The Scribbler Project
The Scribbler Project: Raw Ideas, Refined Composition
What began as a stack of old sketchbook pages became the spark for a creative experiment. The Scribbler Project was my way of breathing new life into spontaneous doodles and loose sketches—fragments of ideas that once had energy but no direction. Rather than clean them up or redraw them, I built compositions around their raw, unfiltered lines. The goal was to preserve that freehand spirit while shaping something more deliberate. It’s a celebration of instinctive mark-making—unpolished, expressive, and unexpectedly full of design potential.
The Layout
As the project evolved, the real joy emerged in the act of composition—playing with scale, contrast, and rhythm to find balance between chaos and control. Discovering how certain elements clicked together to form a cohesive layout was where things really came to life. Each piece became more than a collage—it became a visual narrative, evoking emotion, memory, or even a bit of humor through arrangement alone.
Same but Different
What started as loose, disconnected scribbles gradually began to reveal unexpected relationships. Lines that once served no purpose started echoing each other, shapes created tension or harmony, and negative space became just as important as the marks themselves. By leaning into instinct and resisting the urge to over-refine, I was able to connect these visual fragments into something cohesive. It wasn’t about perfection—it was about preserving the original spark while giving it context and structure.
As I worked through the compositions, certain themes and characters began to reappear—quirky faces, abstract creatures, oddball expressions that seemed to live somewhere between humor and chaos. While there was a clear visual language forming, I was careful not to repeat myself. The goal was to maintain a throughline without becoming formulaic. Each piece needed to feel like part of the same world, but still hold its own identity. That balance—between consistency and surprise—became a core part of the project’s DNA.
An Ongoing Exploration
The Scribbler Project isn’t bound by deadlines or deliverables—it’s an ongoing exploration with no real end in sight. It picks up whenever the urge strikes to dive back into compositions, to see what new connections or characters might emerge from the pile. It’s a reminder that not all creative work needs to be tied to an outcome—sometimes the process itself is the reward.
