High school senior Sabrina Brady won first place in online drawing contest, Doodle 4 Google. However, her winning masterpiece, which depicted the day her father came home from military service in Iraq, was met with both criticism and praise.

Utilizing the letters of the name of the corporation, Google, Brady displayed her most treasured memory from age 10, when she reunited with her father after his deployment of 18 months in Iraq.

"When I was 10 years old, my dad came home from war. This was my best day ever," Brady said as the caption of her winning drawing.

Brady, the winner of Doodle 4 Google, Google's annual themed drawing contest, is only 17 years old and attends high school in Sparta, Wisconsin.

On Wednesday, Doodle team leader Ryan Germick announced Brady as the winner and praised her work, saying, "Her creative use of the Google letters to illustrate this heartfelt moment clearly resonated with voters across the country and all of us at Google."

Despite overwhelming support from voters who selected her work as the winning piece, several commentators on Washington Post have been accusing the young artist of plagiarism by saying that the Google Doodle is strikingly similar to past artworks by others.

One individual, with username "Be Realistic" wrote, "This scene has been done before" and said, "it's hardly original."

Another commentator, "Cap'n Sparrow" also agreed by saying, "The more I look at it, it rings a bell from a comic strip or editorial column."

Other commentators, "Citizen_Dave" and "NewBird" also cited similarities between the Google Doodle and the "What took you, daddy?" artwork by Zach Angulo as well as the cartoon, Tintin.

However, a majority of the commentators praised her work and defended the young artist by saying that the winning artwork is not similar enough to warrant the accusation of plagiarism and that the concept of "coming home" has been around for a while.

In the midst of the heated debate regarding plagiarism, there are also supporters who wrote encouraging comments and congratulated the young winner on her success. Numerous commentators called the artwork "amazing" and said they are excited to see Brady's bright future unfold.

Having created a nationally recognized piece of artwork, Brady received a $30,000 college scholarship, a Chromebook computer and a $50,000 technology grant for her school," says Google.

Furthermore, her winning Doodle 4 Google work is displayed proudly on the search engine's front page.

Using her scholarship, Brady is planning to attend the Minneapolis College of Art and Design beginning this Fall semester.

Four other national finalists in the Doodle 4 Google competition also received $5,000 scholarships each from Google.

Reagan Gonsalves from Arizona in first grade, Audrey Zhang from New York state in fourth grade, Maria Iannone from New Jersey in seventh grade, and Joseph Han from Maine in eighth grade were the four national finalists.

Millions of voters from around the country participated in the contest by casting their vote to select their favorite artwork, and the Doodle 4 Google competition attracted 130,000 submissions.

See below for a video about last year's Doodle 4 Google contest.