Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-06 Thread Nicu Buculei
Ashiqur Rahman Angel wrote: 2009/4/2 Paul W. Frields A mascot would be brand diluting at this point, so my inclination is against having one. I disagree with you.. most cases our brand is symbolized with our logo our Trademark name.. mascot is just for familiarizing our product line

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-06 Thread Nicu Buculei
Paul W. Frields wrote: On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 05:20:04PM +0200, Max Spevack wrote: On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Paul W. Frields wrote: A mascot would be brand diluting at this point, so my inclination is against having one. Not even a cuddly-wuddly Fedora ferret, with a first name starting

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-03 Thread Ashiqur Rahman Angel
2009/4/2 Paul W. Frields sticks...@gmail.com A mascot would be brand diluting at this point, so my inclination is against having one. I disagree with you.. most cases our brand is symbolized with our logo our Trademark name.. mascot is just for familiarizing our product line... We can have

Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread Ashiqur Rahman Angel
Hi, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot . Is there any possibility of a new mascot based on recent versions of Fedora? What I have seen, last mascot was the Warewolf (based on Fedora 8 codenamed Warewolf). -- Angel http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Angel 0DF8 3CD4 AFE3 68C6 2CDA 9F17

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread inode0
2009/4/2 Ashiqur Rahman Angel an...@linux.org.bd: Hi, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot . Is there any possibility of a new mascot based on recent versions of Fedora? What I have seen, last mascot was the Warewolf (based on Fedora 8 codenamed Warewolf). I'm so partial to a more

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread Muayyad AlSadi
I tried to avoid talking about the pagan ideas behind some artworks but do we really need a Mascot The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot don't you have minds, those things are useless they don't bring

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread Nicu Buculei
Ashiqur Rahman Angel wrote: Hi, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot . Is there any possibility of a new mascot based on recent versions of Fedora? What I have seen, last mascot was the Warewolf (based on Fedora 8 codenamed Warewolf). We never had a real mascot, the Werewolf was just

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 05:56:29PM +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: Ashiqur Rahman Angel wrote: Hi, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot . Is there any possibility of a new mascot based on recent versions of Fedora? What I have seen, last mascot was the Warewolf (based on Fedora 8

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread María Leandro
I just don't have work at the office u_U http://tatica.fedorapeople.org/star-fedora.jpg 2009/4/3 inode0 ino...@gmail.com: 2009/4/2 Ashiqur Rahman Angel an...@linux.org.bd: Hi, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot . Is there any possibility of a new mascot based on recent versions

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread Max Spevack
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Paul W. Frields wrote: A mascot would be brand diluting at this point, so my inclination is against having one. Not even a cuddly-wuddly Fedora ferret, with a first name starting with an F? Nicu could draw him in various costumes, little tshirts, or mittens

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 05:20:04PM +0200, Max Spevack wrote: On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Paul W. Frields wrote: A mascot would be brand diluting at this point, so my inclination is against having one. Not even a cuddly-wuddly Fedora ferret, with a first name starting with an F? Nicu could draw

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread Max Spevack
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Paul W. Frields wrote: I thought you were all about the lemurs, now it's ferrets? Anyway, the answer is NO, Spevack! Now go pay some attention to your cat, whom you're probably ignoring so you can troll us ;-D Just so you know, I'm doing my weasel war dance, and you

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread María Leandro
All af you only want me to do a ferret on blender u_U (maybe tomorrow I could finish it :P ) 2009/4/3 Max Spevack mspev...@redhat.com: On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Paul W. Frields wrote: I thought you were all about the lemurs, now it's ferrets?  Anyway, the answer is NO, Spevack!  Now go pay

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread jere samuli perttula
Actually I like the idea of Fedora Ferret. They're very intelligent and fast learning creatures. -Jere Samuli Perttula- 2009/4/2 María Leandro tat...@fedoraproject.org: All af you only want me to do a ferret on blender u_U (maybe tomorrow I could finish it :P ) 2009/4/3 Max Spevack

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread wonderer
Hy there, A mascot would be brand diluting at this point, so my inclination is against having one. Not even a cuddly-wuddly Fedora ferret, with a first name starting with an F? Nicu could draw him in various costumes, little tshirts, or mittens in the winter. Max, I did not know what drugs

Re: Fedora Mascot

2009-04-02 Thread Michael Beckwith
wonderer wrote: Hy there, A mascot would be brand diluting at this point, so my inclination is against having one. Not even a cuddly-wuddly Fedora ferret, with a first name starting with an F? Nicu could draw him in various costumes, little tshirts, or mittens in the winter

Re: Fedora Mascot?

