Notes, Notings, and Common Refrains

Over the past few years, at least, whenever my brain lacks enough energy to on Doing Something, I've gotten into the habit of filling up the hours before bedtime with repetitive online games -- mainly match 3 type games. I won't call them "mindless" or "meaningless," because they do have a value, and I've gotten to a point where I feel stuck in them.

So, this year, I've resolved to -- at least for some of those hours -- do some form of doodling, instead.

This is my first completed result:

[Image Description: Ballpoint pen drawing of a goat silhouette, with a single straight horn on her brow, a long tail with an elaborate plume, and short, curly, mane added on to make a unicorn.

The silhouette is filled in with elaborate doodles of spirals, dots, hearts, and hatch marks.

The field is a bright gold-yellow. Description ends.]

It's not entirely analog, since I first found a silhouette .gif of a goat doe online, altered it in MS Paint, and printed it out before tracing it and filling it in. But it did get me away from "Bejeweled" for awhile.

I chose a goat rather than a horse, because, deep in the recesses of my heart, I believe the mythical unicorns have a basis -- or several, overlapping, bases -- in reality. And the sturdiest foundation is with the Even-Toed Ungulates. And I love goats. And I wanted to see if I could make something that could convince a "rainbows and glittery poop unicorn" enthusiast that goats can be magical and graceful, too.