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Two doodles in one: Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White

Posted on June 29, 2016 by

On March 19, I spent the day with Sean McShane to shoot a segment for Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet. I wanted to doodle something truly magical for the Daily Planet segment, so I was delighted to find – as I … Continue reading →

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“It’s all connected” • A doodle for the CAO

Posted on May 10, 2016 by

For the past few days, I’ve been cycling about in the nation’s capital – Ottawa, Canada – creating a doodle on behalf of the Canadian Association of Optometrists, or CAO. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, the doodle underscores a key … Continue reading →

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Great big seahorse

Posted on April 24, 2016 by

This huge Hippocampus, which I doodled nine days ago, isn’t so much a lesson in marine biology as it is a lesson in paying attention while you’re GPS-doodling. I’d actually set out to do my seahorse doodle a day earlier, but I … Continue reading →

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GPS Doodling Shenanigans with Shaw TV

Posted on March 26, 2016 by

On March 3, I spent a sunshiny and fun-filled afternoon with Shaw TV‘s Lisa Pysmenny, who put together a fantastic four-minute segment that aired yesterday. Have a look: To commemorate the occasion, I doodled the words from the program’s logo … Continue reading →

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A uniquely corny unicorn

Posted on February 23, 2016 by

Today’s doodle, a rather serious-looking* unicorn, required 51.9 kilometres (32.2 miles) of cycling – 44.6 km (27.7 mi) for the head and mane (which followed roads, pathways and parking lots the entire way) and an additional 7.3 km (4.5 mi) … Continue reading →

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Garmina the giraffe’s first birthday

Posted on February 22, 2016 by

Happy first birthday to Garmina, the GPS doodles giraffe! Continue reading →

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The GPS Doodles story on CBS Evening News

Posted on February 21, 2016 by

Contessa Brewer interviews Victoria’s GPS Doodler on CBS Evening News • February 20, 2016

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A simple bunny to make two simple points

Posted on February 19, 2016 by

Those points being: (1) A city map is full of inspirations and (2) GPS doodling doesn’t have to be difficult! When I spoke at TEDxVictoria in November 2015, one of my main messages was that GPS doodling is a fun and … Continue reading →

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A Creative Spin: Pedaling My Art

Posted on February 19, 2016 by

The GPS Doodler at TEDxVictoria • November 2015

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A fond farewell to a big year on the bike

Posted on December 31, 2015 by

While “So long 2015” is, on the one hand, a warm farewell to the year that was, it’s also an apt descriptor for my year on the bike. All told, I tallied 22,300 kilometres (13,857 miles) of cycling in 2015 (about … Continue reading →

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