From a young age, Cox developed a passion for drawing, doodling all over schoolbooks, bedroom walls, furniture, and, later, the walls of local restaurants and schools. Go on, what did you doodle during this conversation? Nothing special: some light cross-hatching, a few flowers and an army of angry bunnies marching towards the Conservative party conference at Birmingham and West Midlands convention centre.ĭo say: “Doodling reduces stress and improves short-term memory.”ĭon’t say: “Nine hundred litres of white emulsion, please.Sam Cox, known by his pseudonym Mr Doodle, was born in Kent in 1994. Leonardo da Vinci seems to have reached an early understanding of the laws of friction through doodling, and Jimi Hendrix came up with his first album design and title on a Brussels pub beermat. Is this even doodling though? Isn’t doodling what you do while you’re supposed to be doing something else? Yes, but often doodles are where real breakthroughs happen. There is more danger of people trying to take chunks away. And in this economy! Unlikely: a four-metre Mr Doodle canvas sold for just under $1m in 2020. I bet he’s absolutely tanked his house value. I didn’t listen,” Cox told the Sunday Times. “They told me, whatever you do, please don’t doodle. The former owners won’t be thrilled, though. Note they do not actually live in the house yet, but plan to move in soon.Īnd what do the neighbours think? They haven’t complained, apparently. She is also an artist and says she finds it calming.Ĭalming like a blow to the head, maybe. Does he have a partner? Surely no one else could live in this? He does, actually, and he’s even doodled her Tesla.

They are themed by room: ocean for the bathroom, dreams for the bedroom, and heaven and hell for the staircase.ĭear God, it’s like stepping inside a migraine.

Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAĪnd what did he doodle? West favours Keith Haring-like, densely graphic, black-on-white motifs.

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