Stop calling quick sketches 'doodles' when they're clearly polished portraits

Honestly, been seeing people in this group post these fully shaded, detailed portraits with perfect proportions and calling them 'just a quick doodle'. I've been drawing for 15 years and I know what a real doodle looks like. It's messy, it's rough, it has weird scribble lines. These posts feel like they're fishing for compliments instead of actually venting or sharing a raw sketch. It kinda kills the vibe for people like me who just want to throw up a stick figure about my bad day without feeling judged. Can we keep it real and save the polished stuff for the art subs?

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oliver_ward1416d ago

That 15 years of drawing experience really shows you've got a sharp eye for this. A doodle is something you knock out in 2 minutes while on a phone call, not a painstaking piece with blended shading and perfect anatomy. These super polished posts just make the rest of us look lazy when we post our messy vent sketches.

gavinhunt16d ago

15 years of drawing experience and you're calling a piece with blended shading and perfect anatomy a "doodle"? That's like a pro chef calling their five-course meal a quick snack. I remember spending hours trying to get one eye to look even halfway right and you're just casually dropping that like it's nothing.