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[News] AROS Mascot RevealedANN.lu
Posted on 02-Dec-2002 11:34 GMT by 4pLaY (Edited on 2002-12-02 20:51:48 GMT by Christian Kemp)28 comments
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The AROS mascot is now ready to go public ;) be nice to her! Thanx goes to Eric W. Schwartz for taking my naging and making her! extra thanx goes to Alien/pdx for adding the AROS logo on her! now take a look at this beauty here
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 1 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by DaveW on 02-Dec-2002 11:00 GMT
A general AROS point, I find AROS incredibly useful for amigaOS development in a safe environment before going back onto AmigaOS.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 2 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Peter Gordon on 02-Dec-2002 11:06 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (DaveW):
"safe environment"?
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 3 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by DaveW on 02-Dec-2002 11:13 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (Peter Gordon):
Hosted on Linux, safer than developing on AmigaOS even on UAE when you are playing
with Exec to the level that I have to.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 4 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Fabio Alemagna on 02-Dec-2002 11:13 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (Peter Gordon):
Probably he's referring to the hosted version of AROS, which is basically a sand box: if the program crashes, and AROS crashes too because there's no memory protection, the system is still up and running and you don't lose all of your data: the programming act is done _outside_ AROS itself, using hosted tools, within AROS you only test your programs.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 5 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 02-Dec-2002 11:24 GMT
Yay. Yet another goddamn disgusting "furry" mascot. Are there really that many "furries" on this planet that rounding them all up and shooting them once and for all would be an impossible project? What does the UN security council have to say on the matter? Furries are the ball bearings of the Axis of Evil.
I'm looking forward with great anticipation to become an AROS user, even though it now will make me a subject of ridicule from the rest of the world and get me associated with mentally retarded freaks who dress up in home made and cum-stained fox suits and and get off on rubbing their crotches against people in panda suits.
It's sick I tell ya! Pardon me, gotta run. I have a date with an eel and a bathtub of KY lube.
;-)
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 6 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by 4pLaY on 02-Dec-2002 11:25 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Anonymous):
Haha let me see you draw something better anon lamer ;).
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 7 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by It's MEEEE!!! on 02-Dec-2002 11:53 GMT
Why not contact directly with Eric Schwartz instead of doing something in his style????
!END
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 8 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by 4pLaY on 02-Dec-2002 11:56 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (It's MEEEE!!!):
Ehh??? THIS IS made by Eric.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 9 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Lys on 02-Dec-2002 12:03 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (4pLaY):
...and I have to say, he (EWS) has done an absolutely lovely job!
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 10 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by It's MEEE??? on 02-Dec-2002 12:20 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (4pLaY):
Maybe my eyes are getting old, it doesn't look as polished as the rest of Eric's productions. Big sorry!
Apologies!
!END (that time for real)
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 11 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 02-Dec-2002 12:59 GMT
Nice!
Prrrrrrrrrrr ...
:-)
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 12 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Some Farker on 02-Dec-2002 15:28 GMT
Furries make my fuckin' skin crawl. EW. EW EW EW EW.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 13 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by T_Bone on 02-Dec-2002 16:33 GMT
Wow, this thread has degenerated fast.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 14 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Mike Veroukis on 02-Dec-2002 18:57 GMT
For what it's worth, I like it! By far the sexiest offocial mascots for any computer! Perhaps it will appeal to females?
- Mike
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 15 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by It's MEEE really confused! on 02-Dec-2002 20:55 GMT
In reply to Comment 14 (Mike Veroukis):
what???
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 16 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by It's MEEE really confused! on 02-Dec-2002 20:55 GMT
In reply to Comment 14 (Mike Veroukis):
what???
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 17 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 02-Dec-2002 21:12 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (Some Farker):
Lesson 0. The more simply your logo can be reproduced, the better, so long as it remains uniquely identifiable. This is the same as designing icons.
e.g. Disney can put two semi-circles of black on a white background and people will say "Oh, the mouse, er... Disney" when asked. That's not even the official logo - yet it's so easy to reproduce anywhere, and so universally recognised.