2008-04-06 Thread brian hurren
We could use the Transfinite (aleph) numbers instead of infinity. this is a description of a set with an infinite number of members. Ordinary vanilla flavored infinity. (aleph null) A description of a continuum which is the next level beyond infinity is(aleph one) this is a description

Fedora Mascot?

2008-04-04 Thread Frank Murphy
Object: Fae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie Name: Dora Things to avoid, short clothing, too much bare skin resemblance to Disney, tinkeybell et all. Things to include, some form of wand\stick. No sketch as yet. Just a thought Frank signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: Fedora Mascot?

2008-04-04 Thread Nicu Buculei
Frank Murphy wrote: Object: Fae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie Name: Dora Right place: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot Chance: low (in the paste people were not enthusiastic about a mascot) Me likes: maybe Things to avoid, short clothing, too much bare skin resemblance

RE: Fedora Mascot?

2008-04-04 Thread David
To: Discussions about the artwork included with Fedora, including icons, themes, and wallpapers. Subject: Re: Fedora Mascot? I don't support state of completeness. Free Software is movement, Fedora is project in motion. Stopping and beholding perfectness is not what i expect from developers, being

RE: Fedora Mascot?

2008-04-04 Thread brian hurren
feed back. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pavel Shevchuk Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:15 PM To: Discussions about the artwork included with Fedora, including icons, themes, and wallpapers. Subject: Re: Fedora Mascot? I don't support

RE: Fedora Mascot?

2008-04-04 Thread brian hurren
There is another interpretation for the number 10. In the bible it represents 'all' or 'everyone' or 'everything' so where it says ten kings it means all of the kings ect. maybe fedora ten is for 'everyone' the peoples operating system. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since this is the

Re: Fedora Mascot Idea....

2008-02-08 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Chad Bloem wrote: Fedora, I was looking at the Fedora WIKI page and I stumbled across the information regarding the need for a mascot. It mentioned that they wanted an animal design wrapped into the current icon. I slapped together an idea. Máirín Duffy was kind enough to suggest Inkscape

Re: Fedora Mascot Idea....

2008-02-08 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Feb 8, 2008 12:15 AM, Rahul Sundaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A interesting idea but not one I like. A variation of the Fedora logo would have the same protections as the logo itself and leads to the same issues we are trying to avoid by suggesting the use of a mascot that lends itself

Fedora Mascot Idea....

2008-02-07 Thread Chad Bloem
Fedora, I was looking at the Fedora WIKI page and I stumbled across the information regarding the need for a mascot. It mentioned that they wanted an animal design wrapped into the current icon. I slapped together an idea. Máirín Duffy was kind enough to suggest Inkscape (had to figure it out

Re: Project Mascot

2008-01-31 Thread Nicu Buculei
Jiri Jakub Masek wrote: Hi people what is with a *Mascot project*? Is it closed without results (resume)? It seems like it quietly died due to lack of interest, both from the contributors and the general public. But it is not really dead, is like Sleeping Beauty, in a dormant state, it may

Re: Fwd: Fedora Mascot - Blue Arara Idea

2007-09-03 Thread Nicu Buculei
your second proposal, if we will ever have a mascot, it will not make use of the logo in its original form (trademark policy). People may remix and add some logos in their own derivatives, but this is up to the individuals. PS: the server you are using does not use the right MIME type for SVG

Fedora Mascot - Blue Arara Idea

2007-09-02 Thread Antonio Menezes
I'd like to send you another version of Blue Arara Mascot for Fedora. The svg file can be found here: http://freeplone2.openia.com/teledev/imagens/blue_arara.svg/download It's just an idea. The bird was designed primarily from a f drawing... Regards, Antonio

Fwd: Fedora Mascot - Blue Arara Idea

2007-09-02 Thread Antonio Menezes
Another Blue Arara Image, for your evaluation: http://freeplone2.openia.com/teledev/imagens/blue_arara2.svg/download Regards, Antonio. ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list

Re: About the mascot

2007-08-22 Thread María Leandro
I think is a delicated issue. To pic a mascot, we should think about animals in danger of extinction, but this would unduly favour some of them. So when I made my propose, I was thinking not just of one, rather, of several, but to make a unique mascot that could be more symbolic. (don't wanna say

Re: About the mascot

2007-08-22 Thread Nicu Buculei
María Leandro wrote: I think is a delicated issue. To pic a mascot, we should think about animals in danger of extinction, but this would unduly favour some of them. So when I made my propose, I was thinking not just of one, rather, of several, but to make a unique mascot that could be more

