It’s Google Doodle Time: Our Geeky Favorites

By Allie Townsend | @Allie_Townsend | May 20, 2010 | +

I just can’t get enough of these.

Google’s annual Doodle 4 Google contest is upon us, with this year’s them set as “If I could do anything I would…” and we were happy to see so many aspiring nerds among us. (Chemists! Comic artists! Time travelers!) Google received more than 33,000 entries from students in grades K-12 from 20,000 different schools and has since narrowed down the entries to the top 40 via a panel of judges that includes the likes of DC’s Jim Lee, Disney’s Andy Harkness and Pixar’s Bob Pauley.

(More on Techland: Brick Artist Nathan Sawaya Combines Legos & Fine Art)

Check out a gallery of our geeky favorites below, and make sure you cast your vote here by May 25 at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET). The winning doodle will appear on Google.com on May 27.

Related Topics: art, Google Doodle, internet, nerdy child, Gaming & Culture, Google

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