Another month has passed and last Thursday saw another fantastic doodle planet. Doodle planet is all about chilling out, with a beer or two and having a bit of a doodle. It takes place the last Thursday of most months in Telford’s warehouse, Chester.

The setup this month was great as usual, but with an extra addition… light painting. Having never had a go of light painting before I was of course rubbish at it but it was great to have a go. If you happen to be in the area for the next event, and fancy having a relaxing & creative evening, then I really suggest coming along and joining in.

You can see the photos and video I took of the whole event over on Flickr [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlosthedesigner/sets/72157624261645611/ ]

More info:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=27022412230
http://www.compulsivesart.com/
http://www.telfordswarehousechester.com/

Week 11 is here. Only another 41designs or drawings to go. In case you haven’t figured it out already it’s all about designing every week. You can see what’s been added or join in yourself over on flickr. Here is my design for this week on Flickr.

Whoh! It’s week 10 of designing one piece a week, every week, all year. The more observant of you may have noticed that I didn’t do a design last week or the week before, which defeats the philosophy of the whole 52 Designs. Epic Fail? No! It’s not over yet though and there is no point giving up just because of a little hick-up… I just need to do 3 designs for week 10 to get back on track.

In the mean time you can join in or checkout what everyone else has done over on flickr.

Thursday saw another doodleplanet event down at Telfords Warehouse in Chester. Fantastic atmosphere as usual and fab drawings from everyone. The idea of doodle planet is to get creative, have a chill out and chat with other like-minded people over a pint or 3 (Well that’s how I take the event to be). I have posted my (better) pics onto Flickr. Head on over to check them out. There is also a group on facebook where I will be adding my images shortly.

I’m looking forward to the next event already.

Week 9 begins and that means we are over 15% through the 52 Designs. There are almost 50 designs in there already. I am still thrilled by the response from everyone and the fantastic designs that have been added to the group on flickr. Just make a design every week. It’s great for keeping your skills sharp, learning new techniques and trying new ideas and of course, most importantly, it’s fun.

The design pictured is my addition to week 8.

Week 8 Has begun so get your creative hat on and head on over http://www.flickr.com/groups/52designs/.

52 Designs is about creating a design a week (and hopefully every week) to keep skills from getting rusty, trying out new ideas, building a portfolio, just for fun or all of the above.

Week 6 of 52 Designs is here which means we are over 10% the way through the year! 52 Designs is about creating a design a week and now has 15 artists involved with and ever increasing number of designs.

You can create whatever design you want and what ever medium you choose. If you haven’t already done so then head on over to http://www.flickr.com/groups/52designs/ and check out the creative fun.

Yes week 3 is here already… There have been some amazing additions to the group pool on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/groups/52designs/) and I hope this week brings many more. Keep up the great work guys and gals.

There are now a few guidelines as to what is allowed as some people weren’t sure if things like doodles and sketches can be included.. Great News… They Can!

What can be posted as a design
You can post anything that is a design or creative:
Illustrations,
Posters,
Doodles,
Sketches of things,
Logos,
Web designs,
Photographs of things that are non digital are OK. ie drawings, sculptures, canvases.

52 designs is an ongoing project to create 52 designs, 1 for each week of the year. It was conceived as a project for myself to keep a steady flow of creativity flowing going through the year but has since evolved into a more social project (hosted on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/52designs/). The group had some great designs added from @jumbola, @five3girl and @nealcoghlan [Twitter]. Looking forward to some more excellent work this week… No pressure!

Any creative design you create this week can be added to the group on whatever medium you fancy and to feature in week 2 you just need to add it to the group by Thursday as week 3 begins on Friday.