[advocacy-discuss] Mascot, was Re: Logo Feedback

[Tim Foster]

Simon Phipps wrote:
> Sounds like the ideal arrangement here. Maybe we should just forget  
> the logo and worry about a mascot?

I agree, let's move on. Live with the logo for the time being, and hack
on at the mascot.

Personally, I'm not hugely fond of the idea of having a mascot, but for
the sake of

a) potentially getting a new plush cuddly toy for my wonderful
daughter[1]  and

b) doing something positive to help everyone who /does/ want one, I'm
willing to have a go

I've done a pretty rough drawing of a polar bear, put in context with a
logo and wordmark. I had to grab the circles logo from the black
background of Glynn's images (hence the slight feathering) and take a
guess at the font to use for the wordmark. See what you think:

http://mediacast.sun.com/users/timsf/media/bear.png
http://mediacast.sun.com/users/timsf/media/bear-source.svg


It's not a patch on Chandan's original[2], but I tried.  Any other
ideas, or people with better artistic skills than I ?  Otherwise, I'll
have a go at a flying pig whenever I get another spare moment.

	cheers,
			tim

[1] she really loves teddy bears
[2] http://blogs.sun.com/chandan/entry/opensolaris_mascot
-- 
Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops
				  http://blogs.sun.com/timf