This was one of those doodles where three lines in I wanted to toss it, at which point I flipped it upside down and just started to play more with the composition. Then of course it started to get a lot more interesting...
I kept riffing on this idea of flipping my perspective every time I started to get comfortable. Am I looking at the tree on a stage? Outside the window? Silhouetted in front of a mountain range? Are we inside of the houses or outside of the houses? I flipped my perspective so much that the ground dropped away!
Overall, I'm happy with the playful little world that emerged in this doodle and how my eye explores it, tracking colors, shapes, and patterns. It looks like a stage set to me, and I'm curious about the play it's made for; I want to find out who lives in the houses, who the mysterious deer like animal with a dragon back is, and what's important about the little red fruits growing everywhere and the path of light cutting a chasm in the village square.
Hmmm....
Once upon a time, there was a magical village, where each house contained a whole world, not just a room or two. In the town center grew a very special fruit, and If you ate one of the fruits inside another villager's home, you'd live their life for a day. Leaving their front door, you'd find yourself living in the same world but from inside your neighbor's point of view....