How is the 12-year-old girl beat the 16,000 people in Google's competition now?

When he was just a 6th grader, Grace Moon had more people watching his artworks in one day than the people who visited the Louvre for a whole year. It was a girl with a special talent and was noticed by Google after the doodle design competition .

She won the design competition Doodle 4 Google in 2008

Back in 2008, when Grace was a 12-year-old girl, Google held a 'Doodle 4 Google' design competition, a competition that allowed everyone to participate with self-designed doodle works. my successor.

And this 12-year-old girl defeated 16,000 other candidates from all over the United States, to win the highest award. Her drawings are also used by Google on her search page that day. In addition, she received a new laptop, two scholarships worth $ 10,000 and $ 25,000 at California Technology School.

Grace Moon, Google's award-winning girl at 12 years old.

Since that day, Grace's life has changed. 7 years later, she became a famous designer and illustrator. The freshman now still remembers the moment she was shocked and surprised when she received a notice from Google and an invitation to the company's headquarters.

'They called my name and I walked on stage, but then when I returned to the hotel room I had to review it on TV, because I still couldn't believe it was true' , Grace laughed and continued 'It took me a long time to accept the fact that I won'.

And this is Grace's doodle drawing, which won the top prize of the competition with the theme 'What if?' by Google.

Grace's award-winning work.

Grace said that Google's selection of her artwork to show before 100 million people made the girl change her belief in her artistic ability: 'I've had a very fear of failure before. great when composing works of art. But it made me realize that I could absolutely do it. '

The young girl boldly took part in more competitions and there were some competitions she won, including a contest where her work was appreciated and hung in the White House.

However, after that Grace did not decide to go to college at an art school, but she applied to the architecture department of Seoul National University. For Grace, the pursuit of artistic passion does not have to be done inside the school.

Another artwork of Grace.

'The most important thing for an artist or writer is to keep the flame of passion always burning inside yourself. It doesn't matter who you are or what you have, just believe in yourself. '

Grace continues to compose art by illustrating, this young girl has published quite a lot of photo books for children and received a lot of positive reviews.

Also during this time, Grace is watching the 2015 Doodle 4 Google design competition to see who will be the winner. This year's competition was organized by Google with the theme 'What makes me . me' and the special point is that contestants can create in any form and any kind of material.