So my last post got me thinking about Google Doodles and how much I really do enjoy seeing a new one, as I use google everyday. Such a small thing really, but so much thought goes into them. Google has a page that has all of the doodles from 1998 to now.

Not surprisingly, my favorites have to do with artists:

Monet

Mucha

Van Gogh

Cezanne



Cassatt



Mondrian

Pollock


But I gotta give love for my Snoopy:

And the old-school gamer in me loves these:

Tetris

Pacman

These two are in the same idea, but clever nonetheless:

Morse Code

Braille

There are a couple of things you can notice when  you peruse the doodles.

1.  There are a lot of doodles with cutesy little cartoon animals
2.  People at google love the Olympics (which is a good thing)

Figure skating!!  Yay!

3.  As the popularity of the doodles has increased, so has the frequency of the doodles and the quality of the doodles. 


For example, here is the Halloween one from 1998:

Note: There is even pixelation around the pumpkins!

To these from 2009 on...

Anniversary of X-rays

Anniversary of Ice Cream Sundaes - love the retro look!

Agatha Christie



Loy Krathong - (Thailand)

 You can really tell there is a lot more design happening when these doodles are created now. Here's the history of the doodle.
Where do I apply to become "Chief Doodler"?! Doesn't that sound like the coolest job evahhh!? I'd love to write that in on my tax forms. Check out these lucky designers. Apparently, there is a fan logo page, but they're pretty gawd awful. Sounds like another personal project for me for the summer! How fun! Maybe I'll get my daughter to design one to submit for the K-12 contest next year.