Doodle Sites

Just discovered some cool sites about doodles. Check 'em out:

• Why should you doodle? by Von Glitshka. Great article about the ongoing benefits of developing a doodling habit for creatives.
• Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention by John Cloud. This Time magazine article discusses a study that shows how doodling improves cognition, showing that all those characters you draw in the margins actually help you retain information during a lecture.
• Doodlage is a doodle dedicated site. It’s defunct now, but there are still loads of awesome archives to pour through.
• Disciplined Doodle Art. This is an interesting take on doodling. By creating a few rules for your doodling you can make a game of it and focus your style and results a bit.
• Freedom of Doodles by RaShell. This article over on Inspiredology shows some great examples of doodles used in commercial projects, super inspiring.
• Doodle and Creativity: A Working Team. This article discusses the carefree and playful spirit of a doodle and how connected to creativity that is.
• Squidoo Lens on Doodle Art. This is a massive repository of links on this subject.
• Core Art Skills: Part 1, Welcome to the Course by Ben Mounsey. This is the first part in a six part series here on Vectortuts+ where you can take further introductory steps into illustration.