The Art of Google Doodles

Google Doodles have become an online art extravaganza. The search engine's logo commemorate holidays, artists' birthdays, and other random events that the company deems important.

The artists painting on digital canvases are producing works of art that will be viewed by millions, but disappear in just 24 hours.

Meet some of the best Google Doodles :)

Oct 09, 2010 John Lennon's 70th Birthday. Courtesy of Yoko Ono Lennon/Bag One Arts, Inc. - (Global)




Google celebrates the 70th anniversary of John Lennon's birthday with this short animated video for John Lennon's "Imagine".

Apr 16, 2011 122nd Birthday of Charlie Chaplin - (Global)




The Google Doodle team stars in an homage to the silent film era's greatest star Charlie Chaplin's 122nd birthday.

Jun 09, 2011 Les Paul's 96th Birthday (Global)




In order to celebrate the 96th birthday of the original guitar hero, Les Paul, Google has created a doodle that you can actually strum. Some talented people have begun to post their Google Doodle Dandies onto YouTube in search of international acclaim. Here is one of the example :)

Oct 12, 2011 Art Clokey's 90th Birthday - (Global)




Google honors Art Clokey with a "Gumby"-Doodle on the homepage. Art Clokey was a pioneer in the stop motion clay animation.

May 11, 2011 Martha Graham's 117th Birthday. Animated by Ryan Woodward, choreographed by Janet Eilber, and danced by Blakeley White-McGuire. - (Global)




This Google doodle is to commemorate the modern dance pioneer Martha Graham (May 11,1894 –April 1, 1991) 117 anniversary of the birth, she was the U.S. dancer and choreographer, and also one of the founders of the modern dance.

Sep 05, 2011 Freddie Mercury's 65th Birthday - (Global)




A Google doodle tribute to artist, performer, and pioneer Freddie Mercury for his 65th birthday in celebration of Freddie for a Day.

And other Google montage :)

Jul 20, 2010 Nam June Paik - (Korea)



Feb 11, 2011 Thomas Edison's Birthday - (Global)



Oct 02, 2009 Brazil Wins 2016 Olympics - (Brazil)



Nov 02, 2009 Loy Krathong - (Thailand)



Jan 10, 2011 Coming of Age Day - (Japan)



Below logos are quite special.. Click the image to see the animation :)

May 21, 2010 PAC-MAN's 30th Anniversary Doodle - PAC-MAN™ & ©1980 NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. - Global



Click the image to play Pac-Man :D

Feb 08, 2011 Jules Verne's 183rd Birthday - HD - (Global)



On the right of the logo there is a lever that when pulled sees the Nautilus dive. In order to keep diving you have to keep pulling on the lever, let go and it starts to float back to the surface. You also have horizontal controls allowing you to look left and right too. Click the image to see the animation :)

Apr 22, 2011 Earth Day - (Global)



There are at least 9 different animated animals hidden in the logo. Click the image, move your cursor to the image.. Can you find them all?

May 01, 2011 160th Anniversary of the first World's Fair - (Global)



Scrolling over the logo brings up a magnifying glass of sorts which lets you take a closer look at the image. Scrolling over the train makes the whistle blow, scrolling over the clock shows you the inner workings of its cogs, scrolling over the fountain shows it spouting water, and scrolling over the dress in a window shows it spinning around.

Check for more: http://www.google.com/logos/index.html