Korean Schoolbook Doodles Make Learning More Fashionable

9 years ago

October 30, 2014 at 5:00 am

Korean Schoolbook Doodles Make Learning More Fashionable

You know how textbook illustrations often look old-fashioned? Time to get out those pens and markers and bring them into the 21st century!

Sometimes the dated illustrations are due to the subject matter or other times they’re because of the age of the book itself. For the past couple of years, students in South Korea have been updating their textbooks with funny doodles — either they have added modern fashion or simply made the images look cuter.

These images have been making the rounds recently on Korean websites (here, here, and here) as well as elsewhere online in Asia. Some of the doodles are from a few years back, so apologies if you’ve seen them. Many of these doodles are done with tongue planted firmly in cheek, knowingly doing send ups of present day Korean fashion and hairdos.