Doodles - Mr. Lucky and the other guy

Often before I work I like to do some doodles, just to loosen up my fingers and noggin. I've been finding I'm really digging the doodles. I've been trying to improve at certain aspects of my craft, so some of my recent self-directed projects are less like fun and more like work - frustrating, frustrating work - while the doodles are just play. Below are a couple of the recent ones.