However, I always try and vary the characters so they at least look slightly different/evolved from drawing to drawing. I also love drawing the alien UFO, the robot, the chicken bird thing, and many other characters. He is frequently hiding within the patterns and characters, waving hello to the audience. Can you walk us through some of your favorite characters or motifs that appear in your drawings? Your work is full of symbols upon symbols. The work is actually still similar today in terms of aesthetics, it’s very cartoony, playful, and humorous, which are aspects I always try to retain within my style. How are they similar or different from your work today? My drawings were all created in pencil when I was between the ages of 0-13, and many of the pieces were huge comics about fictional adventures I'd have with my friends where we would fight aliens. I loved creating imaginary worlds where all my characters would roam around and do fun things in. I also drew big maps and things for planning out my video game levels. So most of my work was full of the same character repeated but drawn in slightly different variations. I used to design characters who I wanted to appear within my own ideas for similar video games and cartoons, so I created drawings of the same character over and over, practicing their eyeballs, facial expressions etc. When I was a kid I was very inspired by video games and cartoons.
You've been doodling since you were a kid. Scroll down to read My Modern Met's exclusive interview and watch him in action. We spoke with Cox about his doodling past, as well as where his drawings are taking him next. When he's done, it's hard to distinguish between different surfaces the doodles cloak everything in 2D drawings and flatten three-dimensional spaces. The black and white line drawings move from the walls and onto the likes of furniture, the floor, and clothing.
This belief has led him to create DoodleLand, a place in which his work invades almost every surface that it comes into contact with.
Now in his early twenties, he describes his long-held practice as “OCD,” aka “obsessive-compulsive drawing.” White space-whether it’s on a page or in a gallery-lends itself to infinite possibilities for his artwork. The artworks are busy and mesmerizing, packed with symbols that you’re likely to get lost in as you marvel at their intricacies.Ĭox has been scribbling since childhood. He's a drawing machine who creates awe-inspiring artworks-and even entire worlds-with his series of clustered characters and shape-driven mark-making. But the man with the moniker is beyond prolific. Doodle, you’d imagine that Sam Cox is prolific with a pen.
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