tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post3587190147305938250..comments2024-03-27T11:18:53.456-07:00Comments on Temple of the Seven Golden Camels: Taro Gomi's "Doodles"mark kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-19315680057666197822009-03-02T11:27:00.000-08:002009-03-02T11:27:00.000-08:00"it said that most kids stop drawing around age se..."it said that most kids stop drawing around age seven because that's the age when teachers and parents start to tell kids "you're drawing that cat wrong, cats don't have seven legs"<BR/><BR/><BR/>I've had an oddly opposite experience- One of my earliest traumatic art memories was being told my accurate colouring of my real-life spotty dog with a black and orange face was incorrect, so in my rage i scribbled out a black bodied cat with a preposterous blue head..and was praised for it. Words cannot begin to describe how much that pissed me off, and this was when i was way under 7 years old :D<BR/><BR/>Plus, of course- Drawing tends to be discouraged because a kid sat doodling all lesson isnt going to be paying attention..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-7012393451078664582008-05-23T16:19:00.000-07:002008-05-23T16:19:00.000-07:00I can relate to what your saying.I stopped drawing...I can relate to what your saying.<BR/>I stopped drawing as well when I hit a certain age.<BR/><BR/>But it wasn't because of adults.<BR/><BR/>At a certain age, I looked at my drawings,<BR/>realized how bad they were,<BR/>got depressed and quit.<BR/><BR/>Then I'd start up again,<BR/>get disgusted and quit.<BR/><BR/>This cycle happened several times.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I stuck with it and started to improve.<BR/>But it's stll often a struggle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-18494263457262492642008-05-21T09:20:00.000-07:002008-05-21T09:20:00.000-07:00I WANT THIS BOOK!I had the fortune to grow up in a...I WANT THIS BOOK!<BR/>I had the fortune to grow up in a numerous family and also to work as babysitter with my little cousins.<BR/><BR/>I learn that stimulate the fantasy of the children is the more important thing you can do for they!<BR/><BR/>The cloud cries, the wind speaks, the see-saw is a pirate ship, the sofa is an horse, the umbrella is a tent and so on! The cat must have six legs! <BR/><BR/>Stimulating the fantasy of the child ours is stimulated also ( look to Neverland, Patch Adams..)<BR/>;)BENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08694964717513059983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-48231159281441224352008-05-13T22:42:00.000-07:002008-05-13T22:42:00.000-07:00...and I drew a boa constrictor eating an elephant......and I drew a boa constrictor eating an elephant and I showed it to the adults and they asked, "why did you draw a picture of a hat?"<BR/><BR/>Saint-Expery was right. Adults never seem to see the elephant.<BR/><BR/>"Doodles", huh?<BR/><BR/>It looks good. The body in the coffin...lol!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-80350557133552363642008-05-13T22:01:00.000-07:002008-05-13T22:01:00.000-07:00Haha thats very kewl.Haha thats very kewl.Jeremy Cantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896316402900464838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-4230766390616024642008-05-13T10:44:00.000-07:002008-05-13T10:44:00.000-07:00My wife got the Doodle Allyear book for christmas ...My wife got the Doodle Allyear book for christmas from a friend and it is really great, @364 pages, it contains a mix of just your normal doodles doodles (spray everyone with water from this hosepipe) and seasonal ones ( draw the present you really want, and now show the drawing to someone). this guy is so outsie the box he has made his own box in a far far away land and has sent all of us an invatation to let go of our insecurites and visit him with our crayons and draw on the walls of his world and stuff... <BR/><BR/>getting carried away. It is great how people interact with the books. Recently a friend saw this book and was facinated with it and began to colour in some pages. He couldn't believe how liberating it was, this guy hasn't drawn since he was 6 or 7 and is now a trader with a phd in partical phsyics, but the joy he got out of the book was unreal, he is getting one for christmas.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192925308618043020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-35678575592463245462008-05-13T07:52:00.000-07:002008-05-13T07:52:00.000-07:00Great post about drawing and encouraging little on...Great post about drawing and encouraging little ones to keep drawing. I've come to learn that my sons mimic whatever I do. So the oldest, who's 3, has taken to drawing and even keeping a sketchbook because he sees me toting mine around and drawing. So if there's ever been a good excuse for me to keep drawing and struggling with my crappy drawings, it's lead by example. :)<BR/>About the school system and Art, it's only gonna get worse. Especially with computers and video games competing. Not to knock them, since I do work for the game industry.. it just means parents have to make their children an even bigger priority than before, imo.