Google - Bastille Day 2014 lyrics

Illustrated by guest artist, Julie Adore. Below are Julie's thoughts on creating this year's Bastille Day doodle: Who am I? I come from Russia, but I am French at heart. I am a designer and my speciality is the crochet technique. I love France and Paris. I think blue, red and white are very chic and a timeless combination of colours. What Bastille Day means for me Bastille Day is, above all, a great celebration; tricolored flags, amazing fireworks close to the Eiffel tower and a lot of dancing in fire stations. (“Bal des pompiers” is how we call it.) Doodle idea Although I found the idea of drawing attractive, I decided without hesitation to make the doodle using yarn and crochet. I imagined the letter 'L' to be a smiling Eiffel Tower. I found some inspiration from the stuffed Eiffel towers you can find in tourist shops around the monument. The fireworks and pompoms take on the colours of the French flags. For the letter 'O' I chose the “Cocarde,” a very graphic symbol of France and Bastille Day. To make a unified doodle, I also chose to sew the letters with blue, white and red threads. I thought with the GIF animation I could reproduce the atmosphere of celebration and fireworks.