Psychology: The Meaning Behind Your Doodles
Boxes: desire to be constructive (synonyms: helpful, effective, practical, useful, positive)
3-D Boxes: ability to see all sides of an issue
Triangles: one whoâs mind is logical/rational, desire to see things come to a head
Arrows: feelings of ambition, drive, motivation
Aimless lines that form no shape or go in all directions: feeling undirected, without structure/purpose, irritated, frustrated
Stars: feelings of hopelessness, looking forward or up to things, and optimism
Circles: feeling passive rather than aggressive, circles are associated with sociable, talkative, and friendly, desire to be flexible and loving
Hearts: one who has love on their mind in most cases (obviously)
Flowers: flowers represent the feminine side of ourselves, a desire to see growth, nature, and reproduction
Several Flowers in Order: desire to see sense of family/togetherness
Food: need for love, desire to be filled up, of course it might indicate hunger/thirst
Animals: one who is sensitive to living creatures, the type of animal is a great deal about the mood of the doodler and often the type that the person wants to be (ex: tiger means desire to be courageous, snake means sneaky),Â
Small Animals: slowness, lack of self-confidence, more introverted tendencies
Aggressive Animals: feeling assertive (synonyms: agressive, confident, demanding, leader, strong-willed)
Fun-loving Animals: one who is playful
Animals that move quickly: desire to get away quickly
Transportation Methods: -Doodles of cars, trains, boats, wagons, busesâŚetc., means desire to get away quickly or to reach a goal, often people who are bored with their jobs draw these
Houses: a warm inviting house is when one is happy with his homelife, a hazardous house is when one has negative feelings towards it
Tree: a tree represents our egos and our ambitions. A healthy tree (large, robust, strong, balanced, full, alive) indicates love, sex, children together. bare, droopy branches indicates depression, lack of fighting spirit.
People:
Not Drawing Hands: the feeling of not being able to do things
Not Drawing Feet: feeling of not belonging anywhere, as if you have no roots
Face: missing parts of the face is one who feels not whole, faceless, and feeling lack
Only Drawing the Profile (side of the face): one who doesnât like the way they look, or feeling like you canât draw well
Only drawing eyes: feelings of suspicion, cautious, careful, as if you need to have eyes on all parts of your head
Ears Only: feeling that you have to listen too much from someone
People who shade: are sensual (desire to please/excite your senses)
People who shade in existing letters: unexpressed sensuality, feeling like setting limits to oneself, not feeling adventurous/creative at the moment
Doodling on oneâs body and/or getting tattoos: not wanting to be mainstream; needing to flaunt oneâs individuality, if itâs overdone - it indicates desire to self-destruct
Doodle on buildings (walls), books, schoolworkâŚetc: antisocial feelings and behavior, desperate need to be seen and heard
Constantly doodling the same image over & over: feeling like one has no artistic talent
Doodling on whatever paper happens to be around: are people who get bored easily
People who like to doodle in their spare time: usually indicates artistic ability, otherwise -one who thinks that they have artistic ability
People who rarely/never doodle: usually express themselves through words rather than images
Source: âHandwriting Analysis; Putting It To Work For Youâ By Andrea McNicole

























