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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_ward142mo 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.
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gavinhunt2mo 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.
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