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Underwater doodle while listening to my interview (part 1!) on @thecreativityhabit. I rarely listen to my own podcast interviews, but this one profoundly touched me. Daphne is a true Story Whisperer, AND we talked for FOUR HOURS to produce the two hours of this two-part podcast. 🖍 I’m finding it quite interesting and entertaining to listen to myself from the outside! 🖍 Find both parts of this intense interview at http://thecreativityhabit.com/project/melissa-dinwiddie Or visit @thecreativityhabit and find the link in her profile to her website. 🖍 (And did you notice that Doodlebot can breathe underwater?) . . . . #creativity #creativesandboxway #creativesandbox #doodle #doodlebot #dailycreative #dailydoodle #pigmamicron #doodlesofinstagram #originalart #underwater_world_ #underwaterworld #tinyart

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It just occurred to me that my doodles are all just playgrounds for #doodlebot. 😊 🖍 This utterly delights me. . . . . #doodle #doodleart #doodlesofinstagram #doodles #dailydoodle #abstractart #originalart #tinyart #blackandwhite #dailycreative #creativesandboxway #fifteenminutes #tinyanddaily #doodlewithdinwiddie

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Yes, there’s a DIFFERENCE between mess and clutter! This is SO IMPORTANT to understand, especially for creators! 🖍 I’ll be going over the other 6 differences, PLUS 8 reasons WHY we hold onto clutter, at a FREE clutterbusting session next Tuesday. We’ll do a real, live ClutterBust ON THE CALL, so you’ll actually bust some clutter and experience the power of ClutterBusting for yourself! Link in profile, or go to http://freecreativityworkshop.com 🖍 Clear your clutter to free up space to CREATE! (Not to mention THINK and BREATHE again. 😊) . . . . #clutter #declutter #declutteryourlife #decluttering #declutteryourhome #clutterfree #uncluttered #messy #doodle #doodleart #doodlesofinstagram #visualnotes #visualcommunication #originalart #infographic #vizthink #creativesandboxway

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Playing with color in my sketchbook. Knot doodles and Neocolor II. . . . #doodle #doodleart #doodlesofinstagram #creativesandboxway #creativesandboxcommunity #sketchbook #imperfectionism #originalart

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Refuge. Day 13 from the #creativesandboxchallenge inside the #creativesandboxcommunity. I modeled this after the sketch that member (and challenge host) @carla.la.la.olson made (which you can find on her Instagram feed). I was so inspired by it! 🖍 That’s one of the things I love about the Creative Sandbox Community: we inspire each other! Seeing the art, photos, writing, clutter-clearing “before” and “after” pics that people share... and hearing/reading the stories of their insights... it inspires ACTION! 🖍 We see, read, hear what someone else is doing or has done, and it jazzes us up to try something new ourselves, or to make a change, or to take that step we’ve been wanting to take but have been afraid to. 🖍 That is the power of a community of kind, generous, open-hearted souls. All gathered together with the intention to care about and support one another. It’s the closest thing to magical I know of. I love these women so much! 🖍 I am doing things I never would have done, thanks to the support of the Creative Sandbox Community. And I am far from alone in saying that. 🖍 It’s been a long time since I’ve opened the doors to the public. We’ve moved off Facebook and into our own private space on Mighty Networks, and I’m getting ready to start welcoming new women in as early as next week. 🖍 We’ll kick off with three weeks of clutter-clearing, to make space to create. Stay tuned! This will be fun! 😁 . . . . #visualnotes #visualthinking #vizthink #visualcommunication #sketchnotes #originalart #doodle #dailydoodle #dailycreative #graphicfacilitation #creativesandboxway

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Sketchbook page. Practicing hands from @evalottchen. She does the coolest illustrations! . . . #visualnotes #visualthinking #neulandmarkers #originalart #imperfectionism #doodlesofinstagram #tinyanddaily #creativesandboxway

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Today’s prompt from the #creativesandboxchallenge inside the Creative Sandbox Community is “bicycle,” so I thought I’d make a little infodoodle on how to draw a bike! Anyone can do it! 🖍 2 triangles 🔺 2 circles 🔵 And a few lines That’s it! As you can see, it doesn’t even matter if your circles and triangles are wonky—it still reads as a bicycle! 😊 🖍 Give it a try! . . . . #creativesandboxcommunity #creativesandboxway #doodlesofinstagram #visualcommunication #originalart #neulandmarkers #bicycle #howtodraw #howtodrawabike

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It’s a new monthly creative challenge inside my Creative Sandbox Community! The theme this month, hosted by @carla.la.la.olson, is “Atlas Obscura.” I’m using it as an opportunity to practice visual communication. Today’s prompt: voyage. 🖍 You can see I didn’t actually model this on a real ship (schooner? Whaler? I have no idea!!!), but it still gets the point across. 🖍 Which IS precisely the point. Visual communication is not about photographic realism, or “fine art.” It’s about communicating IDEAS and CONCEPTS. If you can do that, it doesn’t matter how beautiful, or even how accurate, your drawings are! As long as they are accurately UNDERSTOOD, they are doing the job. . . . . #visualcommunication #visualnotes #visualthinking #graphicfacilitation #sketchnoting #graphicrecording #doodlewithdinwiddie #blackandwhite #voyage #doodlesofinstagram #creativesandboxway #imperfectionism #originalart