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Noodling

Would you believe me if I told you I can retain information better during meetings if I sketch? Me either. I can say that my adherence to the social code won't allow me to completely space out and get lost in a sketch during a meeting.

This is a doodle. It wasn't my best, most challenging drawing today (I managed to get in a pretty complicated pose and a portrait as well), but it's the first time I've sat down and created something without a reference in a while. I am creatively charged, I just need to direct that energy toward something.

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