It's possible to be creative without making it impossible for most people to use your logo/ mascot. You don't have to aim for the simple universality of some kind of cross or star, even Tux and the BSD daemon can be reproduced as tiny monochrome logos while remaining recognisable.
This AROS mascot though is destined to be indistinguishable from any other furry art though, especially if people other than EWS are asked to make new versions. In comparison each variant of the OpenBSD fugu or of Tux is clearly the same mascot, just drawn by a different artist.
And what a name. Even if "Kitty" is actually a clever name for some reason connected with AROS it would be better given to something else. As a name for an anthropomorphic cat it screams "We have no imagination".
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 18 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by tinman on 02-Dec-2002 21:32 GMT
Well whoever put that page up might want to consider writing some valid HTML before posting the pages to forums. And I don't think it's that good compared to other work I've seen from Schwartz.
As for recognisable logos, this ain't a logo but I guess it would be recognisable if you didn't mistake it for wookie-porn. Mascots don't need to be easily reproducable, unless you're sad enough to want to plaster them all over your software.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 19 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Fabio Alemagna on 02-Dec-2002 22:04 GMT
In reply to Comment 18 (tinman):
> Well whoever put that page up might want to consider writing some valid HTML
> before posting the pages to forums.
Ehum...? Why wouldn't that be valid HTML?
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 20 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Fabio Alemagna on 02-Dec-2002 22:32 GMT
In reply to Comment 19 (Fabio Alemagna):
> Ehum...? Why wouldn't that be valid HTML?
Ok, now I know why it's not valid HTML, however I suppose all browsers show that page up normally...
We'll fix it ASAP, tho.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 21 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 02-Dec-2002 22:35 GMT
In reply to Comment 20 (Fabio Alemagna):
> And also, a big thanks to Alien/Paradox for polishing it!
I would polish that kitty any time *g*
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 22 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Hagge on 02-Dec-2002 23:01 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (takemehomegrandma):
.... 000n!
nothing beats e.s. images as masturbation objects.
seriously, i love all images and anims from eric.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 23 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 02-Dec-2002 23:04 GMT
In reply to Comment 17 (Anonymous):
> Lesson 0. The more simply your logo can be reproduced, the better, so long
> as it remains uniquely identifiable. This is the same as designing icons.
This is a mascot, not a logotype! AROS allready has a logotype which is quite easy to reproduce. This mascot is more like that Linux penguin (was it Thux?).
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 24 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 03-Dec-2002 00:43 GMT
In reply to Comment 23 (takemehomegrandma):
Tux is a mascot, but the original Tux image is a logo. The AROS logotype (I'd assumed that was just a placeholder... ugh) doesn't obey rule zero either. To have any distinguishing features at all it needs to be reproduced in color or it will look like it was drawn in MS Paint. Be Inc. made this exact same mistake (their BeOS and related logos were identifiable only when shown in color)
Still, it's all just marketing, and you'd no doubt be happy to attract as much attention as even OpenBeOS, which is currently trying to rename itself "Menlo" or "Auros" or "Firebox" or some other similar stupid thing.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 25 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by strobe on 03-Dec-2002 01:32 GMT
Well at least she (the mascot) wasn't smuggling a 20" sausage like a lot of furry art does.
*blaughghghgh....spit*
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 26 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Jon on 03-Dec-2002 05:50 GMT
She is cute.
If I someday find her from a magazine covered with boring corporate logos, I surely will smile the next 2 hours.
If someone is "Amigaish", it's the Eric's art.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 27 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by Atheist2 on 03-Dec-2002 09:35 GMT
Well, the gauntlet has been thrown in, and Amiga Inc. lost the edge by not being there first. Now thay HAVE to get Eric to make one. Is this Eric's first official mascot/logo excursion? I'm sure many more will come his way. But Amiga could have been there first!!!
Amiga! Our mascot (Amy) should be clad in armour, for the fight of her life.
AROS Mascot Revealed : Comment 28 of 28ANN.lu
Posted by DaveW on 04-Dec-2002 11:47 GMT
In reply to Comment 27 (Atheist2):
I doubt Amiga Inc wants to use something like a pervy furry. I can't see how they have
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