Re: NetBSD Mascot Proposal

Michael Cheponis <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:16:50 -0800
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I rather liked the 'group' idea because they were all, you know,
"networked" together.

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:11 PM Nikolay Kalev <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Maybe there could be few mascots instead of one ?
> Old logo was a group of mascots with devices and computers around them,
> but also possible to have them independently.
>
> Regards,
> Nikolay
>
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 21:07, Kamil Rytarowski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This squirrel with a pumpkin is a cute idea and I support it.
>>
>> On 15.02.2021 09:49, Jay Patel wrote:
>> > 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
>> > <https://app.box.com/s/m4dhpgihuu7jmizo01yn2qkzj3cx1qeg>
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Jay
>> >
>> > On Sun, 14 Feb, 2021, 7:59 pm Bartek Krawczyk,
>> > <[email protected] <mailto:[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
>> >     <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"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,he=
lvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I rather liked the &#39;group&#39; idea=
 because they were all, you know, &quot;networked&quot; together.</div></di=
v><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On M=
on, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:11 PM Nikolay Kalev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:nkalev@gma=
il.com">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204=
,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Hi all,</div><div dir=3D"auto"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"auto">Maybe there could be few mascots instead of one ?=
</div><div dir=3D"auto">Old logo was a group of mascots with devices and co=
mputers around them, but also possible to have them independently.</div><di=
v dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Regards,</div><div dir=3D"auto">=
Nikolay</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon,=
 15 Feb 2021 at 21:07, Kamil Rytarowski &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:kamil@netbsd.=
org" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px so=
lid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This squirrel with a pumpkin is a cu=
te idea and I support it.<br>
<br>
On 15.02.2021 09:49, Jay Patel wrote:<br>
&gt; Bartek@ okay i will try to get more poses and simplified.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Kamil@ inspired by maya@&#39;s squirrel pic one example if animal masc=
ot<br>
&gt; required<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://app.box.com/s/m4dhpgihuu7jmizo01yn2qkzj3cx1qeg" rel=
=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://app.box.com/s/m4dhpgihuu7jmizo01y=
n2qkzj3cx1qeg</a><br>
&gt; &lt;<a href=3D"https://app.box.com/s/m4dhpgihuu7jmizo01yn2qkzj3cx1qeg"=
 rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://app.box.com/s/m4dhpgihuu7jmiz=
o01yn2qkzj3cx1qeg</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Thanks,<br>
&gt; Jay<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; On Sun, 14 Feb, 2021, 7:59 pm Bartek Krawczyk,<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">bb=
[email protected]</a> &lt;mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:bbartlomiej.mail@=
gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<=
br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0W dniu 12.02.2021 o=C2=A022:37, A Dog pisze:<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 01:12:38AM PST, Kamil =
Rytarowski wrote:<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt;&gt; Can we avoid the appearance of a monster, =
devil or an alien?<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; Or an insectoid.=C2=A0 There are people who ar=
e capable of finding bugs<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0cute, but<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; many others have a visceral repulsion to anyth=
ing with an exoskeleton.<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; I&#39;m just trying to compare these proposals=
 to the existing OS<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0mascots that<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; are out there:=C2=A0 Puffy (cute li&#39;l puff=
erfish), Beastie (cute li&#39;l<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&quot;daemon&quot;),<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; Tux (cute[1] li&#39;l penguin), whatever the M=
inix raccoon is<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0called... do I see<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; a pattern here?<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; And then we have this thing that looks like a =
robot bug devil.=C2=A0<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Beastie may<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; look like a devil too, but at least he&#39;s a=
 *cute* devil...<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt; [1] Until you notice his resemblance to Homer =
Simpson.<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I second that. I&#39;m no artist myself however ini=
tial suggestions by Jay<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Patel are more in line with current trends and what=
 people like in<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0general.<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0In my opinion the logo should be cute, fun, not too=
 serious. Like<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Golang&#39;s gopher perhaps?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0This suggestion:<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"https://app.box.com/s/hp7ie5430jiwz5r3xx=
mju7voxbjfuj2l" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://app.box.com/s/=
hp7ie5430jiwz5r3xxmju7voxbjfuj2l</a><br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&lt;<a href=3D"https://app.box.com/s/hp7ie5430jiwz5=
r3xxmju7voxbjfuj2l" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://app.box.co=
m/s/hp7ie5430jiwz5r3xxmju7voxbjfuj2l</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0shows a good example for me. NetBSD&#39;s colours, =
he&#39;s a runner (reference<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0to &quot;of course it runs NetBSD&quot;. It&#39;s t=
oo detailed, though - Jay, can it<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0be simplified a bit? Try some other poses with open=
 eyes?<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0It&#39;s in the right direction imho.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Regards<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0-- <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Bartek Krawczyk<br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
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