What is Doodle?

Doodleart by Kerby Rosanes

A doodle is a drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines, generally without ever lifting the drawing device off of the paper, in which case it is usually called a "scribble".

Doodling and scribbling are most often associated with young children and toddlers, because their lack of hand–eye coordination and lower mental development often make it very difficult for any young child to keep their coloring attempts within the line art of the subject. Despite this, it is not uncommon to see such behaviour with adults, in which case it generally is done jovially, out of boredom.

Typical examples of doodling are found in school notebooks, often in the margins, drawn by students daydreaming or losing interest during class. Other common examples of doodling are produced during long telephone conversations if a pen and paper are available.

Popular kinds of doodles include cartoon versions of teachers or companions in a school, famous TV or comic characters, invented fictional beings, landscapes, geometric shapes, patterns and textures.

the first doodle in history?

Doodling has been around since the oldest cave paintings 40,000 years ago. Back in those days, prehistoric men made chicken-like etchings on cave walls to communicate and tell a story (or as some may argue, to perform rituals). Cavemen use stones and sticks to draw abstract patterns, human hands, and wild animals. The earliest of this said drawings were found in France and Spain. After that, around 3200 B.C., the drawings advanced from cave walls to clay tablets. Some rescued tablets from the Mesopotamian societies were said to have the same random images on the edges and sides of the clay pieces.

Now Doodle art is growing, its abstract and has unique characteristics make doodle fans increasing day by day. Even without realizing we are creating doodle works. Stereotypical examples of doodling are found in school notebooks, often in the margins, drawn by students daydreaming or losing interest during class. Other common examples of doodling are produced during long telephone conversations if a pen and paper are available.
Doodle art style has been widely in use as one element in graphic design, you can see billboards for: mobile advertising, TV, etc. which often use these elements. By using elements of doodle art, the messages conveyed in the work seem more friendly, relaxed, and humane.

source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodle

https://www.doodleartsmagazine.com/doodle-handbook-doodle-history/
http://jayce-o.blogspot.com/2012/05/doodle-art-introduction.html