Real versus Digital Doodling
Here is a “flesh and blood” doodle. I made it with paint and markers. I even collaged some strips of paper onto it. Compare to the one I posted previously, which is a digital doodle composed in Photoshop.
I think I am smitten with digital doodling right now because it is new and different. I like fiddling around with different brushes and filters. It feels like I have fewer limitations, but I’m not sure that is true. Then there is the cleanliness factor - no paintbrushes to clean-up after making doodles on the computer. No materials or tools to put away. Ah, that’s nice!
So I am feeling a little guilty about enjoying computer doodling. It feels like cheating.
No doubt if you took away my stash of art materials I’d run after you screaming, “No-o-o-o-o-o!”
Though wouldn’t it be nice to have all that space back in my house? It would be so tidy. Hmmm-m-m-m . . .
Eastern philosophies and quantum physics tell us that nothing is solid, nothing is real. Everything is an illusion anyway.
The jury’s STILL out. STILL.
Digital scribbles

I’m trying to figure out if there is as much pleasure in creating doodles with my computer and Photoshop software, as there is in creating doodles with traditional art materials.
Both methods exercise the brain and put me into “the zone”. That’s good.
The jury is still out.


