77: Google Doodles, Route 66 and the Animated Sketchbook Journey with Matthew Cruickshank

Mike has a productive couple of weeks and is set to appear as a guest on another podcast. Google Art Director Matthew Cruickshank joins the podcast to talk about his latest Google Doodle exploring Route 66. Matthew talks about his early days with Warner Brothers and Disney and how his sketchbook brought him to Google. Make Do podcast Frog and butterfly  Mouse in tulip Butterfly Firefly larva Sea turtle (image, IG reel) Pussy willow Pasque flower ===== Interview Notes ===== Tom and Jerry WALL-E Frank Espinosa Ye Crooked Leg (Matthew’s blog) Mike Dutton Rodin Google Doodle Submit your own ideas via the Google Doodle page Stephen Hawking birthday Doodle Dr Who Doodle Earth day with Jane Goodall Gabriel Garcia Marquez (100 years of solitude) Cintiq Route 66 Video Doodle Route 66 Wikipedia Celebrating Georges Méliès Oscar Grillo  ===== How to reach Matthew Cruickshank ===== Twitter (@MatthewCruicks4) Blog YouTube “Smiles per Gallon” ===== How to reach Mike Hendley ===== MikeHendley.com  Instagram @Mike_Hendley  Twitter @MikeHendley Show notes at DrawingInspiration.fm ===== Support the Podcast ===== Support "Drawing Connections" on Substack Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Share the podcast with friends and family Podcast theme music is “Acid Jazz” By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/