Doodles are usually pretty small in scale, but last night I put one of the most epic settings of all into doodle form.
The sandworm of Arrakis is one of my favorite characters in literature. He’s a McGuffin strong enough to power a galactic empire, he’s a god, he’s public transportation. This particular example is somewhat bemused by his very high concept. His facial expression is a call back to the masterful stick figure comics of Matt Feazell.
One of the challenges of sharing doodles with a wide audience is deciding how much, if any, to fix up the problems before you share. I’m normally a purist– what you see is what’s on the original page when it comes to doodles and the simpler sketchbook drawings. Over correcting can spoil the freshness. But I couldn’t resist making three simple changes to this one, since I was adding a token signature anyway.
Here’s the original scan. Can you find the three corrections?