So, I'm having trouble dealing with the fact that the world is going to shit. Nobody can find a job. People getting laid off left and right. Clients of mine pushing back appointments because they suddenly have no income. We may be on the brink of WWIII. The neighbouring country that was once a capitalist society is suddenly Facist. Everyone I know is living paycheque to paycheque... Things are pretty grim. I started doodling again to help deal with the stress and depression from my world crumbling around me. It's been almost 4 years since I've done anything for myself. I keep seeing old posts saying "I'm back! Let's do this!" And I'm curious to see if I can keep with this better than I can keep with my journal. I swear, the stickers are the only thing that keeps me opening up that book once a week haha. Anyway, it's interesting to see how rusty I've gotten, compared to past doodles when I was doing it more often. I guess it means it's time to dust off the cobwebs and try to get back to where I was. Let's see how this goes.

 

 

Back from the dead, still hate to draw. Going to try the digital variety of sketches since i can never keep track of my sketchbook...

 

Bi-weekly?

Seems I'm down to bi-weekly doodles at best. Need to figure out a new schedule for myself to allow for job/ job homework/ cleaning apartment/ exercise time/ boyfriend time/ me time(doodle time). NOT EASY!

Found Some Me Time!

Me time makes me happy.

No Time to Doodle?

Been so busy with work that I've literally had no time to myself. Tried to make some quiet time, and saw that my doodles were reflecting my neglect to them. Here's to trying to make more ME time!

Stuff I've been up to since getting my Christmas book from boyfriend

I've become a little obsessed. Any spare moment has become a "I NEED TO SCRIBBLE IN MY LITTLE BOOK!" moment. Waiting for the streetcar. Waiting for the autoclave to finish its cycle, waiting for food to come at the restaurant... Basically, any waiting for something time has become doodle time.
It's interesting, because strangely, my phone has had much longer battery life since the doodles started. Hmmm... coincidence? On the bad side, though, I've had to start carrying around larger purses because of my "doodle pouch", which contains my pens and pencils, pattern book and little doodle book. It's like a security blanket I can't be without now.
Maybe it will pass, maybe it won't, maybe it will become slightly less obsessive. I'm enjoying the extra bit of battery life on my phone at any rate!
Lots of images, I think I'll share them as one post. Thanks for looking!
<3 Alie <3

Christmas!

So, best boyfriend evarr got me a present for Christmas- holy crap mind blown! The doodles I've been doing are ridiculously similar to this whole "zentangle" movement thing! Can't wait to check out a new take on what I've essentially been doing up the margains of my notebooks since the 7th grade! Lol

Critters!

Drawn for a client. I'm having a lot of fun experimenting with this bastardized Hawaiian/Polynesian style pattern approach to my drawings.