英语视频畅谈欧美人文：01 探究Google Doodle 团队幕后工作

The fortunate thing about finding inspiration for Doodles is that we already have a subject matter. For instance, if we were celebrating Saint Patrick's Day, we might look into Irish culture

提出 Google 涂鸦标志的点子其实来自各个地方。它不仅来自涂鸦客们自己，也就是我们，也来自其他在 Google 工作的人员，以及我们来自全世界的使用者们。

I usually start with research, look up reference imagery, and go from there, start sketching, brainstorming ideas.

然后我们试着找出那个建议，并把它当成一个创意习题，用我们能够设法做到、最令人兴奋的方式来解答。

So the inspiration comes from learning about what we are drawing.

我们基本上只是试着要庆祝任何科技相关、又好玩、又有点宅、和具艺术性的事物。

Doodle 4 Google is awesome because it gives kids all across the country the opportunity to take our jobs for a day. This year, in particular, is really cool. I'm really excited about the theme.

我们也有一些我们每年都创作的涂鸦标志。诺，像是万圣节，举例来说，我们知道它每年都会到来，所以我们就可以早早提前开始规划。

The theme is definitely, to me, really just super cool. I mean, my whole life, I've just dreamed about time travel.

关于寻找涂鸦灵感的幸运事是我们已经有个主题。好比说，如果我们在庆祝圣帕特里克节，我们可能就会研究爱尔兰文化。

I would definitely go to see the dinosaurs.

我通常从研究起头、寻找相关图像，并从那里着手，开始画草图、 脑力激盪出点子。

I may go back to the Renaissance, just to see what they were doing.

所以那灵感来自认识我们正在绘制的事物。

I really find, like, the 1930s kind of interesting.

Doodle 4 Google 很了不起，因为这竞赛提供来自全国的孩子一个机会来做一天我们的工作。特别是，今年真的很酷。我对这个主题感到很兴奋

I mean, I have no idea where I would want to go. But to be able to express what you want to do on paper and show that to everybody, that's just really cool.

这主题绝对是--对我来说--真的就是超级酷的。我是说，我一生中，我就梦想过时光旅行。

Okay, I have some advice for young artists: There's no shortcuts.

我肯定会去看恐龙。

I would highly suggest that you draw everyday, and draw what you love.

我可能会回到文艺复兴时期，只是去瞧瞧那时的人在做什么。

I think, above all, you should focus on having fun.

我真的觉得，像是，1930 年代有点有趣。

When you genuinely have fun, it shows.

我是说，我一点也不知道我会想去哪。但能够在纸上传达你想做的事，并把那展示给所有人看，那真的就是非常酷。

You know, last year's winner just drew exactly what he loves. That's, you know, aliens devouring Google letters. And, you know, it wasn't trying to be right. It was just him having fun, and that definitely registered with us.

好的，我有些给年轻艺术家的建议：世上是没有捷径的。

This year, the winning student is Matteo Lopez, from South San Francisco, California.

我会强烈建议你每天画图，并画你所爱的。

I think...well, I cried. Honestly...seriously, if you look at the footage from last year, when Matteo Lopez won, I was having a moment.

我想，最重要的事是，你应该专注在得到乐趣上。

For me, the pinnacle of success, when I was growing up as a young artist, was to actually have my artwork pinned on the chalkboard, and, you know, have it shown in front of the whole class, that to me was...that was it! And for kids now to have their opportunity to have their artwork pinned on the homepage for millions of people to see, you know, that's just awesome.

当你真正获得乐趣时，这会显现出来的。

你知道，去年的赢家就完全只是画出他所爱的事物。那是，你知道，外星人吞下 Google 字母。 然而，你知道，涂鸦不是试着要正确真实。那只是他获得乐趣，而我们绝对理解了