Re: Use new Konqi mascot

On Friday, May 24, 2013 20:25:13 Sune Vuorela wrote:
> I *love* the current konqi

Me too :) at least the concept .. the artwork is good but it isn't touched by 
picasso's brush, so to speak.

> and it is a well known mascot.

Among the geek community who follows KDE ... which is important, but not in 
the way I think you might be alluding to here.

It's important because it means something to us.

It's not important because the world at large knows it and buys into it.

> We have something well known and we should keep it. And Tomaz can keep
> his giant konqi outfit. And I can keep konqi plush toy who has attended
> several Akademies.

Have you ever seen David Faure's KDE 2 t-shirt? It's a collector's item for 
sure. He treasures it and wears it to every Akademy. This will be the same 
thing. These things will not get lost, they'll remain cherished and I'm sure 
we'll continue seeing them for a good long time.
 
> If the mascot start to be a replacable thing, I'm not sure we can get it
> as famous and 'out there'.

I'm not sure the current Konqi is as famous and out there as you're suggesting 
.. that said, I understand what you mean. The current Konqi was there from 2.x 
and has morphed only slightly over time. It hasn't remained exactly the same:

	http://www.kde.org/screenshots/images/large/kde2b3_5.png


But it has remained mostly in place.

I don't think we ought to be changing the mascot images every few years, but 
the 5.x releases may be a good opportunity to communicate "refreshed" 
including in the mascots. It does mean we'll be committing to whatever the new 
images are for a good, long while. 10 years is probably a decent goal to think 
about. That means the images need to be able to last.

Konqi as it is right now is, to be frank, a good but not a great mascot in 
design. It's not bad by ANY means, but most of the goodness is simply because 
we've had him around so long. :) So the new imagery doesn't have a huge hurdle 
to clear .. but it does have to meet minimal standards. I trust the artists in 
our community to understand that better than most of us hackers will ..

> If it becomes replacable, why would anyone
> start making konqi plush toys? Large konqi outfits? <other merchandise>
> When will the next new mascot come?

Se above. :)

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo


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