Traveling on the subway in New York City is never fun. Platforms are almost as hot as a furnace, stations are poorly signposted, and cell signal is nearly non-existent. Sure, you can always connect to a Wi-Fi network when you’re coming into a station, but they’re slow at the best of times.
Some people choose to read a good old-fashioned newspaper on their commutes, but many find this difficult as the shaky stop-start motion makes it impossible to follow the multitude of words that are printed on a page.
So what’s left to do when you’re embarking on a long journey to prevent your brain from frying of boredom?
Frequent subway user Ben Rubin has the answer: Sketching. And his particular doodles have gone viral as they innocently depict the different types of people we see during our daily commutes.
It all started when Rubin snapped a picture on the train using his iPad. He then used a third-party application to scribble over the image while traveling from A to B. He enjoyed it so much that he decided to do another. And another. And another. You get the picture.
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Rubin has since been sharing his sketches on his Instagram page where he has accumulated a total following of 42,800. Personally, I can see why. The images are fresh, entertaining and humorous.
We’ve included 10 of Rubin’s best doodles below for you to take a look at:
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Number two’s my favorite. What’s yours?
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