Celestial Bodies: the Sun Is a Motif from Early Childhood That May Suggest a Sunny, Childish

Celestial Bodies: The sun is a motif from early childhood that may suggest a sunny, childish disposition. Stars are drawn by ambitious people and may suggest a desire for self-promotion. Little stars indicate optimism, while asymmetrical stars suggest excess energy. Celestial bodies are of course favorites of sci-fi and fantasy fans, and young astronomy buffs. Game Boards and Mazes: Game grids such as Chess, noughts-and- crosses and Nine Men's Morris suggest a competitive nature and desire to win - or a love of the game! Mazes can suggest a feeling of being lost with nowhere to turn, being unsure of which direction one ought to take, or may indicate mental disorganisation. Hearts: You're in lurve... generally, hearts are drawn by people in love, but may also indicate a romantic disposition.

Bars: A pattern of intersecting vertical lines - bars indicate a sense of imprisonment, feeling trapped or powerless. Can also be used by artists as a form of hatching, so losing any symbolic power. Dots: Dots are often regarded as a sign of great unease and a disordered personality. However, carefully drawn dot patterns may be related to game designs (indicating competitiveness), and may be used as in a stippling effect to fill space. Those who enjoy complex stipple drawing are usually intensely orderly to the point of obsession, patient and tend to 'do things the hard way'.

Doodles of Boxes and Perspective Forms: Perspective drawing is quite an advanced stage in artistic development, and is a very satisfying creative outlet – simple 3-D boxes often hark back to our last experience of artistic training (technical drawing in highschool). Internal: 3-D boxes indicate an ordered mind and love of routine. Often drawn by people with a good sense of spatial relationships. A stack of balanced boxes might indicate great stress - especially if the stack is at risk of toppling! External: Artists, designers, and others who use technical drawing or geometry are often interested in three-dimensional drawing and enjoy experimenting with its forms. Drawing these shapes may be motivated by a requirement to experiment with design, or an experience of interesting three- dimensional illusions, such as in an Escher drawing or video clip.

Geometric Shapes: Regular patterns from geometric shapes tend to indicate an organised and efficient mind. Triangles are a geometrically stable shape but also suggest direction and sense of purpose. The triangle has been adopted into various symbol systems, for example, a pink (usually inverted) triangle represents gay pride. The Circle: The circle appears in every culture as an archetypal form representative of the eternal whole. With no ending or beginning, it revolves in an eternal cycle and is linked to the sun-disk and the attendant concepts of the yearly cycle, the moon, and the wheel. In some symbol systems it also represents the universe. The Square: The square represents the formal, mathematical, scientific order of the universe. The square represents earthbound matter, and correspondingly, with its two sides delineating a two-dimensional surface, may symbolize the earth or ground, or a field, especially in eastern pictograms. In Buddhist symbolism the relationship the square within the circle represents the relationship of the human and the divine. Faces: Interpretation partly depends on whether the face represents the self or someone else. The simple face is a motif from early childhood, with a genuine 'smiley' suggesting a happy-go-lucky nature. Beautiful faces are often drawn by girls, some analysts suggesting that these are idealised self-portraits. A beautiful face can also indicate a sociable 'people person'. Conversely, and ugly face can show a dislike of people and a bad temper. Cartoons are artworks rather than doodles. Eyes: Drawings of eyes are practiced a great deal by artists, and may suggest a frustrated artistic talent. They are sometimes regarded as showing a wish to be desirable. A feeling of being watched might be shown by a staring eyes, or especially an eye through a keyhole - you feel your privacy is being invaded. Mouths: Doodles of voluptuous lips might indicate frustrated desire. Frustrated artists also draw features of the face in isolation, as they are often pleasing to draw individually though difficult to fit together correctly.

Where do you position the doodle on the page?

Centre – you’re outgoing but do sometimes need a bit of time out from those around you. Left – you tend to live in the past and can be anxious about others discovering the real you.

Top – you don’t like to follow the crowd. Bottom – you are a practical person, but sometimes prone to feeling blue. At the edges – you’re naturally quiet and don’t like to stand out from the crowd.

What sort of thing do you draw?

Repetitive shapes – like borders and waves are calming. You are careful and patient and like being in control.

Bars and lines – you’re feeling a bit stressed and hemmed in.

Shading – just bored? Perhaps you’re feeling anxious or insecure. Buildings – you’re looking for stability and safety.

Food – you’re hungry! You poor thing, you’re not on a diet are you?

Hearts – either you’re in love or you’re simply romantic.

Animals – mean you want to protect and defend others.

Stars and moons – you’re ambitious and optimistic.

Question marks – signify a difficult decision is on your mind.

Geometric shapes – such as squares, rectangles or triangles show a super- organised brain. You’re efficient and like to plan things out.

Eyes – show curiousity.

Faces – attractive faces show you are friendly and aware of other people’s feelings. Ugly faces mean you’re feeling a bit moody!