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How to Doodle a Dinosaur

Step 1

drawing a dinosaur

To doodle a dinosaur, begin by drawing a shape that looks very much like a question mark. This will become the head of your dinosaur. Notice the angle of the question mark in the example.

Step 2

draw a dinosaur

To draw the body of your dinosaur, use curved lines. Kind of like drawing hills or s-shapes. Notice in the example the length of these lines compared to the head of our dinosaur.

Step 3

doodling a dinosaur

To draw the legs of your dinosaur, use straight lines. The legs are kind of like blocks. They are very much like upright rectangles that have a cut-off at the top. Notice in the example the length and spacing of these lines.

Step 4

doodle a dinosaur

Let’s finish off our dinosaur doodle by adding a u-shaped line for the belly that connects the two legs we drew in step 3. Then add a few more straight lines for the legs furthest away from our view of the dinosaur. And finally, use lines and oval shapes to draw the facial features of your dinosaur.

Step 5

how to doodle a dinosaur

To finish things off, give your dinosaur some color. I’ve made my dinosaur doodle green, but you can play around with the colors if you wish. You can also add some texture or shading to the dinosaur’s body for added effect.

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How to Doodle a Diary

How to Doodle, Home / By Adam Sicinski

How to Doodle a Diary

Step 1

drawing a diary

To doodle a diary, begin by drawing an upright rectangle in the middle of your page. Then on the left margin of your rectangle, draw a horizontal line. This will become the cover of your diary or journal.

Step 2

draw a diary

To draw the spiral binder that will hold your diary together, use slightly curved lines or arc shapes. Notice the spacing between each shape on the left margin of your diary journal.

Step 3

doodling a diary

Let’s now draw some tabs so that we can stay a little more organized. Use three small rectangle shapes for this purpose. And draw the tabs outside the right margin of your diary. Then on the very bottom, let’s put a bookmark using a W shape.

Step 4

doodle a diary

Let’s now give our diary a little more detail. Draw a rectangle on the cover, then inside the rectangle write the word DIARY. Then below that, doodle some wavy lines. These wavy lines will represent unreadable text. 🙂 You can, of course, play around with your cover and create your own design. Feel free to be a little creative. 🙂

Step 5

how to doodle a diary

Add the finishing touches to your diary doodle by giving it some color. Feel free to also play around with the colors and design. Make your diary unique and personal.

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How to Doodle Debt

How to Doodle, Home / By Adam Sicinski

How to Doodle Debt

Step 1

drawing debt

If someone asked you to represent the idea of “debt” within a doodle, what would you draw? How about a credit card attached to a ball and chain. To begin your doodle, draw a rectangle in the middle of your page. This rectangle will represent your credit card.

Step 2

draw debt

Let’s now make the rectangle look more like a credit card by adding some details. Use straight and curved lines for this purpose. Also, draw some stars for the numbers. And for dramatic effect, you can also add your signature. 😉

Step 3

doodling debt

To draw the end of the chain, use a couple of arc shapes. Notice how the arc shapes wrap around the credit card. Part of the arc shape is in front of the credit card, and part of it is behind. This gives the impression that it is attached or passing through the credit card.

Step 4

doodle debt

Keep drawing your chain using arc shapes. Notice how some arc shapes are open and wide, and other arc shapes are narrow. This gives the impression that the chain has interconnected pieces. Also, don’t forget to draw the ball. Use an oval shape for this purpose.

Step 5

how to doodle debt

Finish off your debt doodle by giving it some color. Feel free to experiment with the colors. Credit cards come in various colors. You can, therefore, follow the example or come up with colors of your own. It is a doodle. There are no fixed rules. 🙂

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How to Doodle Danger

How to Doodle, Home / By Adam Sicinski

How to Doodle Danger (Skull Head)

Step 1

drawing danger

If someone asked you to doodle “danger”, what would you draw? How about a skull head? To begin with, doodle and upsidedown arc shape for the head of our skull. Next, doodle the upper jaw area using another arc shape with a flat bottom. Please see the example for reference of what this looks like.

