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I like it very much too ...

Do you really need a body ? just the face is nice ...
I would like to suggest a collaboration between you and Stupid Little Genius To make a perfect mix ...

Once again I agree with Qole : I see Racoons as clever lovely monsters.
Pffft, how lucky you are guys to have free racoons ... In Paris, we just have free rats in the subway and flyin rats (i mean pigeons) everywhere else ...

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Totololo is right, the racoon mascot doesn't need a body, the head is enough.

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extreme Maecoon racer! make it happen people!

instead of fish, Maecoon can collect chocolate, marshmallows and onions

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You could make it very general, or make it show Maemo thus clearly putting attention on that. But you're right, this is a problem. However if you keep it very general the form factor is the same for all NITs so in that regard you could use a certain form factor.

I had in mind the Fennec logo which combines the Fennec fox with the planet from Mozilla Firefox thus connecting brand recognition. The fox is little, creating that embedded feeling. On top of that, a claw holds a mobile device in hand when the application is started up. In this case its reverse of showing Maemo on the device because its the 'logo' (Fennec fox) holding the device in hand. It is also not the main logo.

Maybe the 'ae' on a device which resembles a 800x480 screen of tablet?

PS: Oh oops I didn't read all comments I really like the racoons posted a lot!! They combine the logo with animal, well and its cute.. :) :) also keep in mind its best to have the logo made in vector graphics (SVG)...

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I always do this kind of thing with vector graphics^^ It give the best results for thing sort of thing. I did have Illustrator, but the trail ran out :( and although I got it working several times over, it pretty soon stopped working altogether...

So I switched to Inkscape (Which btw is freeware :D) and although it's a little less user friendly, it works like a dream^^

:p couldn't resist having a go with Penguinbait's idea!

Personally I think he looks a little cliparty. I think the simplicity of the other one ;) It goes better with the demeanour of the site.

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Hmm.. could we do without the tongue maybe? It looks a bit out of place..

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Like this?

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It matches his ears ;)

This was made by my daughter, she is pretty good, she drew it from hand on her HP tabletpc. I messed with the eyes a little.

He is sticking his tongue out at you (thinking I have a Internet Tablet, and you don't) HAHA

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ROTFL!! I must admit he looks better with the tongue ;)

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me too, but I like the changes to the eyes

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I agree with Stup', it looks "cliparty", lines could be more fluid ...

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Well, he does look a bit mute without the tongue.. so maybe it's only a matter of minor adjustments :)

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http://penguinbait.com/maemocoon2s.jpg
http://penguinbait.com/maemocoon2s.png

what do you think about the eye change?

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Are those two images meant to be different?

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no, soory not different than eachother, it didn't look great against the black, so I put up a jpg

but different than previous images

And here is a little shorter tongue??

http://penguinbait.com/maemocoon3.jpg

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Thank goodness for that, I was getting worried I was losing it... :-)

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Is it just me or does that go back to the black eye kinda look? Like the first revision of the other one with two eyes?

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I am not stuck on it, I just thought it looked more like an eyelid, than just an "e" over his eyeball ;)

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How about shrinking the other eye a little and making the lid black, like the mask so it doesn't stand out so much?

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I think Sup' is right about the eyes ...

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i like the eyes from Stupid Little Genius better. the smaller ones look better because now the "ae" looks more like glasses and not more like some strange eyes.
also i like the longer tongue more because the shorter one looks a little bit like tooth -> make me think of a beaver.

VERY GOOD WORK, YOU TWO!!!

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http://penguinbait.com/maemocoon.png


Here is the full size one, with the longer tongue in png format, SLG, why don't you fix the eyes, I liked your last one..

ps I am working on an owl too, who who

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http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c.../otherrac5.png

Hows this?

I'm still working on the original little raccoon, I think this ones eyes are better^^ so I'm taking these improvements and working them in ;)

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Can I just ask, is there a consensus here that we go with the current racoon? Or does someone want a totally different mascot?

I haven't seen any alternative suggestions recently in this thread.

(I'd certainly be happy with this racoon...)

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Rotfl No idea why but I like the idea of a Raccoon^^ They are intelligent and cute, as well as a little bit naughty :p

:D Just thought I'd share the updates on this one too ;)

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c.../raccoon14.png

EDIT: Oops... forgot the put the size back down... Sorry!!!

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having the tongue out limits the mascot's future usage and versatility - is he supposed to have his tongue out all the time? imagine if tux always had his tongue out

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Some adjustments, do you like the grey/grey one?

http://penguinbait.com/maemocoon5.png
http://penguinbait.com/maemocoon6.png

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It kinda looses the Maemo look all grey. The AE thing gets a little unrecognisable without the orange.

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Why is the tongue two-tone?

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Dunno ;) Just happened that way! I think I was thinking the darker part is the mouth and the lighter part the tongue, but maybe it doesn't look that way.

Can change it if you like^^ You think all one colour would look better?

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It looks a little weird to me, that's all.

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It was meant more as a mouth rather than a tongue, like a smiley grin, as opposed to a tongue sticking out ;)

But here we go^^

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c.../raccoon15.png

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I like this one ;)

http://penguinbait.com/maemocoon7.png

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How about the racoon eating GA?

http://home.sprynet.com/~firefly/raccoon14.png

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Add some blood dripping down from one of the teeth. Then you could have chewed up iPhones, UMPCs showing the Windows logo, etc., on the ground, having been chewed up by Maemo. ;)

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I am tempted, however, I go back to the Halloween argument. He would look like a raccoon vampire with all the orange and black...


EDIT

hahahah


http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs40/f/20...lie_Barkin.jpg

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i thought that was supposed to be the nose

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What about the Narwhal? We haven't explored the possibilities of the narwhal yet. It's the unicorn of the sea!

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It is the tube sock of the whale species

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Now that we know how Maemo is pronounced, I believe the name sounds like a big, african animal. I can even see Ubuntu's next release name, "Mastodontic Maemo".