Abstract chaos, warped perspective, and creepy faces, my weird doodle drawings are fun and I’m not thinking about much when I do it. Is this art better, or when the artist knows exactly what they are doing to convey a very direct message? It’s probably a mix of both.
Doodles Don’t Behave… Like Most Artists
Doodling is in many ways an act of rebellion in an academic or office meeting setting. You may seem to be taking notes, but you are in your own little world. These weird doodle drawings are your classroom margin scribbles – I’ve just been doing it for 25 years now. My doodles are messy, abstract, and emotionally unhinged. They bend perspective until it breaks. They stare back at you with faces that shouldn’t exist, eyes too wide, mouths too small, expressions that feel like they’re halfway between a scream and a smirk. I call them my interdimensional beings.
They’re not cute. They’re not clean. They’re my psyche saying “Hello.”
Why Weird Matters – It’s What Creativity Craves
In a society trying to work you to death and keep your focus on money, rest and creating art for art’s sake is an act of rebellion. It’s what happens when you stop trying to impress and start trying to express.
My doodles are full of contradictions: symmetrical chaos, joyful horror, playful dread. They’re the visual equivalent of a nervous laugh in a haunted house… but I’m just having fun. I never cared or expected to have an audience for these weird drawings, but people have responded to them. Not because they’re technically perfect, but because they feel something they weren’t expecting. Discomfort. Recognition. Curiosity, even.
Haunting Faces and Abstract Meaning: Expression of the Psyche
Most of my doodles include faces. They’re distorted, exaggerated, sometimes barely recognizable. The faces are more like glitches. I try to tap into face pareidolia, the brain’s compulsion to recognize faces even when none exist. A crooked line becomes a mouth. Two ink blots become eyes. Suddenly, you’re staring into something that shouldn’t be sentient, but feels like it is, like a ghost or something. These faces are meant to provoke buried emotions and thoughts. They reflect emotional states you didn’t know you were carrying. They can be haunting beacause because they’re familiar in a way that’s hard to explain
As a raw expression of the psyche, your subconscious drew them before your hand did.
People think abstract art is random. It’s not. It’s coded. My doodles are full of symbols, spirals, jagged lines, floating limbs, and broken geometry. They’re maps of emotional states I can’t explain in words. They’re poems without words.
Join the Fun. Here’s a List of 5 Tips for Starting a Doodle.
I made a free checklist with 5 ideas to start your own weird doodle drawing. No rules, no pressure, just sparks. It’s designed for people who feel stuck, bored, or creatively blocked.
So What’s Better? Direct Intent and Execution or Raw Expression of the Subconscious?
Weird doodles are more than art. They’re emotional release. They’re spiritual graffiti. They’re a way to say “I exist” without having to explain yourself... this is a powerful expression of the psyche.
However, I have always been jealous of artists who can make art with direct intention, knowing what techniques are best to convey whatever message they’re aiming for. I don’t have that skill in me, but when I let the pen do the work and give my mind a break; it’s cathartic, enlightening, and relaxing. The answer to which is better is as simple as it is complex: probably both are needed to make a great work of art – something I’m not saying my doodles are.
When it comes to writing, I am much more experienced and knowledgeable about what I’m doing, but without the raw instinctual creative force, the words lack life. For the past 15 years, I have been crafting my next novel, Remember Me, Nothing and hope you get to read it soon.
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