About the mascot

2007-08-21 Thread Karel Boissinot
Anybody thought of using a butterfly for the mascott? I really suck at drawing things so I can't say I have made a sketch, but I got inspired looking at this picture: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/images/3d_bubble_07.svg The reflected logo kinda makes it look like the bottom wings of a

Re: About the mascot

2007-08-21 Thread Michael Beckwith
I don't think that's a good idea at all, no offence, because Microsoft uses a butterfly a lot, and that's not what we want to associate Fedora with. I'm still torn on the need for a mascot or not, so I don't really have any suggestions in replacement of this. However on the mascot wiki, I did kind

Re: About the mascot

2007-08-21 Thread Christopher David Desjardins
suggestion might be an otter? Chris On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 15:12 -0500, Michael Beckwith wrote: I don't think that's a good idea at all, no offence, because Microsoft uses a butterfly a lot, and that's not what we want to associate Fedora with. I'm still torn on the need for a mascot or not, so

Re: About the mascot

2007-08-21 Thread Michael Beckwith
, 2007-08-21 at 15:12 -0500, Michael Beckwith wrote: I don't think that's a good idea at all, no offence, because Microsoft uses a butterfly a lot, and that's not what we want to associate Fedora with. I'm still torn on the need for a mascot or not, so I don't really have any suggestions

Re: About the mascot

2007-08-21 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 15:34 -0500, Michael Beckwith wrote: I think what we need to do first is determine an animal or whatnot that symbolizes what Fedora is about. For instance, we always see owls as wise, and elephants as forgetful, etc. The problem with that is that such representations mean

Re: About the mascot

2007-08-21 Thread Martin Sourada
On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 22:40 +0200, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 15:34 -0500, Michael Beckwith wrote: I think what we need to do first is determine an animal or whatnot that symbolizes what Fedora is about. For instance, we always see owls as wise, and elephants as

Re: my idea for mascot

2007-08-20 Thread Nicu Buculei
Anuja KR wrote: hi I have a few ideas about fedora mascot. check the link below. http://anujagraphics.googlepages.com/home Gerold already explained about hat, so I won't redundantly talk about that. Please submit any proposals to the relevant wiki page - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki

Re: my idea for mascot

2007-08-19 Thread Gerold Kassube
Am Sonntag, den 19.08.2007, 22:21 +0530 schrieb Anuja KR: hi I have a few ideas about fedora mascot. check the link below. http://anujagraphics.googlepages.com/home anuja ^^ _NO_ never use a red hat ... please have a look into the guidelines to understand; ... Thanks GeroldKa

Re: uploading a mascot

2007-07-30 Thread Ben Arnold
On 30/07/07, María Leandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone!! I have a possible mascot that I would like to add to the wiki, but I really don't know if I should modify the wiki by myself or give my art to someone. I already have editing privileges as the list shows [1] So, I would

[Fedora Mascot] What's the current status?

2007-07-19 Thread Martin Sourada
Hi, I see the Mascot page [1] is little outdated - Last edit in the April... Was actually any Mascot selected for promoting Fedora or the development died out? I'm just pinging how's it going, as I am not quite sure about the status. Also I'd like to add my two cents as to which I would like

Re: [Fedora Mascot] What's the current status?

2007-07-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: Martin Sourada a écrit : I see the Mascot page [1] is little outdated - Last edit in the April... Was actually any Mascot selected for promoting Fedora or the development died out? I'm just pinging how's it going, as I am not quite sure about the status. The response

Re: Mascot

2007-03-21 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
Nicu Buculei wrote: I got the time to start something: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot antropomorphic? Sound like we are going to create a Fedora version of Pokemon. antropomorphic, right? *Going to sleep and thinking about steck

Re: Mascot

2007-03-21 Thread Nicu Buculei
Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: Nicu Buculei wrote: I got the time to start something: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot antropomorphic? Sound like we are going to create a Fedora version of Pokemon. antropomorphic, right? Well, I definitely would like something along the lines

Re: Mascot

2007-03-20 Thread Nicu Buculei
Kelly wrote: If we're discussing the concept of a mascot, I'll just post the link to my personal favourite wallpaper on Fedora: Wow! I like those. http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/28920609/?qo=23q=by%3Ajuzo-kunqh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps And of course... http://www.deviantart.com

Re: Mascot

2007-03-20 Thread Nicu Buculei
got the time to start something: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot -- nicu Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro ___ Fedora

Re: Mascot

2007-03-20 Thread Máirín Duffy
Nicu Buculei wrote: Máirí­n Duffy wrote: The marketing-list thread seems very focused on animals; a mascot could be a character too, though, right? My vision is like this: even if we and with an animal, it has to be anthropomorphic so we can use it in various situations: fix servers, kick

