Jul 04, 2015
Fourth of July 2015
This Doodle’s Key Themes
Some of the best things that America stands for are our simple and timeless traditions. Our national pastime. Our delight in apple pie. Our pioneering spirit. Our appreciation of grilling done right, and the freedom to do it wrong: halfway raw or charred to bits—it's your choice!
When creating this Doodle, early on I decided to focus on the classic, folding, aluminum, lawn chair. These chairs are often part of many 4th of July events—whether at a backyard barbecue, along a parade route or at an outdoor concert and fireworks show.
You can see an early, quick color sketch (below) where I just had the chairs. In some ways, I prefer this simpler composition.
I spent a lot of my summers sitting on a lawn chair with my neighbors, friends and family. We used to get together every 4th of July for a big neighborhood block party. When we would get up, the neighborhood pets would often steal our seats. Especially if there were any tantalizing crumbs left behind. (There usually were!)
Posted by Brian Kaas, Doodler
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