Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

Yes. This one:

http://www.cynicalsigns.com/images/fehrat.jpg

:p

(just vote with your thanks! I am building a slush fund just for this purpose)

Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

i do like better the ae racoon, even if i think it needs to be polished, it would be great !!!

Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

http://www.linuxuk.org/images/monkey.png
Its got to be a monkey, monkeys are cool.

Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

Better find out whether a stylus is included in the new devices, before you include one on the mascot.

But seriously, a mascot should never dilute the logo or the brand. People are exposed to thousands of images each day, and you can't afford to use competing versions of the same logo. So visual tricks like using the "ae" from "maemo" would just mess up the ubiquity of the logo.

A mascot should never compete with a logo. The logo must be fixed, but a mascot can be a recurring theme that can appear in many different ways. So on one web page the narwhal can be clicking on the tablet (assuming the next devices are tablets), and in the next web page it can be spearing a user of that well-known closed-source proprietary mobile operating system.

Personally I like the Qole mascot best.

Regards,
Roger

Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

qole, your catoonowl is just like maemo.
a combination of elements brought together to produce greatness :)

Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

LMAO!! So much for the artist thing ;) Maybe I would have done better sticking with a pen and paper... I'm still getting the hang of Inkscape! Only been using it a week so thought this was a good excuse to play some more :D

Kept Qole's tail though^^ It looks cute!!

Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

I don't know, that narwhal has some appeal... after all as Fry said, "I like things that have only one thing instead of two things." lol

In all seriousness though I'm not so sure about that raccoon... I mean yea looks kinda cute and all, but the e also kind of makes it look like we're trying just a bit too hard to cram the logo in there... maybe if there was at least the signs of a closed eye behind that e or something? It could just be me, but it kind of looks like that Raccoon got into a fight and had to wear an E eyepatch or something...

Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

maybe it's a pirate raccoon

Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

ROTFL :cool: Pirate raccoon! Priceless!!

I've added another eye, just for amusements sake ;) Now he looks like a drunk Pirate!

I love having an excuse to play like this :D

Enjoy!

Re: Maemo (or maemo.org?) mascot proposal
 

The droopy eyelid pushes the design in a slightly different direction for me. Now I'm nervous that at any moment it's going to to tell me it's just expanded my house, I owe it half a million bells for the work, and, oh, would I like to buy an Exotic Rug?