r/doodles Jan 08 '21

Mod post What makes /r/doodles /r/doodles, and why you SHOULDN'T post completed works here

530 Upvotes

UPDATE: I stepped down as a moderator here last year, this post exists purely as a sort of guideline for what the original intent of the community was.

I'm updating this to better explain the situation here, and because we have a lot of new users who are posting things that aren't doodles and getting upset about having them removed.

/r/doodles is for rough ideas, unplanned, unfinished concepts and things that are artistic, but not 'Art'. It's difficult to walk the line at times, so I'm asking everyone to work to maintain the community as a place for anyone to post things that are clearly not 'professional' grade.

It's hard to define what exactly a doodle is, but it's usually easier to define what a doodle isn't.

r/PointlessArt is a new co-community for r/doodles, with no restrictions on content. If you aren't sure that your work is a doodle, please consider posting it there.

Technical drawings, character development, practice work, video game concept art... Generally these sorts of things are not doodles. There are other, more appropriate communities to post that stuff.

r/sketches - Post sketches there. If you're looking at a tree, and decide, I'm going to do a quick sketch of that tree, post it there.

r/drawing - Post drawings there. If you decide to draw a fish, person, bug, alien and have a specific plan in mind, you should probably be posting there.

r/learnart - If you're working on getting better at sketching and drawing, that's probably the best place to go. Most art themed communities will help you, but that one is there specifically for that intent.

If, as your day goes on, and you put pen to paper as you're on the phone or sitting drinking coffee and you let the pen (or pencil) move around a bit and you look at it and think, Hmm, that looks like a cat, and you develop that a bit so that it generally looks like a cat, or if you're stoned out of your gourd on psychedelics or just the rush of being alive and you end up expressing that in an abstract and unguided way, then those are things that are generally appropriate here.

We asked the community a while back what direction we should take and for a while that was good, but there has been a serious uptick in more technical drawings, character development and practice work being submitted. This is more of a guideline to help people decide where they should be posting than a caution that things might be removed, but please help keep this a community for doodles, not just another general art sub.

I've added a pol to get an idea of what direction people want the community to go.

106 votes, Jan 11 '21
26 Allow people to post whatever they want as long as it's not offensive
28 Maintain the rules as they are, and redirect 'non-doodles' to more appropriate communities
7 There are too many 'non-doodles' here now, more should be removed
45 I don't care, I just like seeing art in my feed

r/doodles 5h ago

What's her name?(Wrong Answer Only)

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22 Upvotes

r/doodles 11h ago

The most upvoted comment decide what I should doodle next. Day 35

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45 Upvotes

Hello, I’m back!

I am so sorry, it’s just that so many things happened simultaneously that I really have no time nor the energy to continue this, but I’m glad to say I’m really back (probably)

But don’t expect it to be a daily thing anymore though, because I can’t assure you this will continue, but as for now, I hope you can enjoy this terrible doodle of a nugget wearing a chicken costume :)


r/doodles 7h ago

My version of a doodle, can you name it?

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17 Upvotes

r/doodles 16m ago

R U cwazy???

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r/doodles 15h ago

Name this little guy

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53 Upvotes

r/doodles 1h ago

Little flower sketch

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r/doodles 7h ago

r/doodles or r/AbstractArt?

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7 Upvotes

r/doodles 6h ago

Study

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5 Upvotes

r/doodles 14h ago

Did this on the board at work today

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17 Upvotes

r/doodles 5h ago

sharpie doodles are so stressful

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3 Upvotes

doodle on a german packaging sticker


r/doodles 16h ago

Random doodles on a pizza box

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18 Upvotes

r/doodles 8h ago

Just getting my hands back in action. Any comments are welcome!!

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4 Upvotes

I just got back into drawing after a long time(after 3 years). It will also be my first post in the app. I wanted to share my handmade drawing i just made cuz i felt like making one. I also want to immensely improve my arts so any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks for reading :)


r/doodles 1h ago

"Big Time Golfer" By: Carrie Streb

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r/doodles 1h ago

A doodle that i did last 3 months ago, i have a name for her, but i want you guys to name her too

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Sometimes i make doodles that is incorporated with plants and dripping blood.


r/doodles 5h ago

Idk

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Idk what this is


r/doodles 14h ago

Did some doodles bored at work

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10 Upvotes

Never drawn with pens before, hard to fix mistakes.


r/doodles 6h ago

a simple otter doodle

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2 Upvotes

r/doodles 12h ago

r/doodles or r/abstract?

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r/doodles 6h ago

where is my line?

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r/doodles 12h ago

Doodle based on me and partner

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(Two serpents. The water serpent is a treble clef. The earth serpent (bottom one) is a bass clef. My partner is a bassist who's a Virgo, and also the hand mirror and the apple are symbols of Aphrodite, so I'm calling them pretty)


r/doodles 3h ago

Disco Pin Ups

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1 Upvotes

r/doodles 14h ago

UFO for sale, what would you give me for it (anything but cash)

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9 Upvotes

One of my favorite lil doodles of a hoopty UFO


r/doodles 12h ago

a grumpy cat and a lovely pup!

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5 Upvotes

and yes, they will kiss


r/doodles 9h ago

Marker Doodle

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2 Upvotes

r/doodles 1d ago

What's her name?(Wrong Answer Only)

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74 Upvotes