<BR/><BR/>-Carlos FinsCarlos Finshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10669167290759713131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-18469418717960257282008-05-12T23:27:00.000-07:002008-05-12T23:27:00.000-07:00"it said that most kids stop drawing around age se...<I>"it said that most kids stop drawing around age seven because that's the age when teachers and parents start to tell kids "you're drawing that cat wrong, cats don't have seven legs" and so drawing stops being fun and starts being a chore, which makes kids give it up completely."</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Yeah, but for me it stopped being fun and started being a chore after spending 16 years as a feature animation Clean Up artist, obsessed with an ultra clean line quality and always making sure I was drawing "on model" .<BR/><BR/>No more fun and after a while I found that I didn't know how to draw anymore . I don't mean that clean-up artists don't know how to draw or are not good artists: being a good clean-up artist takes a very particular kind of discipline and I'm told I was good at it . I have great admiration for those who do it well . But for me it ended up being an artistic dead end. I was an animator and the clean-up dept. was something I told myself was going to be a temporary stop along the way, but the money was really good on those features for a top Lead Key in the 90's , and one movie led to another and then 16 years later I was still in my "temporary" position and had forgotten how to create and draw , without having someone else's work to draw over and to put "on model" . <BR/><BR/>So I've slowly been relearning how to draw and have fun at it. <BR/><BR/>I totally relate to what you wrote about struggling and searching to find the drawing, Mark. I appreciate your honesty. This is a really helpful blog. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to go draw a cat with seven legs jumping up on a bored chair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-37376552499903901782008-05-10T16:54:00.000-07:002008-05-10T16:54:00.000-07:00I completely agree with and relate to what your sa...I completely agree with and relate to what your saying. <BR/><BR/>I too stopped drawing for a number of years. Even though i studied art and illustration i became interested in creating things in other ways apart from drawing. I forgot how fundementally important drawing is to all forms of visual art. I'd do the odd doodle or sketch but didn't keep it up, not properly, not with the same passion i had as a child.I guess you could say i fell out of love with drawing. <BR/><BR/>When i tried to doing it after so long i really struggled and i've done so ever since. I'm now studying animation and i am drawing more than i did in those "wilderness years" but still not enough. I'm trying though and feel as though i've really improved over the last 7 months or so. <BR/><BR/>Finally i'm in love with and inspired by drawing again but i think i'll always regret the time i stopped. It's nice to know i'm not only one in that boat....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-48549456035459742732008-05-10T16:00:00.000-07:002008-05-10T16:00:00.000-07:00The challenge for me was a white page.A full white...The challenge for me was a white page.<BR/><BR/>A full white page. Better a bunch of them. One of my grandfathers allways kept unuseful commercial letters, just to have sheets for me. The other grandfather had always on his desk a cup full of sharpened mechanical pencils. Ready to go.<BR/><BR/>The desk of one of my two grandfathers. A pencil. An eraser. A whole afternoon, full time. Then the magic came. Pirates. Cowboys. Indians. Battles. Castles. Forts. Knights. Fights.<BR/><BR/>Then came the cartoons. Copying them. Learning their mechanics. Enjoying, analyzing, studying.<BR/><BR/>Well. 30 years later of hearing that first "do something useful instead of drawing". Almost 10 years later of my PhD on Physics. After living in three countries. Speaking three languages, reading five. <BR/><BR/>Now I'm ready to pay a debt to the child that spent countless afternoons drawings. Next May 20th is my first deadline for being published on a magazine... and being paid for it.<BR/><BR/>It has been a long road. In my hand is the red mechanical pencil my grandfather gave me more than 30 years ago. I have a box with commercial letters, rejected documents, white paper for my 3½ years old son, that just two days ago jump on my lap and said to me: "daddy, teach me how to draw".<BR/><BR/>The cicle of life.josembielzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361369582704026453noreply@blogger.com