This is a personal project called My Podcast Doodle Series. Each week, I listen to different podcast episodes and draw what I hear. I hit play and let my imagination loose to draw and stop when the episode ends. There is no planning involved other than grabbing a piece of paper and my favorite black pens and I doodle away. This is drawing improv! So much of my role as a creative professional involves lots of creative planning: calculated pixels and pre-mediated scenes—leaving little room for spontaneity. This 'drawing improv' exercise allows me to focus on just the opposite: the lack of planning, living in the moment, and doodling away.
Podcast Doodle #1
Podcast: Invisibilia 
Episode: The New Norm
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #2
Podcast: Embedded 
Episode: The Arctic
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #3
Podcast: Design Matters
Episode: Marian Bantjes
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #4
Podcast: Story Corps
Episode: 471: Changing That Cycle
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #5
Podcast: Invisibilia 
Episode: The Personality Myth
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #6
Podcast: Hidden Brain
Episode: Smoke & Mirrors
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #7
Podcast: Design Matters
Episode: Tobias Frere-Jones
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #8
Podcast: Invisibilia 
Episode: Frame of Reference
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Audio Doodle #9
Show:Weekend Edition 
Story: The Dark Side To The Firefly's Flare
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #10
Podcast: Design Matters
Episode: Tina Roth Eisenberg
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #11
Podcast: Story Corps
Episode: 476: Wild at Heart 
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #15
Podcast: Fresh Air
Episode: Anthony Bourdain
Illustration by Juana Merlo
Podcast Doodle #16
Podcast: How I Built This
Episode: Spanx: Sara Blakely
Illustration by Juana Merlo