Step 2

draw danger

Let’s now doodle the teeth of our skull head. To draw these teeth, use zigzag shapes. Kind of like upsidedown triangle shapes sticking down from the upper jaw of our skull doodle.

Step 3

doodling danger

To draw the eyes of our skull doodle, use two oval shapes. Then for the nose, use a triangle shape. Notice the size of the eyes and the positioning of the nose within our skull head.

Step 4

doodle danger

Let’s now doodle some bones around the skull. Let’s make it look like these bones are at the back of our skull or look like they are coming out of our skull head. To draw these bones use a combination of straight lines and arc shapes. Notice how the ends of the bones kind of look like love hearts. Notice also how the bones on either side of the head mirror each other. We’re not aiming for perfection and perfect alignment here. But, more or less, try and mirror the bones on the left and the right of your skull head.

Step 5

how to doodle danger

Add the finishing touches to your skull head by giving it some color. And there you have it. We now have a symbol we can use when we want to doodle the idea of “danger”. There are, of course, plenty of other ways we could doodle danger. This is just one of them. How many other ways can you think of?

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How to Doodle Cold

How to Doodle, Home / By Adam Sicinski

How to Doodle Cold Temperature

Step 1

drawing cold

How would we represent the idea of it being COLD in the form of a doodle? Well, let’s start by drawing a thermometer in the middle of our page. You know the kind of thermometer with the round bottom bit and the tall pillar as its top bit.

Step 2

draw cold

To represent the idea that it’s cold, let’s draw an arrow within the thermometer. Let’s point the arrow down to indicate that the temperature has fallen.

Step 3

doodling cold

Let’s now give our thermometer a little more detail. Use straight lines for this purpose. Notice the lines next to the arrow that show various ranges in temperature. Also, notice the angles of the lines in the lower bubble portion area. This is to indicate that the temperature is very low at the moment.

Step 4

doodle cold

Let’s now add a snowflake next to our thermometer. Use circles and lines to draw your snowflake. The snowflake doodle is another sign that the temperature is very cold.

Step 5

how to doodle cold

Add the finishing touches to your thermometer doodle by giving it some color. The color blue has been used here as it typically represents a very cold color.

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How to Doodle a Cow Head

How to Doodle, Home / By Adam Sicinski

How to Doodle a Cow Head

Step 1

drawing a cow

To doodle a cow head, begin by drawing an elongated oval near the bottom of your page. Then inside this oval, draw two circle shapes that will become the nostrils of your cow’s nose. Then under this doodle an arc shape connecting to the nose area.

Step 2

draw a cow

Draw another larger elongated oval for the cow’s head. Notice in the example how this oval shape is partially hidden behind the nose area.

Step 3

doodling a cow

To draw the ears and horns of your cow, use arc shapes. Notice the positioning of the ears and horns. Also, notice the length of each line and the angles used within the example.

Step 4

doodle a cow

To doodle the eyes of your cow use oval shapes. First, draw two larger oval shapes side-by-side. Then inside those oval shapes, draw two smaller circles that will become the pupils of the eyes.

Step 5

how to doodle a cow

Add the finishing touches to your cow head doodle by giving it some color. You can see within the example that a number of complementary colors have been used. You can, of course, copy this example, or use alternate colors for your cow head doodle.

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How to Doodle a Tooth Cavity

How to Doodle, Home / By Adam Sicinski

How to Doodle a Tooth Cavity

Step 1

drawing a cavity

How could we represent a tooth cavity using a simple doodle? Begin by drawing a couple of z-shapes near the top of your page. Notice how the z-shapes come together at the bottom in what looks like a lightning doodle.

Step 2

doodling a cavity

Now, let’s doodle the tooth. To doodle your tooth use curved lines. Notice the curvature of the lines and their shape. Notice also how a gap has been left in the cavity area of our drawing.

Step 3

doodling a cavity

Let’s not give our tooth doodle some personality by drawing some eyes. Use arc shapes to draw the eyes as shown in the example. Notice how the eyes are looking up at the cavity area of the tooth.

