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Enter Google's Doodles Competition
By Cynthia Kirkeby
Feb 3, 2009, 12:43 PST
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Google is sponsoring a very cool competition for K-12 art students (age 5-18) called Doodle 4 Google. They've split the competition into 4 sections: 1st- 3rd grade, 4th - 6th grade, 7th- 9th grade, and 10th - 12th grade. each of the divisions will compete against other students in their grade category in state, regional, and then national competitions. At stake? A 15,000 college scholarship.
If you're a Google user, then you are familiar with the Google Doodles they run for holidays, and birthdays of famous people. For this competition, they are focusing on the theme: What I wish for the world. Perhaps you wish for health care for everyone that needs it, or acceptance for everyone regardless of who they are, or a college education for everyone who wants to go. This is your chance to turn your wish into a Google doodle that everyone may get to see.
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| Google Doodle for Van Gogh's Birthday |
Someone from your school has to register so that you can enter, but it's very easy to do. Just have a teacher or someone from your school fill in this form by 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on March 17, 2009. Then you will have until 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on March 31, 200 to send in your entry. And yes, you can enter if you are homeschooled, just have your mom or dad follow the directions.
So, your job is to come up with a wish for the world, and then to do a Google doodle that represents that wish. You will need the Google logo to get started. They have it available in PDF format and in gif format.
Here are the Doodle 4 Google Basics
- The doodle should be presented on a white, landscape sheet of 8.5 x 11 inch paper.
- You can download the Google logo template (see above)
- The winning doodle will be displayed on the Google.com homepage, so the Google logo should be clearly visible and recognizable.
- The doodle can be in pencil, crayons, felt tip or paint, or can be done using computer drawing or design software.
- Unfortunately, they can't accept entries which use additional materials to create 3D effects.
- Be inspired by Dennis Hwang, Google's original doodler - but don't recreate his designs. Your designs MUST be original.
- Here are the full Doodle 4 Google rules
Your Doodle 4 Google can be simple like this one for Hitchcock's Birthday.
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| Google Doodle for Hitchcock's Birthday |
Or you can get more complicated, like this one for New Years
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| Google Doodle for New Years |
Or you can even get into high-end illustration, if you like, as this one does for Halloween
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| Google Doodle for Halloween |
Just make sure that you can still tell that it's the Google logo. You can enter more than once, so you can do more than one Google doodle for one idea, or more than one idea. They will be picking out the top 400 designs to start.
Good luck on the competition and have fun!
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