Folks, thanks for sharing ideas. Let me find a designer who can turn the ideas into pictures. Then we can compare and adjust.
- Denis On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 5:50 AM Manuel Núñez <maxn...@hotmail.com> wrote: > What about a hellboy’s style animal?, with Ignite’s flame between the horns > > El 16 may 2020, a las 23:22, Saikat Maitra <saikat.mai...@gmail.com> > escribió: > > > Hi Denis, > > Awesome ideas !!! yes, I am aligned on a friendly dragon character as a > mascot, like Spyro. I also like the idea of peacock as its feathers colors > shows a nice clusters. > > Here are few proposals I wanted to share: > > 1. Dragon (fire, spark, ignite) > 2. Peacock (feathers, node clusters) > 3. Cheetah (speed, fast) > 4. Beluga Whales (echolocation, multicasting) > > Let me know if you have more suggestions. > > Regards, > Saikat > > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 3:16 AM Denis Magda <dma...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi Saikat, >> >> I love this idea and, frankly, have been contemplating for a while about >> the same. Such characters (aka. mascots) can convey the spirit of our >> project and community as well as make life more entertaining. >> >> I bet that every Java developer instantly associates Java (as a project >> and >> community) once he/she comes accross Java Duke [1]. Those of us who live >> in >> the U.S. know who Geigo Gecko [1] is. What to say about Ronald McDonald >> [3] >> is famous worldwide. >> >> How do you see the Ignite's mascot? I imagine it as a dragon who is kind >> and friendly rather than furious and hostile. Our logo is a spark of fire >> and dragons are those whimsical creatures who are usually associated with >> fire and flames. >> >> [1] 568px-Duke_(Java_mascot)_waving.svg.png >> < >> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Duke_%28Java_mascot%29_waving.svg/568px-Duke_%28Java_mascot%29_waving.svg.png >> > >> [2] maxresdefault.jpg < >> https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8lZeTTXyIk4/maxresdefault.jpg> >> [3] ronald-mcdonald-052011.jpg >> < >> https://s3-prod.adage.com/s3fs-public/styles/800x600/public/ronald-mcdonald-052011.jpg >> > >> >> - >> Denis >> >> >> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 1:07 PM Saikat Maitra <saikat.mai...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I wanted to discuss the idea of creating Apache Ignite mascot and if it >> is >> > something we would be interested. I was recently following the process >> of >> > creating a mascot Firefly[1] in Apache Beam project and absolutely >> loved >> > the concept. >> > >> > >> https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/success-at-apache-bringing-the >> > >> > Regards, >> > Saikat >> > >> >
