> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vonleigh > Simmons > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:38 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such > asNetBSD!!! > > > > As an artist here is how I see it: Beastie is a mascot, > not a logo. > It's like having "Disney" with a Mickey Mouse. The logo is either the > word Disney in that very distinct font, or the black ears. The mascot > can be part of the logo but not always; in the Disney example it's > derived from it (this approach could work with Beastie). Another > example is monster.com, that also has a distinct mascot and a logo > (don't like the logo, just pointing it out). > > So the logo contest could use beastie in some > interesting way: framed, > simplified, stylized, vectorized, etc. In other words made > into a real > logo from the cartoon character. By stylize I mean for example > what the > fox looks like in the firefox logo. >
That already has been done, it was done over a decade ago by Walnut Creek. The logo they created and used for FreeBSD is exactly that. Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
