[advocacy-discuss] Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Logo/Mascot for OpenSolaris

[Jim Grisanzio]

/removing the OGB list/


Hey, Dirk ... hope all is well in Germany ...

Dirk Wetter wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> 
> Am 06/26/2007 03:03 AM, Jim Grisanzio schrieb:
> 
>>Darren.Reed at Sun.COM wrote:
>>
> 
> 
>>Are you talking about engaging a professional illustrator or designer?
>>The OGB has no budget to do this, and the pros are not cheap. Sun would
>>have to pay for this work, and that would have to come from OpenSolaris
>>Engineering or OpenSolaris Marketing. Most likely from marketing. And
>>you will find those people right here on this list. Also, if you want to
>>hire a pro, what would your instructions to the illustrator be?
> 
> 
> 
> Some of the suggested mascots -- sorry I don't want to step on anybody toes
> here -- do not come IMHO not very positive across:
> 
> shark: predator fish, sometimes a danger to humans
> ninja: ancient Japanese assassin
> elephant: biggest animal, slow moving, was once close to extinction
> polar bear: very dangerous predator (ask Canadians), also symbol in Europe
> for climate change
> racoon: sometimes ransacking garbage cans
> mouse: sometimes spotted in NYCs hotels ;-)


Yah, you can surely look at these guys that way. :) But if the 
characters are draw in interesting ways they can be quite engaging as 
well. I can see both sides. Perhaps we can create a mythical character 
so there is no direct relation to any specific species? I don't know. 
I'm not good at this either. :)


> I don't want to sound too negative here and would love to make a good
> suggestion, but I just can't. Normally if it comes to issues like corporate
> design, logo and stuff I consult the marketing/designer people I know. I
> know that I am definitely not as good as they are, it's more their biz than
> it's mine. This is my small world.
> 
> So, yes, I think Sun should spend money for this, as I don't think
> tecchies are very good at this... The "only point" which IMO is difficult
> is finding the right designer and telling him what the mascot is supposed
> to express.


That last point is /most/ important. I agree. And we are far, far from 
being able to express ourselves at the moment.


Jim
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