Doodle Formula [Paperback]

Adrienne Looman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 2008

The Doodle Formula is a delightful book showing the reader that doodles can be used on many things! Did you think doodling was just for daydreamers? Think again--it's fun, fast and the latest craze in scrapbooking! Adrienne Looman, designer for Urban Lily and ScrapinStyle TV has published her first book with Bluegrass Publishing. This sassy and sophisticated new title, 'The Doodle Formula: A step by step guide to creating the perfect doodle' redefines the art of doodling by teaching readers how to incorporate doodling into craft projects and discover their own unique doodle personality. Adrienne offers an easy, step-by-step guide to creating your own doodles with full-color designs and ideas to inspire you. She also shares some of her own intricate doodlings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: BLUEGRASS PUBLISHING (January 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599780100
• ISBN-13: 978-1599780108
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #893,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Way overpriced for what you get, August 24, 2008

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Seven Kitties "7kitties" (Blue Point, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doodle Formula (Paperback)

Her 'formula' is pretty simple: pick a shape and embellish it. Out of this, she manages to get a whole book...ummm, somehow. She's a big fan of black and white markers, and I do have to say that her sample pages are really quite stylish, but as to ideas, well, I found it a little on the thin side. Yes, I supposed some *instruction* would take away some of the spontaneity one expects with the word 'doodle', but, well, even so, a FEW insights into how she developed her ideas would have been nice. On, I should say, stuff OTHER than how to do shadowed lettering, which I think I learned to do in like fifth grade? I know how to doodle, I was hoping to see a lot more of her style and her explanation of her vision of her style. I got a few nice pages, yes, but almost nothing I could use as a model for a creative process; which, with a title like this, I'd sort of expected.

Her attempts at 'interactivity' (are you a messy doodler or a neat one?) are nigh useless. Pretty much, pick which of these two 'gs' you like best. Shazam! Your doodling destiny!

And, alas, like most craft books, editing is more or less omitted. She misspells several words (porous?) and most humiliatingly for *her*, she uses 'your' instead of 'you're' in one of her own personal scrapbook pages--her illiteracy left for all posterity! OUCH!

I learned more about how to incorporate new styles of doodling in my pages from a book on lace painting. I was VERY unimpressed with this title: her 'formula' is self-evident to anyone over the age of five.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I wish there was more to this book, August 26, 2008

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RP "RP" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doodle Formula (Paperback)

I almost am reluctant to post this review. The book is all that previous reviewers have posted. I should have paid attention to the number of pages. For the money, I just thought it would provide more examples and more detailed step by step. I'm sort of in the beginning stages, and I would have liked to have seen more details. But, very creative artist.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good basics about how to create doodles, April 26, 2008

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Barbara House "happy_dreamer" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doodle Formula (Paperback)

Good ideas on how to go about creating your own doodles. Not a book to copy from but one that shows you the steps you need to do your own designs. Use simple shapes, outline and add patterns and textures to your drawings. Voila! You have your own doodles. Good for scrapbookers and journalers.