badly since last night.. And Scott's scanner... well see for yourself. All of them are actually dark blue and not black or strange grey. I'm also seeing these on his monitor, so it is possible that the colors are totally different. Anyways. Here it goes.

Dawn Doodle 94

Dawn Doodles 90-93

I agree with Lani...trying to get to 100 and not being choosy, but I also feel I haven't been choosy this whole contest. What I've seen here from others has blown me away.

doodles 90-93:

Lani Doodles #80-89

Determined to at least hit 100. Can't afford to be choosy now...

RaShell, Doodles 92-100+

Ok, it is sort of cheating, but maybe not so much?



Each one of these little colorful beads has a hand-drawn doodle on them.

So, I made it!!! 100+ doodles in a month, that must be a personal record, for sure :)

To all of you who are already past 150 (or getting close to) - my enormous respect!

Dawn Doodles 83-89

Trying to make it to 100.

Doodle 83 (I realized a couple of days ago I hadn't posted this one; scary faces!):



Doodles 84-89:

RaShell's Doodles 75-91

Ok, last mad dash to the finish line (100 doodles for me this time, I guess I'm not in the same league with all you 150_doodle_people)
Abstract #1

Abstract #2:

Singing Whale:

Watering the clouds (my interpretation of our entire June weather):

Peacock obsession (3 in all):

Some kind of Scout. Hopefully not a Boy.

More Peacocks (imagine that) plus some googly-squigly-eyes:

You don't want to know what I was thinking...

Peacock Swimsuit. I think it should become a next trend...

Fruity doodle:

More abstracts:

Mad... no Rabid... no Rabbit... Hat... no... Hatter.

Woody:

Maria's Doodles - #137 - 144

Anthony #119-130

Included in this batch is another of the 3-headed theme. Also one of a straight-up scratching I did when I felt a bit too hassled one day. It reminded me of a bunch of sticks, which then got translated into a nest (or it could be a basket). Either way, it was a very therapeutic few minutes of doodling.

Lani Doodles #63-79

I'm not dead. Just got a bit too busy! Must at least reach 100!!!!

Went perhaps a touch overboard with her...

Spatter paint and ink doodles


Everything else

Maria's - Doodle # 132-136

I've spent most of the past week drawing on this one. That's why I've been a bit slow on posting lately, I'm trying to focus more on larger and more elaborate pieces :).

Maria's - Doodle # 127-131

RaShell Doodles 67-74

Ok, this should take care of my "unorthodox" doodles (I already posted 2 before):

Seven lovely rocks that I did purely for the fun of the process :)


Wooden bead necklace that I doodled on with a gold metallic marker:

Doodle #47-78

Hey all! So I'm still here. Bought myself a new sketchbook too - hooray! I hope to make it to 100 this week. So close!!! Anyway, here goes:

RaShell Doodles 56-66

I'm getting no breaks here... I fix one thing, the other breaks. These 10 doodles are what I managed to scan and save before my computer went all kaplowee (sp?)... ;)
So, here goes:

Raven fairy. In case you'd like to know what kind of YA crap I just finished reading...


Baloonheads (or shall we call them airheads for full measure? ;):


Snakeknot:


This, together with the scissors-face is one of my ideas for things that are dreaming of different "carreers" for themselves.


Scissors-face...


Desperate times - desperate measures. I'll have to count these as 5 doodles. Sorry guys. It's sort of a short story of helping each other and getting more than you bargained for. There. Too deep? :)))

Linda 147-150

my mom requested that i draw a riding vacuum cleaner for a father's day card. these are my preliminary doodles. [she asked that it be 'worthy of framing', and i'm not sure that i can handle that kind of pressure.]

Linda 144-146

twice drawn car


quick car doodles

Julia's Doodle #151-162

Although I made it to the 150, I'm still doodling.

Art is your personal diary where you may color your thoughts and emotions on a page. -Sara, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999

Anthony #115-118

Some more from my figure drawing sketchbook

Anthony #114

 

Anthony #113

 

Anthony #112

More fun with highlighters…

Anthony #105-111

 

Anthony #103-104

Included in this lot is a bunch of fives. Hands have been giving me lots of trouble lately (not directly, per se)...

Linda 136-143

studies of maisy


dirty laundry


seen on the street

RaShell Doodles 51-55

Yeah, I'm alive too (albeit, barely, in a doodling sence at least ;))
Had a major gadget overhaul, lost my scanner for more than a week and just got the new one set up and running... I know, I know, excuses, but I HAVE been doodling all this time. Some on paper, some on my beloved rocks (although those end up in my Etsy shop, so I am kinda shy about posting them up here...).

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure I can catch up now, and try to meet my 150 goal.
Congrats to our new winner, who's doodles are absolutely incredible, each like a little piece of art that I've been admiring every time she posted. Absolutely delightful artist and well deserved win. The runner-ups were great too, btw, I'm absolutely blown away by all this talent AND productivity!

so, here are the first 5 measly doodles that I managed to scan today:
What are these stupid dolls called, that never fall down? In Russian they're "nevalyashki", but I can't come up with an English version right now :)))


For some reason I wanna call this one "Evil Microsoft"...


