r/doodles Jan 08 '21

Mod post What makes /r/doodles /r/doodles, and why you SHOULDN'T post completed works here

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UPDATE: I stepped down as a moderator here last year, this post exists purely as a sort of guideline for what the original intent of the community was.

I'm updating this to better explain the situation here, and because we have a lot of new users who are posting things that aren't doodles and getting upset about having them removed.

/r/doodles is for rough ideas, unplanned, unfinished concepts and things that are artistic, but not 'Art'. It's difficult to walk the line at times, so I'm asking everyone to work to maintain the community as a place for anyone to post things that are clearly not 'professional' grade.

It's hard to define what exactly a doodle is, but it's usually easier to define what a doodle isn't.

r/PointlessArt is a new co-community for r/doodles, with no restrictions on content. If you aren't sure that your work is a doodle, please consider posting it there.

Technical drawings, character development, practice work, video game concept art... Generally these sorts of things are not doodles. There are other, more appropriate communities to post that stuff.

r/sketches - Post sketches there. If you're looking at a tree, and decide, I'm going to do a quick sketch of that tree, post it there.

r/drawing - Post drawings there. If you decide to draw a fish, person, bug, alien and have a specific plan in mind, you should probably be posting there.

r/learnart - If you're working on getting better at sketching and drawing, that's probably the best place to go. Most art themed communities will help you, but that one is there specifically for that intent.

If, as your day goes on, and you put pen to paper as you're on the phone or sitting drinking coffee and you let the pen (or pencil) move around a bit and you look at it and think, Hmm, that looks like a cat, and you develop that a bit so that it generally looks like a cat, or if you're stoned out of your gourd on psychedelics or just the rush of being alive and you end up expressing that in an abstract and unguided way, then those are things that are generally appropriate here.

We asked the community a while back what direction we should take and for a while that was good, but there has been a serious uptick in more technical drawings, character development and practice work being submitted. This is more of a guideline to help people decide where they should be posting than a caution that things might be removed, but please help keep this a community for doodles, not just another general art sub.

I've added a pol to get an idea of what direction people want the community to go.

106 votes, Jan 11 '21
26 Allow people to post whatever they want as long as it's not offensive
28 Maintain the rules as they are, and redirect 'non-doodles' to more appropriate communities
7 There are too many 'non-doodles' here now, more should be removed
45 I don't care, I just like seeing art in my feed

r/doodles 14h ago

(WIP) Wont stop until ive filled the whole page

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Her name is Cupcake btw.


r/doodles 9h ago

UFO lunchtime doodle

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Beam me up.


r/doodles 5h ago

Moon illness

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An old drawing I thought I posted


r/doodles 21h ago

Assorted doodles.

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r/doodles 15h ago

college doodles

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r/doodles 1d ago

みんな俺の絵を見てよ。評価してほしい。

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r/doodles 20h ago

Day 4 of the rat adventures, what should he do tomorrow?

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r/doodles 7h ago

Name it(Wrong Answer Only)

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r/doodles 3h ago

My first doodle

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r/doodles 53m ago

An angry doodle

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r/doodles 8h ago

More recent doodles

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Featuring Imitation Krabs.


r/doodles 15h ago

Antz Antz Antz Antz

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r/doodles 3h ago

Batman

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r/doodles 4h ago

Woman looking at the issues

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r/doodles 10h ago

Some speed ink in preparation for inktober

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r/doodles 20h ago

Everyone going through my mind

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Some doodling yes, but in neon colors


r/doodles 1d ago

Today's practice

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r/doodles 9h ago

Musical maidens😁

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My little wonky women doodles.


r/doodles 11h ago

When you lowk evil

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r/doodles 14h ago

Quick little goat doodle. September 2026

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r/doodles 20h ago

Goblins

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a whole clutch of 'em


r/doodles 5h ago

Sometimes it’s not a bad idea…

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r/doodles 3h ago

It’s fine, I’m fine, EVERYTHING IS FINE! ( Art by me )

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r/doodles 7h ago

Hi everyone! My name is Charlie and I am in the process of developing my own doodle art Clothing Business. I would love some feedback on my designs and whether anybody would be interested purchasing a shirt? 2 designs have been listed below. Thank you

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