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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I take the kiddo to the library fairly often, and in the kid area they have low tables with some paper and blank bookmarks. Unfortunately (but understandably), the art supplies on offer are big stubby crayons and some mediocre, kid safe markers.

I've made the best of the available art supplies, but I recently started to bring a ballpoint pen with me. I'm also trying to have some prepared ideas to try for the odd format.

Just some fun doodles.

#yaombaaa #doodle

Top down view of thee cars careening through a winding two lane road outside the city. The cars race from top to bottom of the bookmark. There's also a couple of deer looking like they want to cross the road. At the top I wrote "THE RACE!". (Yes, I probably played too many top down racing games as a kid.)
Along the right side of the bookmark, a tree grows from bottom to top. It's branches protrude out to the left. On the branches we see creatures peering out at us. From bottom to top: A large caterpillar type creature with four eyes, a furry monkey like creature, a very hairy creature with a broad head with only the round eyes visible (behind him a creature pokes its head out upside down from behind the tree), a bird and a mischievous gremlin sit together, a hairy ball with arms and legs hangs from the topmost branch, and finally a creature with three eyes on stalks sits on the topmost branch. The most challenging aspect of these bookmarks is the fact I'm trying to draw one of these while also managing the kiddo in a space where at any moment other kids and parents can come by and interrupt things. Managing to make anything is somewhat surprising.