Re: NetBSD Mascot Proposal

Nikolay Kalev <[email protected]> Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:11:48 +0200
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Hi,

@Alan, skets 1 and 3 look awesome and support the spirit of NetBSD.

@Jay, I personally like names Netty and Nettie sounds better.

Regards,
Nikolay


On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:51 AM Jay Patel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nice concepts alan@
>
> Matthias@'s idea about Trex is good.
>
> Mike@ well "Net" is represented better in names I suggested in first mail
> rather than in character itself :) and it will be difficult to show all
> strength of NetBSD into Mascot.
>
> Also things to consider for mascot is how toys, stickers and all looks
> like.
>
> Regards,
> Jay
>
> On Sun, 24 Jan, 2021, 11:52 pm Alan Messias, <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Below you can find 3 different skets. If you guys like one of them We ca=
n
>> focus on developing the ideia. What do you think?
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>>
>> [image: image.png]
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>> [image: image.png]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 09:19, Matthias Petermann <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Am 22.01.2021 um 14:45 schrieb Jay Patel:
>>> > Thanks for everyone's inputs.
>>> >
>>> > Alan@ well expression was just for character design we can always
>>> change
>>> > that as we want but different reactions can give us better idea of ho=
w
>>> > character looks like :P
>>> >
>>> > I can also try contact other artists  if we want to get other
>>> character
>>> > ideas designed :) or if anyone have contacts we can ask them also :D
>>> >
>>> > Also any of those three names for character suitable ?
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> >
>>> > Jay
>>>
>>> In one of the previous posts the reference of NetBSD to the dinosaur wa=
s
>>> made. Even if this is only one side of the coin from the point of view
>>> of a sustainable future, one could interpret that NetBSD is the only or
>>> most mature system that still runs on the old dinosaurs, and also on
>>> modern hardware. Recently my son (a big fan of the "real" dinosaurs)
>>> pointed out to me that the ostrich is probably the closest relative of
>>> the T-REX that is still alive today. Maybe we could bridge the gap from
>>> the Cretaceous period to modern times with the mascot in this way :-)
>>>
>>> The designs shown so far are all excellent in terms of craftsmanship - =
I
>>> think if we manage to reflect the identity of NetBSD in the mascot,
>>> something really great could come out of it.
>>>
>>> Many greetings
>>> Matthias
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Atenciosamente,
>> Alan M C Lacerda
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