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Drawing Challenge

Doodle Shapes Challenge

Spark your imagination with random shapes that prompt you to bring them to life with a little creativity. Download the PDF and create fun doodles using our starter shape templates, and submit your favorite at the end. What you end up drawing depends on one simple question: What do you see? 10 Winners will be selected and will recieve a signed copy of Doodle Theory Anywhere! by Nate Padavick. So grab a pencil, marker, crayon, paint brush, or stylus and get ready to doodle your creative magic all over, in, on, and around these random shapes!

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Doodle Shapes Challenge
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Doodle Theory


Nate Padavick has a theory that doodling can open the doors to undiscovered rooms of creativity in your brain. He also understands the intimidation of the blank page. His new book DOODLE THEORY ANYWHERE! (Chronicle Books, 2018) provides the keys to these creative corners. This book is chock full of starter shapes and squiggles that you can turn into fun Doodles. I promise, you will find yourself drawing things you would have never even considered before!

Drawing Challenge Winner(s)

Federico Federico

Federico

I doodled the main shape as a funny forest creature and then I felt it needed some company.

Jeff Dowdy Jeff Dowdy

Jeff Dowdy

Coffee will make your teeth yellow. And happy!

Pilar Moreno Pilar Moreno

Pilar Moreno

Mariann Fleischmann Mariann Fleischmann

Mariann Fleischmann

I tried to draw many kind of animal into this form, but I liked this bird most.

Hawwa Lahfa Hawwa Lahfa

Hawwa Lahfa

A system of thought.

Jamie Bennett Jamie Bennett

Jamie Bennett

I immediately saw a colourful parrot when I looked at this shape. Too bad you can't do all the shapes because I drew on those too!

Erica Root Erica Root

Erica Root

The Bartender.

Becky Green Becky Green

Becky Green

Under the Stars: Hand doodled in black ink.

Carmen garcia Carmen garcia

Carmen garcia

AKU NAPIE AKU NAPIE

AKU NAPIE

Young girl enjoy partying with new ribbon on her head. Wonderful moment.

Drawing Challenge Submissions

Ceskus Ceskus
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Ceskus

Froggy

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Karl Dupéré-Richer Karl Dupéré-Richer
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Karl Dupéré-Richer

Because fishes like fishes!

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Madhushri kamat Madhushri kamat
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Madhushri kamat

Ms Bellum from Power puff girls

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Jess Rose Clark Jess Rose Clark
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Jess Rose Clark

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Paul Mennea Paul Mennea
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Paul Mennea

Feeling good

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KERLI IRBO KERLI IRBO
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KERLI IRBO

This drawing I made together with my 5 year old son. At first I planed to print these challenge papers out just play and draw with him but eventually I still upload it up here also. He created the big bow tie and the head and I did the rest. As our subject that time was around the endless waiting for summer we have titled it : " Summer longing!"

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HumanShake HumanShake
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HumanShake

hello guys this is my submission hope you like it !

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Melaine DCruze Melaine D'Cruze
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Melaine DCruze

Caterpillar

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Diana Koehne Diana Koehne
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Diana Koehne

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Chris Piascik Chris Piascik
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Chris Piascik

I did this doodle as a part of the 100 Day project I'm doing—which is 100 days of characters. This one was clearly inspired by 80's wrestling.

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Thomas Arnold Marino Thomas Arnold Marino
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Thomas Arnold Marino

Bow tie shape

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G lynch G lynch
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G lynch

Love ought to be simple like that

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Nikhil Chaturvedi Nikhil Chaturvedi
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Nikhil Chaturvedi

Professional nerd

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Sanne Sanne
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Sanne

it's a imaginary plant :)

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Maki Kawakami Maki Kawakami
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Maki Kawakami

Group of insects.

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DIEGO FERNANDO SILVA SALAZAR DIEGO FERNANDO SILVA SALAZAR
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DIEGO FERNANDO SILVA SALAZAR

Watermelon Boat

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Preethi Akshay Preethi Akshay
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Preethi Akshay

Time is everything.stop waiting for time,time isn't waiting for you. Use your time effectively.

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Cécile Noël Cécile Noël
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Cécile Noël

Lets rock is Dramen in Sketches i Pad.

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rex riley rex riley Plus Member
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rex riley

Barbie with a bad spray tan smoking

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Henry Neely Henry Neely
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Henry Neely

Owl

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Terra Metz Terra Metz
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Terra Metz

Who wins..? The one you choose to feed...

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Karen Karen
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Karen

Evergreen reflections.

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David Wagenfeld David Wagenfeld
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David Wagenfeld

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Irene Bofill Garcia Irene Bofill Garcia
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Irene Bofill Garcia

Blue rain

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Lucia Lucia
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Lucia

Underwater kiss.

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Amy Roth Amy Roth
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Amy Roth

Does this make my . . . thighs look fat?

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Scot OShea Scot O'Shea
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Scot OShea

Tribute to Tinkelman

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Daniel Inzunza Daniel Inzunza
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Daniel Inzunza

Diabolo

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Sri Sri
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Sri

Fish!! All dressed up in finery with fine lines.

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Laura Koontz Laura Koontz
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Laura Koontz

Spring has sprung!

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Ravneet Kaur Ravneet Kaur
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Ravneet Kaur

Peek-a-boo-doodle

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Lois Way Lois Way
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Lois Way

a strange creature from far away

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L K M L K M
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L K M

hair-raising

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Natalia Zlateva Natalia Zlateva
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Natalia Zlateva

Weightlifter

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Kimi Kimi
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Kimi

Monkette loves hanging from the trees and also how the wind moves the leaves. She'd love to have a cup of tea while feeling the pure summer breeze.

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Heidi Heidi
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Heidi

The mixed media piece, "Blue Bird" on an ornate wall Sconce, was created with, copic markers, Gelly Roll pens, my favorite drawing pen Pentel Hybrid Technica 0.3, various other pens and a tiny bit of white acrylic paint. The art was created on an original pdf print of the red template provided then photographed with an iPhone 7. Thanks for the fun project and all the great submissions!

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Kim Shippam Kim Shippam
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Kim Shippam

“It was an itsy bitsy teeny weeny...”

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susan gomez susan gomez
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susan gomez

Doctor! Doctor!

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Musical Musical
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Musical

A quirky little man on a rather scandalous night out. He's in fishnets, stilettos, and a fedora, and is ready to party.

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Yasmina Jameel Yasmina Jameel
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Yasmina Jameel

Big girls are beautiful.

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Stacia Leigh Stacia Leigh
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Stacia Leigh

Two fish kissing...only one got carried away.

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Frequently Asked Questions

I have the most votes, am I the winner?

Not necessarily. As stated in our guidelines, the public voting from the community helps bring the most popular art submissions to the top. Once the public voting is over, the editorial team at Doodle Addicts (along with the sponsor), will then vote internally from the top group of submissions.

I made a mistake, how do I fix or replace my entry?

You can delete and resubmit your entry anytime before the submission deadline. Just click on the “Replace Image” button below your submission (on the challenge page) to delete your original submission and replace it with your new one.

Am I allowed to have my fans, friends and/or family vote?

Yes, of course. We definitely encourage you to spread the word on your participation in this fun drawing challenge.

There are so many good ones! Can I vote for more than one?

Yes! You can mark one, two, five or all of them as your favorite.

What do you do about cheaters?

Any fake votes we catch will be removed. Let’s keep this fun everyone, the prize is just the cherry on top.

Still have questions?

Make sure to read the guidelines and the terms and conditions, most questions are answered there. If something is still not clear, feel free to email us and we’ll try to help.

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