Shouldn't she be paying more attention in class? Student doodles impressive pictures onto her leg during lectures

  • Artist Jody Steel's leg doodles have seen her become an internet star
  • She draws on her own thigh while at college
  • The talented student has already had job offers because of her art

By Aaron Sharp

These pictures show the creative work of a student who used her leg as a canvas while she was bored in class.

After taking snaps of the uncanny caricatures on her phone and posting them online, the visual arts student has been shared widely on the internet.

Since beginning her studies at Emerson university in Massachusetts in 2011, Jody had been diligently working away to create new designs, before washing them off.

A Jody Steel drawing which she drew on her own thigh

Exact match: Jody's portrait of Joseph Gordon Levitt is a dead ringer for the inception star

A Jody Steel drawing on her leg

Thighly rated: This drawing of actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson shows just why Jody's work has got so many fans

A Jody Steel drawing which she has done on her own thigh

Skin shade: Jodie's shading technique is exemplary in this difficult drawing of an elephant

Jody's Steel's drawing of Walter White

Not bad: Jody's drawing of Walter White from US TV series Breaking Bad gained her thousands of views on the internet

But when she started posting pictures of the doodles online, she gained a whole new fanbase.

Among her most well known pictures are freehand drawings of Breaking Bad character Walter White and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.

She has also finished a pen-perfect drawing of Inception star Joseph Gordon Levitt.

Speaking to the Boston Globe, the Florida born artists said: ‘Obviously you always hope your art will be seen, but I wasn’t expecting it to go so big and international'

As her doodled masterpieces went viral, Jody has been asked to do drawing for fans from all over the world.

A Jody Steel drawing which she has done on her own thigh

Lap-cat: The visual art student has already been inundated with requests for her to draw on people, thanks to amazing pictures like this one of a cat

A picture by Jody Steel which she drew on her own leg

Rock star: Jody's drawings of high profile stars such as Radiohead front man Thom Yorke has seen her become an internet celebrity

A picture by Jody Steel which she drew on her own leg

Snap: Jodie began taking pictures of her art on her mobile phone before she was forced to wash it off

A picture by Jody Steel which she drew on her own leg

Freddie fan: Film buff Jody says she would still prefer to go into a career in film, rather than illustration

Her pictures have been viewed on imgur over half a million times and she has a Facebook fan page set up in her honour.

She has also been approached by major companies who want her to work for them.

She said: 'People from all around the world are asking me to either do company designs or logos.

'I don’t know how much I’m allowed to disclose about that. I’ve been signing nondisclosure agreements for some of the bigger companies.'

Picture of Jody Steel

True artist: Jodie, pictured, looks set to become a big name in illustration after she had offers of work from companies

Even Jody's teachers didn't mind her doodling in class, a professor at her college was so impressed with the student's art that she has invited her to illustrate one of her books.

Although the work is rolling in, Jody, who is yet to finish her studies says that the national progression into illustration and even tattoos may not be a road she will go down.

She said a career in film production is still her main ambition, but admitted she will never really let go of her doodling habit.

She said: 'I know I can do better with every piece that I draw I look at it and I'm critical of the line work and shading proportions, but they are what they are.'

As for permanent doodles on her skin, Jody revealed that she already has one tattoo of her own design but said she might think twice about getting another.

She said: 'I had a yin and yang koi fish tattooed on my side. It was from one of my drawings. so there was a lot of detail — and also a lot of pain.'

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she would make an amazing tattoo artist

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She is very talented, I wish I could draw as good as her!

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Rally talented

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Oops! Should really wear my specs

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She is an AMAZING artist!!!!!!!

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the girls got skils

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Wonderful pictures.................If you like these, check out Fay Helfer on line. Incredible.

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Wonderful....................If you like this sort of thing check out Fay Helfer on line........incredible.

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I'd like to see her do a Homeland themed drawing. It would be great to see Damian Lewis on one thigh, Claire Danes on the other and possibly Mandy Patinkin in the middle.

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Pretty amazing.

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Amazing

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