In addition to being an illustrator and surface pattern designer, I am also a longtime greeting card creator. My original BdoodleZ Card Line was sold for many years on Etsy. This card line was originally inspired by my "doodle" sketches that I started drawing in college (way back in the 1990's! oh my!) Throughout college and for many years afterwards I was seldom without my doodle book, especially in class or the architecture studio. In it I created complicated abstract designs all from my imagination. Sometimes they had a theme, or a specific doodle style, other times they were completely random. The idea was that if I was already going to be doodling anyways, I might was collect them in a specific book, rather than along the edges of my notes or other pages. The credit for this idea is owed entirely to my little sister, a talented graphic designer, who came up with the concept and shared it with me. And so I began to "formally" doodle, a past-time that I loved, that relaxed me and actually helped me stay more focused during class. Many of my peers knew about the book and an often occurrence was the passing around of the current book so that friends could look through (and usually point out their favorites). For many years people would suggest I sell these doodles, and eventually I did! Sort of. The BdoodleZ card line began as the literal transformation of these black and white sketches to greeting cards but eventually evolved into a colorful card line that incorporated my "doodle" style.
The result of all this doodling, is that I have a pile of sketchbooks filled with doodles. And it is that collection of books that I plan to showcase in my new Instagram Throwback Thursday project. Each Thursday I will post a snapshot of a doodle book design from back in the day! I hope that in addition to enjoying the doodles I post, that maybe I will get a little feedback too, like back in college when my friends would flip through the book. So many of the designs would make really great surface patterns, and I would love to hear which ones people would like to see made into patterns!
I have so many old designs, at one snapshot a week I could literally do this for YEARS to come. That is a lot of Throwback Thursdays! Not a follower of my Instagram feed? You can find me here: http://instagram.com/bdoodlez Or find me at @BdoodleZ.
And if you aren't on Instagram but still want to see the designs each week, I will also be posting them to my online portfolio website here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/18101115/Doodle-Book-Snapshots
So without further ado... Here is Week 1! (Please note: none of the designs have a title, I didn't do that back then :) )
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