Google Doodles Art Clokey Quotes

about the creation of Art Clokey's 90th Birthday Doodle and discover the story behind the unique artwork. Art Clokey's 90th Birthday - GoogleArt Clokey's 90th Birthday. Art Clokey Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 - January 8, 2010), born Arthur C.

Farrington, was a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation. He is best known for his animated television character Gumby. Art Clokey's 90th Birthday Date Shown: October 12th, 2011 Location Shown: Global Occasion: Birthday Doodler: Multiple People.

Google 's latest doodle illustration featured a brightly colored interactive tribute to artist Arthur "Art" Clokey, who would have turned 90 on October 12. In place of the company's logo, red, yellow, blue and green balls of clay bounced around and sprang to life at the click of a mouse, in an homage to Gumby, Clokey's best known animated character. Thursday, October 13, 2011 Google Doodle ~ Art Clokey's 90th Birthday Yesterday (Wednesday, 2011 Oct 12) Google had an interesting interactive-animation.

All you had to do was click on the ' colorful looking clay balls ' and watch. You can click on all of them at the same time for more action. Art Clokey died at the age of 88 on January 8, 2010.

Wednesday's Google Doodle features some of Art Clokey's most famous characters including Gumby (the original clayboy), Pokey (Gumby's best friend and sidekick), the Blockheads ('J' and 'G' - the mischievous troublemakers), Tara (Gumby's girlfriend) and Prickle (Gumby's good friend). Clay-animater and visionary, Art Clokey, would have been 90 years old today. Google Doodle is celebrating the day with an interactive doodle you don't want to miss.

Go ahead take a look you know you want to. Oh, the things we kids of the 50s and 60s dreamed we could do. Would we ever send a man to the moon? Gumby made it seem possible.

A preliminary sketch for Art Clokey's doodle. Art Clokey, creator of The Gumby Show, led an incredibly fascinating life. A pioneer of animation, he worked with clay to create dynamic stop.