Google’s Christmas doodle took six months to create

Many folks noticed a rather different doodle on Google’s homepage for two days from December 23^rd. Well, it turns out that the doodle was a little special and took a little more effort from Google’s team. It took Google’s chief doodler, Micheal Lopez, and his team of four artists about six months to finish the whole project, and the doodle’s 17 sections were divided amongst the team. The result was Google’s logo, displayed via interactive holiday portraits from around the globe. The project turned out slightly different from originally planned, as Lopez planned to unveil the logo in sections over three days, but the final decision was to post the entire creation online in one go. Considering that many folks would be too busy on Christmas day to browse the Internet, it was decided that the doodle would run a little earlier, ensuring that more folks would be given a chance to see it.