Mastodawn

(Now that I've finally figured out how to do poll posts, I am here again to ask the important questions.)

Mia May 13

@handmade_ghost I love how optimistic you are that other people doodle endoplasmic reticula

@MiniMia One tries to hang on to even the slimmest hope. 😂

Blue 💙May 13

@MiniMia @handmade_ghost I do too, I feel seen!! 🤩

@blue @MiniMia 🥳🎉🥰

Mia May 13

@blue @handmade_ghost I love Fedi so fuckin' much 😂

@MiniMia @blue 🤓✊

@handmade_ghost Fantasy castles with towers and flags

@purplepadma Ooh, love it!!

@handmade_ghost It’s been my doodle subject matter for decades

@purplepadma So many kingdoms at your fingertips! 💚

@handmade_ghost You can fiddle about for ages doing roof tiles and stones in the wall. And a portcullis is always nice

@purplepadma I love a portcullis!!

@handmade_ghost I mean, who doesn’t?! (The barbarians at the gate, maybe)

@purplepadma 😂

DamonHD May 13

@handmade_ghost no doodling here!

@DamonHD @handmade_ghost What? What is wrong with you, sir?

DamonHD May 13

@purplepadma @handmade_ghost Well, it's a long list, too long to fit on a piece of doodling paper...

A.Z. Device |May 13

@handmade_ghost geometric designs or repeating patterns. If I have a reference though, I'll draw birds or monsters.

@werringworlds I need to start bringing a drawing reference to my meetings so I can branch out, because that sounds amazing.

Lee from Colorado May 13

@handmade_ghost secret 4th thing:
Small sculptures made of paper clips, twist ties, and other little office things. Not really doodles but in the same spirit...

@colo_lee Sculptural doodling!! 💚

Virginicus May 14

@colo_lee @handmade_ghost 3-Doodles

Lee from Colorado May 14

@Virginicus @handmade_ghost I like that!

desert dirtbag abby version May 13

@handmade_ghost I voted arabesques and flowers because I do those a LOT but I also do a lot of line doodles (think almost like a bandage style thing) and I love to make really intricate yet physically impossible treehouses

@vapaad These all sound so appealing. I would love to see more physically impossible treehouses in the world (doodled or otherwise)!

desert dirtbag abby version May 13

@handmade_ghost I will try and remember to save the next one! Think 20 foot trees with 15 foot branches straight out lololol

@vapaad The perfect trees for the job!

Adam Cafolla May 13

@handmade_ghost

Eyes.
I've always doodled eyes

@adaliabooks 👀

Schluffiger Schluff May 13

@adaliabooks doodly eyes

@handmade_ghost

@schluff @adaliabooks

cathos May 13

@handmade_ghost so many different things! yesterday, I was trying to copy brushstrokes from 9-10thC Chinese handscroll paintings. drawing lots of reflections on waves at night. lots of stone walls and flowers and knots and natural textures (grasses and wood, rocks, trees, leaves. so many leaves.) loads of calligraphy stuff with varying width strokes. poetic nonsense with fun calligraphy. minimalist silhouettes of animals. light playing on objects.

@cathos How wonderful!! Your meeting notes must be gorgeous. ✨

cathos May 13

@handmade_ghost honestly, I don't do the 'notes' part very well, and they tend to be super scattered. but I have fun, and my drawings are getting a lot better lately!

@cathos That's awesome (and of course the only reason to have a pen or pencil at a meeting at all 😁😇).

heatdeath May 13

@handmade_ghost exploding stars and radiolaria, but i love a good reticulum

@heatdeath Fantastic! Radiolaria is a subject I've not considered yet, but would be really absorbing.

Wingdings are Incomprehensible May 13

@handmade_ghost My favorite thing to doodle is Entishay Tele-Empathy Runes; I've doodled a lot of story related dialogues, in an attempt to create a written form of their language. One that is not as mutable as their spoken language which heavily depends on sharing mental imagery, emotions, and key words with multiple meanings based on context.

@WanderingInDigitalWorlds That is so great--I love the idea of doodling in another language (and of course manifesting story and world-building in that concrete way).

Wingdings are Incomprehensible May 13

@handmade_ghost I do too, it makes the world building process fun and faster than approaches that demand super serious™️ attitudes. It also does help me examine dialogue flow as well, and has caused some minor alterations.

Wingdings are Incomprehensible May 14

@handmade_ghost As extra credit, this is a sample of what I'm working on. The reason for it being heavily linear and patterned in nature is that power and memory can be conveyed through these runes. The regularity gives power a path, to follow the command that is written.

Some ideas featured here are how to depict time, day, and hour in a changing rune without it being difficult (lower left). Also, a sample sentence in the upper left. The right side has me breaking down the parts of Wetryxstray's name and another idea...

handmade ghost May 14

@WanderingInDigitalWorlds Very cool!!

brennen May 13

@handmade_ghost a lot of these sorts of things

@brennen Beautiful! I love the asemic sensibilities and lines of these drawings!

MxBikil is Spoopy 🎃 and Gay ❄️May 13

@handmade_ghost I like doing lots and lots of circles and the size and shape of the circle creates shading

@Bikil Fantastic. I love how doodles interact with and build on each other in terms of shape, light, and space. These circles sound great.

Schluffiger Schluff May 13

@handmade_ghost Secret fourth things:
Grotesque-ish scenes of people / (anthropoid) creatures, random-ish geometries, and words / bits of nonsense text / exclamations

(I might look up an actual old doodle as an example later.)

@schluff Wonderful. I would love to see a doodle if you're happy to share!