Dennis Hwang, aka Hwang Jeong-mok, is probably the most famous unknown artist in the world. He started as an intern at Google in the summer of 2000. At the time, he was a Stanford undergrad majoring in art and computer science. When founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin found out he was an art major, they tapped him to do his first doodle. (Bastille Day, July 14, 2000 – see above). He’s been making whimsical logos for Google’s homepage ever since.

While the doodles are only a small part of his actual job, Hwang’s favorite doodles are the birthday series honoring Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and other famous artists. You can see list of past logos here. BTW, next time try clicking on the Google Doodle, the doodled logos link to Google search results about that topic.

Here’s Dennis Hwang showing you how a Google Doodle is made

Here’s some example of Google Doodles over the years

Earlier this year K-12 students were invited to Doodle 4 Google. The winner was Grace Moon with a doodle entitle “Up in the Clouds”.