Watch Mr Doodle create huge new artwork in Sheffield city centre

The Star, Sheffield

The artist, who started off selling his work for £1 but whose pieces now fetch up to $1m, talks about his latest creation, the Doodle Dome, on Tudor Square

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00:00If you go through this pit, there is a very pretty sight down there, just if you go through

00:10and then on the right you can see it.

00:14In Tudor Square and I've been doodling all over this big doodle dome.

00:30It's a fun thing for me because I love drawing on clear material, whether it be Perspex or

00:36glass and the pen works really smoothly on it and it's great to be in Sheffield and doing

00:40this in my home country.

00:44It's a real fun thing.

00:45I've always had this dream to do things like this with glass boxes or domes and things

00:50and trap myself inside a world of doodles.

00:53And what's the reaction been so far?

00:55I think people have liked it.

00:57Some people have been taking photos and stuff and looking through and watching me draw and

01:02met some people who are familiar with my work and signed some things and stuff.

01:07Yeah, it's been really nice to be here.

01:09It's been fun.

01:10Yeah, I've really enjoyed it so far.

01:12And can you share a little bit about your background?

01:14Because I understand you started off selling works on the street for as little as a pound

01:18and now you've had works going for hundreds of thousands of pounds.

01:23Yeah, sure.

01:24So I started by kind of drawing little A4 drawings and then taking them out into the

01:30street and trying to trade them for food and drinks and things.

01:34And then over time the drawings kind of began to become a bit worth more because my work

01:40was getting more noticed by people taking videos and stuff like that.

01:44And that's kind of led to where I am today.

01:46And that whole kind of process has been kind of captured in the documentary that I'm in

01:51that's showing here at Sheffield Dog Fest.

01:53So I'm really excited to show that to people.

01:55Cool.

01:56And can you just tell me finally a little bit more about the creative process?

01:59Yeah, sure.

02:01So when I create these things I just kind of draw shapes.

02:05I draw little like circles, squares and they kind of develop into these characters.

02:09They're not really meant to be anything in particular most of the time.

02:13So like things like this, it kind of looks a bit like a human but it's also more of just

02:18a made up kind of creature.

02:20And it's not really saying anything.

02:22It's just doodles to make myself pleased really.

02:26It's very simple and it's a simple process.

02:30Sometimes it looks more complicated than it is but really it's just kind of me satisfying

02:35an itch to draw really.

02:38Thanks very much.

02:39Thank you.

02:59Thank you.

03:29Thank you.

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