Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such asNetBSD!!!

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Vonleigh
> Simmons
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:38 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at 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