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A deviantARTist is giving us 365 days of incredible doodles

Blowing our minds every day for a year, using only a ballpoint pen and a Moleskine.

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As any creator knows, it takes a formidable amount of discipline to try to create something new every single day—but the rewards can last much longer than the moment.

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Now, one deviantART creator is sharing his 365-day art project with the rest of the community, and the results are a reminder that passion can transform even the most trivial medium, and inspire even the most casual artist.

Gabriel Picolo’s mesmerizing pen-and-ink doodles, which he’s been sketching into his Moleskines every day since January, are less casual sketches and more like a series of “mindful meditations” captured in art form. The Brazilian graphic design student told deviantART-based journal depthRADIUS that he started the project “to fight procrastination and stop being such a lazy artist.” So far the results have been anything but lazy. Picolo uses a multi-step drawing technique to achieve the beauty and luminous quality of the work he shares with the world. He starts with a pencil sketch, then does an elegant inking with Staedtler black ink, using a white paint as a corrector. Finally, he scans in his drawings and digitally enhances the color and contrast.

The product is a world of beautiful black-and-white drawings that call to mind the best of children’s literature, Ghibli animation, and the wonders of the imagination. Here are some of our favorite of Picolo’s doodles so far.

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Day 1: You’re Scarier Than You Think

 

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Day 4: Thin rain

 

Day 19: Show me your true color

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Day 25: I am the city

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Day 26: Alice in Doodleland

 

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Day 40: Milkshake

 

Day 57: Ray of Hope

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Day 64: Ashes

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Day 86: Departure of the Winged Ships

Day 98: After the rain

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Day 118: Searching for the moon

 

Day 124:  Happy Bday Audrey Hepburn

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Day 132: Red Riding Hood

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Picola says that he prefers to doodle in the evening and draw inspiration from his day.

From the looks of things, he’s having a very good year.

 

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Illustration by Gabriel Picola via 365-daysofdoodles/deviantART

 
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