Strange looking geenie came out of this bottle... I wonder what it said on the label...


Abstract doodle, vaguely reminding of a heart shape:


As usual, somebody's eye is peaking through my doodles:

Dawn Doodles 73-82

Yeah, I'm still alive! Still doodling when I can...here are doodles 73-82:

Anthony #102

Non-paper number 2. Bubble-wrap cemetery.

Linda 130-135

was thinking too hard about off-paper doodles, came upon my hot sauce in the fridge. now my hands and kitchen reek of chilies and garlic, but i've got an abstract and 5 flower chili doodles.

Linda 129

phenomenal columbian food in the ironbound section of newark.

view from my car, waiting to get our take-out order

LInda 122-128

while i was on the phone with my mother-in-law (who i love to talk to)... i was also looking out the window. here's what i saw:

neighbor's fence


neighbor's yard


lots of bunnies and a bird or two

Anthony #95-101

Included in this batch is a mindmap that I used to come up with some ideas for ‘non-paper’ doodles.

Maria's Doodle # 124 - 126

Great job everyone! :) Good to see that a few people already made it to the 150 mark! I hope everyone else follows!

Jeremy Doodle # 53-87

Jeremy Doodle # 41-52

Vickie's doodles 141- 150

Great challenge everyone. Congratulations, Julia, for leading the way.

Linda 120-121

Kinda psyched myself out of hand sewing once I declared how much I liked it (true, I like it, but for some reason my enthusiasm plummeted.) I did a little experimentation with the sewing machine though, and though the photos are [again] not like I'd expect ...er, because they're 3D? Well, yes...
anyway, a couple rough experiments...

Linda 114-119

outdoor sights



bubble tunes



bug like a butterfly



stacked




ornaments

Julia's Doodle #150

I didn't want the last one to be the post-note, which in a way that's how I got my foot again in drawing. But here's another Wallpaper treat. Just click on the image and download to your computer. Have a great day!

Julia

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? ~Pablo Picasso

Julia's Doodle #142-150

I just couldn't wait for tomorrow. I just grabbed whatever I had in front of me and just doodled until the finish line. Sweet!

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. ~Paul Strand

Vickie's doodles 131-140

Here's a quilted doodle, done with fabric and thread.
More letter sculptures

Julia's Doodle #126-141

“Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.” - Anthony Robbins

Anthony #94

Quick sketch of the Sydney skyline, looking North (ish) over the harbour, across to St Leonards. This turned out to be pretty difficult and I'd like to do a longer, panoramic one day, time permitting...

Linda 111-113

Just a couple little ones, short on time and ran out of scrap paper in my car!

Julia's Doodle #118-125

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein

Anthony #93

Happened to glance out the office window, just in time to capture a quick sketch of this guy…

 

That’s one (rather lame) non-paper doodle. Nine to go.

Anthony #92

Drew this in a meeting. Meeting notes have been blurred out to protect the innocent. Can't help thinking my wallet looks a bit thin. Reminds me: a friend used to refer to a wallet he owned as 'the burger' because it was perpetually on the verge of disintegration.

Linda 110

as you may know, we don't pump our own gas in NJ.
which gives me time to doodle...

Vickie's doodles 126-130

Tenderfoot Mountain, a local landmark, also known as S mountain because there's a big S embedded on the side toward town.

Anthony #86-91

Some more from a few of my sketchbooks, including another on the 3-headed theme, a couple of life-drawing warm-up doodles and 2 ‘authentic-not-drawn-from-life’ doodles, playing with new brush pens. Nothing more, nothing less.

Racheal #43

Had to send out some mail.

Puttering Along Doodles 65-72

While I remain in the dust of those who are speeding right along, I still doodle. I don't know how the front runners are doing it! I've decided that rather than try to keep up, I will be happy with just getting 100 done by July 1 and watching what the rest of you doodle.

My latest:

Doodle 65 is my feeble attempt at doodling on a leaf from our indoor ficus. I tried a Sharpie and a ballpoint pen. Neither worked well. And no worries, the leaf had fallen off the tree already. No leaves were sacrificed for this poor doodle.

Doodle 66 is half an art journal page:



Doodle 67 is more of the wooden drawer thingy:



Doodle 68 is an art journal page doodle I did during the National Spelling Bee:



Doodles 69-71:



Doodle 72:

Vickie's doodles 121-125

I think this one looks kind of like a head dress.

Some of these were done over a crayon rubbing.

Julia's Doodle #102-117

Racheal #42

I'm counting this as a doodle. It's from a moleskine sketchbook exchange I'm part of. I'm trying to kill 2 birds with 1 stone while remaining relaxed and carefree.

Vickie's doodles 116-120

Added some color to these. I will probably use them for some cards.

