Hi all, 2008/12/9 Gary C Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 9 Dec 2008, at 04:05, Jameson Quinn wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity: that is a squirrel, not a possum, right? I > > mean, it is a "rascally rodent", so it would have to be. What is its > > name? > Phew, for once I can wear my other hat as a science teacher and not feel so out of place on this list with all the super IT experts. It's name is *Petaurus breviceps* :-D > Frank (Frankie), yea he's a flying squirrel. > > > (It is amazing how hard it is to distinguish the sugar glider from a > > flying squirrel, given that we are much closer genetically to a > > squirrel than the sugar glider is.) > The Australian sugar glider is a marsupial. Some of you would be curious to know that it has a pouch and is related to the kangaroo and koala, not the mouse or squirrel. > If we went for a similar level of quality render as to Frankie, the > colour patterning (black ears, black/white face stripes, grey body > rather than brown) and face details (pink nose, black eyes) should > make a pretty distinct character design, but most people at best, will > still just think it's a flying squirrel. > Markings are not a big deal .. room for lots of interpretation. All cool and cute! P.S. If there was a general desire to go 3d, I'd be willing to build, > render and release the data, but I'd not want to burn the hours until > there was some form of consensus on needing a mascot, and some > examples of how/where it would be used to good effect. The Sugar UI > style is symbolic/abstract, so a good design should leverage that > Sugar art direction (i.e 3D realistic or cartoon styles are really too > different to fit comfortably in my opinion). I probably got this ball rolling, didnt want it to take up all your time folks. It was just a thought after looking at the styling used for Firefox and Thunderbird. I dread long meetings that rabbit on about the colour of conference bags. Please don't let this stop or distract you all from the bigger mission :-) Regards Roland -- Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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