The Level Series: The Fine-Art Doodle.

I think the best series are those you don't really intend to start. They arise organically when you naturally find something new to explore. It's not that you have multiple takes on one idea, it's that one idea spawns the ability to riff almost endlessly.

I've done hundreds of small-scale landscape drawings, each a meandering discovery as one mark leads to the next. It's my go-to when I want to make something, but don't want to START something big. I usually refer to it as doodling, much like I would have during grade-school (all school really) but with a fine-art flair. 

While Level I started as just another relaxing doodle, I felt some potential growing throughout the process. Perhaps it was the bright background, the subtle gradients, the rounded forms; probably a mixture of it all...but these felt a bit more refined and focused. I quickly started a second and third, and the dreams of large-scale world-building took over. 

I could imagine soaring over the hills, valleys, rivers lakes and mountain ranges; overlooking villages, barriers; travelling beyond oceans, underground, even through space...On a small scale the Level series reminds me of snapshots of video-game worlds waiting to be explored. On a large scale I feel like we can step into that world and become enveloped in energy, color, and wonder. 

The Level series is just getting started but I've got some big plans and high hopes for what could be another ongoing and exciting series. And don't forget to keep doodling...you never know where it'll take you.