Re: NetBSD Mascot Proposal

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Bartek@ okay i will try to get more poses and simplified.

Kamil@ inspired by maya@'s squirrel pic one example if animal mascot
required

https://app.box.com/s/m4dhpgihuu7jmizo01yn2qkzj3cx1qeg

Thanks,
Jay

On Sun, 14 Feb, 2021, 7:59 pm Bartek Krawczyk, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> W dniu 12.02.2021 o 22:37, A Dog pisze:
> > On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 01:12:38AM PST, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
> >> Can we avoid the appearance of a monster, devil or an alien?
> >>
> >
> > Or an insectoid.  There are people who are capable of finding bugs cute,
> but
> > many others have a visceral repulsion to anything with an exoskeleton.
> >
> > I'm just trying to compare these proposals to the existing OS mascots
> that
> > are out there:  Puffy (cute li'l pufferfish), Beastie (cute li'l
> "daemon"),
> > Tux (cute[1] li'l penguin), whatever the Minix raccoon is called... do I
> see
> > a pattern here?
> >
> > And then we have this thing that looks like a robot bug devil.  Beastie
> may
> > look like a devil too, but at least he's a *cute* devil...
> >
> > [1] Until you notice his resemblance to Homer Simpson.
> >
>
> I second that. I'm no artist myself however initial suggestions by Jay
> Patel are more in line with current trends and what people like in general.
> In my opinion the logo should be cute, fun, not too serious. Like
> Golang's gopher perhaps?
>
> This suggestion: https://app.box.com/s/hp7ie5430jiwz5r3xxmju7voxbjfuj2l
> shows a good example for me. NetBSD's colours, he's a runner (reference
> to "of course it runs NetBSD". It's too detailed, though - Jay, can it
> be simplified a bit? Try some other poses with open eyes?
> It's in the right direction imho.
>
> Regards
> --
> Bartek Krawczyk
>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div>Bartek@ okay i will try to get more poses and simpli=
fied.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Kamil@ inspired by=
 maya@&#39;s squirrel pic one example if animal mascot required</div><div d=
ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><a href=3D"https://app.box.com/s/m4=
dhpgihuu7jmizo01yn2qkzj3cx1qeg">https://app.box.com/s/m4dhpgihuu7jmizo01yn2=
qkzj3cx1qeg</a><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Than=
ks,</div><div dir=3D"auto">Jay</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote" dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, 14 Feb=
, 2021, 7:59 pm Bartek Krawczyk, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bbartlomiej.mail@gma=
il.com">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;pad=
ding-left:1ex">W dniu 12.02.2021 o=C2=A022:37, A Dog pisze:<br>
&gt; On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 01:12:38AM PST, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; Can we avoid the appearance of a monster, devil or an alien?<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Or an insectoid.=C2=A0 There are people who are capable of finding bug=
s cute, but<br>
&gt; many others have a visceral repulsion to anything with an exoskeleton.=
<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I&#39;m just trying to compare these proposals to the existing OS masc=
ots that<br>
&gt; are out there:=C2=A0 Puffy (cute li&#39;l pufferfish), Beastie (cute l=
i&#39;l &quot;daemon&quot;),<br>
&gt; Tux (cute[1] li&#39;l penguin), whatever the Minix raccoon is called..=
. do I see<br>
&gt; a pattern here?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; And then we have this thing that looks like a robot bug devil.=C2=A0 B=
eastie may<br>
&gt; look like a devil too, but at least he&#39;s a *cute* devil...<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; [1] Until you notice his resemblance to Homer Simpson.<br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
I second that. I&#39;m no artist myself however initial suggestions by Jay =
<br>
Patel are more in line with current trends and what people like in general.=
<br>
In my opinion the logo should be cute, fun, not too serious. Like <br>
Golang&#39;s gopher perhaps?<br>
<br>
This suggestion: <a href=3D"https://app.box.com/s/hp7ie5430jiwz5r3xxmju7vox=
bjfuj2l" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://app.box.co=
m/s/hp7ie5430jiwz5r3xxmju7voxbjfuj2l</a><br>
shows a good example for me. NetBSD&#39;s colours, he&#39;s a runner (refer=
ence <br>
to &quot;of course it runs NetBSD&quot;. It&#39;s too detailed, though - Ja=
y, can it <br>
be simplified a bit? Try some other poses with open eyes?<br>
It&#39;s in the right direction imho.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
-- <br>
Bartek Krawczyk<br>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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