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Officially calls his drawings “doodles” (oh yeah, I mentioned it above)? -
Has created doodles on holidays, events & celebrations across the world since 2000?
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Favorite doodles are those that celebrate artist’s birthdays?
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Created a logo to celebrate the Mars Rover landing in less than 24 hours?
The Google Doodles creator is a 27-year-old Webmaster, Dennis Hwang (Hwang Jung-moak), whose work is seen by millions every time he publish on the Google homepage. He said: “Before I joined Google, the founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were already thinking about holiday logos. … and when I joined, one of my managers knew I was studying art, and they said I should give it a shot. Since then, I’ve been doing it solo and my career has gone from strength to strength!”
Dennis was born in Knoxville, Tenn., but moved to Gwacheon, Korea when he was about five years old. He spent six years at Gwacheon Elementary School and two years at Munwon Middle School and his childhood life in Korea was the seeds which will be transformed into valuable ideas at later stage. Hwang went back to United States in 1992 when his father received a Fulbright Scholarship to do research.
In terms of letter manipulation, Dennis thinks the “O” and the “L” are the easiest and the first “G” being the most difficult to deal with. The letter “E” somehow couldn’t utilize to its’ max potential due to its’ location. The “O” has become a Halloween pumpkin, a Nobel Prize medal, the Korean flag symbol and the planet earth while The “L” has been used as a flagpole, the Olympic flame cauldron or a snow ski.
# TIP: If you’re of age from 4 to 18 and staying in U.K. you might want to enter the Google’s Doodle Design competition (2007 has yet to be open) here. View the 2006 Winners here.
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January 7th, 2007 by financetwitter
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