When Richie Pope began drawing caricatures at Kings Dominion, he never imagined that years later Google would commission his art. For this Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts graduate, hard work during his artistic journey is paying off.
Pope designed the Google Doodles for Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass that were featured on Google.com in February for Black History Month. Google Doodles are creative design alterations of Google’s logo on its homepage that are reserved for commemorating holidays and other special occasions.
There is a problem-solving aspect that is rewarding to Pope when he draws, “It’s like figuring out a puzzle,” he said. “I also like experimenting from time to time to push my work forward. There’s a bit of searching, in a way.”
Does Pope have any advice for aspiring artists?
“It’s never too late to start drawing,” he said.
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