Doodled around some fabric pieces that I fused on cardstock.

Linda 108-9

i'm getting to know the various traffic lights and signs along my daily travels.



waiting for my deposit at the drive-up teller. a coup! verizon truck parked right in front of me. without my 'doodle off' experience i'd never have the ability to capture this truck so quickly. the doodle off has improved my drawing skills many times over-- thanks for all the encouragement!

Linda 106-7

i'd forgotten something i used to really enjoy-- doodling with a needle and thread.
it's too bad that it doesn't scan very well. looks a lot better in person.

Linda 104-5

abstract 5+6
these are some real honest-to-goodness doodles.

Anthony #85

Suddenly started to notice couples on the train. Don't know why this should be a new thing. I'm sure they've been there all along...

Vickie's doodles 111-115

This is a letter sculpture of Cathy

A tongue depressor

RaShell Doodles 40something-50

Now, this is proof that these are all very recent. I doodled this "statement" about 10 minutes ago, while enduring first hour of MTV MOvie Award... G-d, I'm glad I'm not 18 and don't have to like this stuff...


Watch out below!!!


Something's coming out of the roof of this house... I wonder what it is..


That's a sketch for a painting I'm going to do... Yes, I said painting. Possibly with paints ;)


Just keep doodling...


Musical Lady:


If you look closely, there's an alien in there:


A very strange mobile:

Maria - Doodle's # 111-123

I made some more linocut/doodles :)



Those are 3 seperate ones.

Anthony #84

Linda 99-103

drew what i saw in the kitchen last night. lots of stuff lying around, could have drawn lots more...

ella's table


kitchen table


i think the industrial designer in me is trying to be heard-- i'm doing more and more doodles that i probably should have been doing when i was in school. b/c they're of no use to me now! well, just getting my inner voice out...

abstract 3


abstract 4

Racheal 39-41

I had some doodling to do for a video/magazine project aaand I was inspired by artist Su Blackwell to make a doodle sculpture.

Vickie's doodles 106-110

Another CDMore letter sculptures

Schuyler
James

Janice

Gloria

Anthony #78-83

A few quick sketches from the train (including biggest hair ever) and some roughs for some larger artwork ideas.

Anthony #71-77

A bunch of life-drawing sketches. Mixture of quick warm-ups (1-2 min sketches) and quick 5 min drawings.

Anthony #70

Another in the ‘three-faced-head theme’

Linda 98

saw this truck while waiting at the bank drive-through. i got my receipt but couldn't drive away until i finished drawing. luckily there was no line.

li'l truck

Linda 92-97

couldn't sleep the other night so i spent some time doodling:

party doodle


xy


black rocks


abstract2


rocks in an avocado


blue rocks

Maria - Doodle's # 108-110

Doing a project involving the word "chair". :) These are some sketches for it.

RaShell - Lonely Doodle #42

What did you say? That's right... I'm failing miserably... The past week happened to be the busyiest (in terms of what I had to do creatively and otherwise) in a LOooooooooooooong time... So my doodling opportunities are very few or non-existing.
I'll try to do better next week, pinky swear ;)

Maria - Doodle's # 99 - 106

Trying to work out a new logo for my etsy shop. :)

Dawn 55-64

More frames and swirly things...

55-60

Found some more that I had forgotten to scan in. A couple more squid ideas for wallets.





My cat as a superhero again.


Whale maze........

45-54

I'm going the distance, and I'm built for speed.


more owls - 6 to be exact







Damon Albarn tell me how it is buddy.....

Julia's Doodle #92-101

Doodled Both on Wood


My Dog, Picasso






More Flowers...


M is for Monkey



Nice! I can't believe I created over 100 doodles!

Julia's Doodle #90-91

Doodle Wallpapers For Download.

Click on Image or go to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/poz-art/sets/72157615167862458/

Vickie's doodles 101-105

I call these my doodle letter sculptures. It was interesting to take someone's name and stack the letters up then doodle around them. The outcome was always a surprise.

Julia's Doodle #75-89

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Linda 89-91

I emailed Pilot Pen to see if they make a water resistant rollerball pen. They don't, but they did send me samples! I'm not sure what the difference is between the V5 I buy at Staples and the P-500 pens they sent me; they pretty much write the same. Too bad Pilot doesn't make a pen that's water resistant. Then I could be truly fulfilled as a doodle artist. Ah, well.

mouse


purple blob


swirl of cactus

Linda 85-88

this grouping is all things i saw outside

a thing (unknown)


car-toon mustang


mower part in a box


goodyear tire

Linda 80-84

abstract rubarb


abstract still life 1


tropical nuts


abstract [untitled]

Linda 72-79

coffee cup
now that i see it, it should have been rounder. or something.


plant



lexi, the neighbor's dog
couldn't capture her barking; you'll have to imagine that part.



my cell phone
it doesn't work well; don't buy this one.

Maria's Doodles # 87 - 98

P.S: You Are The Coolest :)

shane...10-34