Wow! An 11-year-old kid did today’s Google doodle, which is one brilliant doodle – I jumped when I saw it and then looked for information about it, as one does – I thought it was perhaps a variation on John Tenniel, creator of the brilliant illustrations of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-glass. I was not thinking “probably an 11-year-old kid.”
Credit: Google
The Google one is animated. Audrey Zhang’s is a still.
Yesterday the Handmade Parade in Hebden Bridge, today this. Yay art. Art makes me feel optimistic.
Long Island Now reports on the local genius:
Visit Google’s homepage today and marvel at the intricate and interactive doodle created by an 11-year-old Long Island girl.
An animated version of the drawing that recently won Levittown fifth-grader Audrey Zhang the national 2014 Doodle 4 Google contest went live on the site at midnight Sunday and will be on display throughout Monday.
In an interview Sunday, Audrey, a student at Island Trees Middle School, said she was “excited” to see her masterpiece brought to life, but she wasn’t planning to be awake when it debuted at midnight. She said she would see it when she woke up Monday morning.
Fabulous job, Audrey.
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- says
I love the Google Doodles, they have done lots this year to foreground women scientists and writers.
Maybe they’re also part of the feminist conspiracy
Gregory in Seattle says
That is a beautiful piece, and I like that it is animated. I do wish it were a bit bigger, though.
Trebuchet says
Cue the right wing shrieking that they should have given the prize to an American in 3…2…1….
SallyStrange says
If art makes you optimistic, the this will definitely cheer you up:
http://www.alltogethernowvt.org/seasonal-celebrations/all-species-day
One of my favorite things about living in Vermont.
moarscienceplz says
Kids these days. Don’t they believe in “Suffering for your art”?
😉
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- says
Or having a very valid excuse for completely ignoring your bedtime?
F [i'm not here, i'm gone] says
Stunning. Go Audrey Zhang!
quixote says
It’s a great Doodle artistically and that’s one hell of a talented girl. … But … and I’m ashamed to admit this … I don’t understand it. It’s titled Back to Mother Nature, but that machine/submarine-out-of-water in the center seems to be taken in perfect water and exuding something, who knows what, through a peristaltic tube. And the robotic pup on shore seems to be in the process of gobbling up the landscape? What’s up with that? Can someone clue me in as to what I’m missing? Nature looks like it’s due to be chowdered, which isn’t usually what people mean by “back to Nature.” (Although it is often what they actually do. Maybe that’s what she’s pointing out?)
Ophelia Benson says
Oh, I don’t understand it either, but I love it anyway. Just visual treats. I’m shallow.
Kelseigh says
I never see the doodles for some reason, unless someone calls attention to them. If I go to google.com, all I get is the usual Google Canada logo with no obvious button to go to the doodle at all. You’d think that since I’m using Chrome they’d self-promote stuff like that on it but nope!
Maybe I’m doing something wrong somehow?
Tony! The Fucking Queer Shoop! says
This may shed some light on the doodle:
https://www.google.com/doodles/doodle-4-google-2014-us-winner
There’s a little more background at the link.
Ophelia Benson says
Oh, nice! Thanks Tony.
Kelseigh I don’t know – I’m always surprised to see them because I forget about them between times.
Ophelia Benson says
Gregory @ 2 – you can go to Google and then increase the text size to see it bigger. I just enlarged it to 250 to see the details.
Stacy says
Ain’t that something!? I saw it last night and was blown away.
@Kelseigh, a lot of the doodles are specific to country. But you can find them all here:
http://www.google.com/doodles/#archive
@quixote, I’m not sure, but I think the robotic things with the (angel?) wings are cleaning up. The big one is filtering and pouring out clean water; the little pup-thing is picking up trash (cans)?
@Giliell, yes, they’ve been featuring a much bigger percentage of women this year. I’ve been so glad to see that. They used to be quite androcentric but they’re doing much much better.
quixote says
Tony, and others, thanks for the explanation. The peristalsis is going the other way! Okay, that makes more sense. It sounds like the pro doodlers created that lack of clarity. No cookie for them. It should become a full HD youtube clip so we can see all the wonderful details! 😀