Mascot

2007-03-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
There is a very active thread going on the Marketing list [1] about the need of a Fedora mascot and an important number of Ambassadors and community people are in agreement about this need (see the link for comments, ideas, proposals). I think we, the Art Team, can come *as a community

Mascot

2007-03-19 Thread John Baer
Nicu, This item was suggested before and did not proceed IMO because it lacked sponsorship. With the marketing team as sponsor this could be a chance for marketing and the artTeam to work together. :) I see the need for some wiki pages to hold ideas/submissions and someone to coordinate the

Re: Mascot

2007-03-19 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Nicu Buculei wrote: There is a very active thread going on the Marketing list [1] about the need of a Fedora mascot and an important number of Ambassadors and community people are in agreement about this need (see the link for comments, ideas, proposals). I think we, the Art Team, can come

Re: Mascot

2007-03-19 Thread Dimitris Glezos
daring/fearless (reflecting Fedora's vision for bleeding-edge) * At the same time friendly/earnest and potentially serious * Be simple enough to easily yield a stuffed puppet An example for the above is FreeBSD's daemon mascot: * http://www.freebsd.org/art.html And OpenBSD's: * http

Re: Mascot

2007-03-19 Thread Kelly
If we're discussing the concept of a mascot, I'll just post the link to my personal favourite wallpaper on Fedora: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/28920609/?qo=23q=by%3Ajuzo-kunqh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps And of course... http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/28920887/?qo=22q=by%3Ajuzo-kunqh

Re: Mascot

2007-03-19 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
Me think character should be female. -- ™¢D0Š ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list

Re: Mascot

2007-03-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
John Baer wrote: Nicu, This item was suggested before and did not proceed IMO because it lacked sponsorship. With the marketing team as sponsor this could be a chance for marketing and the artTeam to work together. :) I think it lacked enthusiasm from us. We don't really need sponsoring,

Re: Mascot

2007-03-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: The marketing-list thread seems very focused on animals; a mascot could be a character too, though, right? My vision is like this: even if we and with an animal, it has to be anthropomorphic so we can use it in various situations: fix servers, kick Clippy's behind

Re: Mascot

2006-09-25 Thread Nicu Buculei
Jiri Jakub Masek wrote: Hi, I'm interested in, has FEDORA a mascot? If it hasn't any let's talk about. May be I have an idea... I think there was a little talk about having a mascot, but without a final resolution, so is not decided if we will have a mascot or not. If you have an idea, my

Re: Mascot

2006-09-25 Thread Joachim Frieben
Stop infantilization, .. no 'mascot' for Fedora! The 'infinity' logo is amply sufficient. Jiri Jakub Masek wrote: Hi, I'm interested in, has FEDORA a mascot? If it hasn't any let's talk about. May be I have an idea... I think there was a little talk about having a mascot, but without

Re: Mascot

2006-09-25 Thread Nicu Buculei
Joachim Frieben wrote: Stop infantilization, .. no 'mascot' for Fedora! The 'infinity' logo is amply sufficient. Do you think the SUSE's Gekko chameleon, the Ximian's Rupert monkey, the Linux's Tux penguin or the GNU's gnu are infantile? -- nicu Cool Fedora wallpapers: http

Re: Mascot

2006-09-25 Thread Joachim Frieben
I do, although my twin sister herself designed SUSE's Gekko chameleon. Do you think the SUSE's Gekko chameleon, the Ximian's Rupert monkey, the Linux's Tux penguin or the GNU's gnu are infantile? ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list

Re: Mascot

2006-09-25 Thread Jiri Jakub Masek
O.K., so, it should be the *Byte* a not infantilizating mascot of FEDORA, seriously: it's about graphics design, when it's naive it may look infantile. The other way, a mascot could bring more of sympathy with FEDORA, some people like mascots. JJMP.S.: don't forget http://jjm.xf.czOn 9/25/06

Re: Mascot

2006-09-24 Thread Jiri Jakub Masek
Hi, I'm interested in, has FEDORA a mascot? If it hasn't any let's talk about. May be I have an idea...JJMOn 9/21/06, Charles VINCHON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:For the mascot, why not take the style of Nicolas Rougier (http://www.loria.fr/~rougier/index.php?n=Artwork.Gnu) and make adragoon

Mascot

2006-09-21 Thread Charles VINCHON
For the mascot, why not take the style of Nicolas Rougier (http://www.loria.fr/~rougier/index.php?n=Artwork.Gnu) and make a dragoon or another creature that look like these ones. Charles -- Charles Vinchon French Fedora Ambassador Lille, France (GMT+2 - CEST) http://fedoraproject.org/Wiki