Above: a snapshot of my corkboard during the writing of Steal Like An Artist, about to be cleared…

I dread the end of a project. Day after day, you’re working on this big thing, and suddenly, it’s over. Now what?

I’d like to be a chain smoker when it comes to projects: use the end of the last one to light the next.

Unfortunately, I’m just not there yet—I don’t have the discipline or the stamina to jump into the next project right away. I need some idleness, play, and a mini-sabbatical to recharge the batteries.

So, I doodle…

…make collages on my iPad with the Mixel app:

…and make de-signs:

…and slowly gather up the momentum to start the next big project.

The folks at AIGA San Diego (I’ll be speaking at their Y17 conference next March) asked me for a 15-second video of me answering the question, “What drives you?” I will do anything to avoid talking to a camera, so I drew them this:

I’m working on a whole notebook of these for fun while I watch TV. Here’s the first batch.

I took iPhone snapshots of doodles from 3 years worth of notes at my old job:

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Found this tea drawing on my Flickr from about a year ago, but I don’t think I ever posted it here…