Step 4

doodle a cavity

Use another couple of arc shapes to represent the nose and an upsidedown arc shape for the sad face. Our tooth is sad because it has a cavity and it hurts. 🙁

Step 5

how to doodle a cavity

Put the finishing touches to your tooth cavity doodle by giving it some color. Our tooth is feeling a little blue because of the cavity. 🙁

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How to Doodle a Campfire

How to Doodle, Home / By Adam Sicinski

How to Doodle a Campfire

Step 1

drawing a campfire

To doodle a campfire, begin by drawing an elongated rectangle in the middle of your page. This rectangle will represent one piece of wood that is part of our campfire.

Step 2

draw a campfire

To draw the second piece of wood, doodle another elongated rectangle. Notice how this second rectangle is partially hidden behind the first rectangle. You are, therefore, essentially drawing two rectangles that cross behind the original rectangle you drew in step 1.

Step 3

doodling a campfire

To doodle the flame of our fire use long arc shapes. Notice how there are two pointy ends on the fire. One is a little higher and the left side is a little lower. This can be tricky to draw. You might want to practice a little.

Step 4

doodle a campfire

Let’s now mirror our larger flame with a smaller flame in the middle. Use exactly the same doodling technique to draw this smaller flame. Notice how the angles of the smaller flame mirror the larger flame.

Step 5

how to doodle a campfire

Finish things off by giving your campfire doodle some needed color. You can, if you wish, add more wood or even add some lines to show smoke coming from the fire. Feel free to add these details to spice up your doodle a little. 🙂

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How to Doodle Buying

How to Doodle, Home / By Adam Sicinski

How to Doodle Buying

Step 1

drawing buying

How could we represent the act of “buying” something in a simple doodle? Well, there are quite a few ways we could do this. Let’s take a look at an example by drawing a thumb. Looks like an elongated c-shape connected to an arc shape.

Step 2

draw buying

Next, doodle a rectangle on your page. Notice how the rectangle is partially hidden behind the thumb shape we drew in step 1. Notice also the size of this rectangle in comparison to the thumb shape.

Step 3

doodling buying

Let’s now give our thumb shape some context by drawing the rest of the hand and shirt collar. Use straight and curved lines for this purpose. See the example and follow along. Notice the curvature, length, and spacing of the lines.

Step 4

doodle buying

Use oval shapes, circles, and straight lines to add some details to your money doodle. And don’t forget to draw in the nail on the thumb.

Step 5

how to doodle buying

Add the finishing touches to your doodle by giving it some needed color. You can also add three lines on the top right corner of your bill. This highlights that a transaction is taking place, indicating that someone is purchasing something. And that’s one way you can doodle “buying” in a simple way. How many other ways could you potentially doodle the idea of “buying” something?

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How to Doodle a Birthday Cake

How to Doodle, Home / By Adam Sicinski

How to Doodle a Birthday Cake

Step 1

drawing a birthday cake

To doodle a birthday cake, begin by drawing a rectangle in the middle of your page. Notice how the bottom section of our rectangle is slightly curved. This will become the base of your birthday cake.

Step 2

draw a birthday cake

To draw the candles on our birthday cake, use straight lines. Doodle three pillars on top of the birthday cake. These will become the pillars of our three candles.

Step 3

doodling a birthday cake

Doodling the flames on our three candles can be a little tricky. Notice in the example the curvature and angles of the lines. Also, don’t forget to doodle some lines for the frosting on top of the cake. Use v-shaped lines for this purpose.

Step 4

doodle a birthday cake

To doodle the plate that our cake is resting on, use an oval shape. Notice how part of the oval shape is hidden behind the cake. Notice also the spacing between the oval shape and the base of the cake.

Step 5

how to doodle a birthday cake

Add the finishing touches to your cake doodle by giving it some needed color. Cakes, of course, come in many different colors. So feel free to use your imagination. Notice also the “s” shapes on top of the candles. This is a quick and easy way to show smoke. In other words, it shows that the candles are burning.

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