[advocacy-discuss] Logo/Mascot Continued...

[Robert Lunnon]

Sara Dornsife wrote:
> In coming up with a mascot we have to consider other mascots as well 
> as the image we want to portray.
>
> Polar Bear - Coke
> Dragon - Mozilla
>
> Even though these suggestions are different looking than those, we 
> probably can't use them.
> Sara
>
>
> Robert Lunnon wrote:
>> Rob Giltrap wrote:
>>   
>>> I've finally had a chance to catch up on some OpenSolaris lists and
>>> liked the logo/mascot discussion particularly Bob's suggestion of a
>>> newly hatched dragon.
>>>
>>> I set my 10 year old daughter to work (as it is the school holidays) and
>>> she produced a nice concept picture...
>>>
>>> http://thermo-nz.blogspot.com/2007/07/scale.html
>>>
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>> Thanks for that, it's sort of what I imagined though I would just have 
>> two egg halves to simplify the imagery. Anyway, after looking at your 
>> concept I have had a few thoughts,
>>
>> 1. The old Matron Dragon (Solaris) lays the egg and fies off into the 
>> sun  (Old Solaris (sun) symbol which then goes dull)
>> 2. The baby (scale) hatches (Birth of OpenSolaris - Child of Solaris)
>> 3. Baby scale, takes off toward a dull sun
>> 4. Baby Scale torches the dull sun which lights up and becomes the new 
>> Solaris (rising sun) symbol
>> or
>> 3. Baby scale sees a linux penguin and torches it.
>> 4. Penguin bursts into flames (New solaris symbol)
>> .
>> Just think in 2018 we can do a teen dragon, how cool would that be.
>>
>>
>> It's just a pity I can't draw.....
>>
>> Bob
>>
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I didn't think about Mozilla, Ah well back to the Phoenix rising from 
the ashes ....