Have a mascot #828
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A contest would be amazing! I would leave it open to new ideas, maybe something totally new 😄 |
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Wow, I didn't even know there was an old unofficial mascot. |
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If a frog is chosen then a “it’s Wednesday my dudes” meme can be posted every week, which would be a huge plus
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I can be the mascot, Im already a joke 🤡 Okay, now for all seriousness, I love the idea of the turtle and the V8 rocket ✨ |
Yes! The community will love it 👏 I see a lot of potential for swag! We all love stickers!
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Absolutely, though I also agree with what @marco-ippolito said, new ideas would be good too. |
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Yes ! 200% Why not a community contest ? Would also be nice to be able to have the mascot as a 3D printable file (stl) for fun 🐢🚀 |
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Not sure if a turtle is the best look. We have a hexagon theme on our site, we could go with a honeybee to complement the honeycomb theme. |
The turtle's shell is made of green hexagons 😉 That image is so good on so many levels. |
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My only concern with the turtle is that is usually associated with being slow 😅 |
Well as we say in french : ne pas confondre vitesse et precipitation ! A turtle can be seen as an animal moving steadily, that's fine for me :D |
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Isn't the Deno logo also sort of a turtle? I also think that even tho turtles are slow, they are steady and live long ;D |
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This is what the Node.js homepage looks like on a 4K screen. You're on to something!
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Matteo... hear me out South African Rain Frog https://twitter.com/JacobMGEvans/status/1702706027358036189 |
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Let's do this! I'm a rocket turtle fan with a new design. Or...a rocket tortoise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare cc: @kyliewd |
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+1 for a redesigned rocket turtle |
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Love this! I will start doing some thinking 🤓 💻 |
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would love another design apart from the turtle |
I believe when we were working with someone from LinkedIn, they actually took it upon themselves to do a full mascot treatment with a bee. They put a lot of work into it, and I appreciate it, but my recollection was that it wasn't quite what anyone involved with the website redesign was expecting/felt represented Node.js. I'm not sure where that treatment is, but I assume it still exists somewhere. I'm fine with rocket turtle/redesigned rocket turtle, but would expressly prefer we don't use a frog for... uh... U.S. political reasons. |
@ovflowd no, Deno is a dinosaur. |
Oh true!! |
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I don't think i'll have more time to invest in this, but here are the assets of the retweet from @JacobMGEvans Do whatever you want with it in the name of OSS spirit 😅 
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i'd also echo @bnb's comment that a frog - especially a green one - should be a nonstarter for US political reasons (even though frogs are cute and i like the previous comment's artwork) |
Awww DAMMIT, I googled frog and "US political reasons"... Yeah I agree, thanks for the callout @ljharb & @bnb Context: |
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oh crap, I completely agree @ljharb. Being not US'ian I wasn't aware of that. Sorry! 🥹 |
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We can still do a turtle, though. |
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I know this is not what was suggested (🐢🚀) but in a burst of inspiration i went for something more abstract (it can become anything though, a 👻, 🐢, ☠️ , etc.) i just love how this simple shapes can scale. 
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I have really enjoyed working with NodeJS and would be glad to see it have an official mascot. I am not a graphic designer so not sure how I could contribute. |
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At least for me since beginning of usage of NodeJS the turtle with rocket was always seemed as the true mascot of Node. Feel free to use my cat(profile pic, but he was too young in the pic, nowadays he is lazy and fatty , like Garfield haha) which is also Node hehe |
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My proposal is Jess the Node Toad! (tentative name)
I see that I wasn't the first one to come up with the toad concept but I think there is a consensus on either a frog/toad or a turtle (preferably with a rocket) I designed it to be a bit hexagonal and green like the Node logo with a simple Alternative versions:
The last two faces could also double as a turtle. It would also be nice to see a concept of an isometric cube turtle in the same vain as the hexagonal logo. |
hi @zimonitrome ! i hear you. the goal is not to replace the node logo, it's to have a supplemental icon to the logo. so we just don't want something created on top of the logo itself. hopefully that makes sense! most of the submissions we are getting are through replies so all good. i'm monitoring and collecting them :) |
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Tagged for agenda as Foundation staff will provide a private update on how the submissions are goind so far. |
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I've just seen the tweet that went out on the official Node.js twitter feed, calling for submissions in a logo design contest, and quite frankly, I'm deeply upset: this is speculative work, and undervalues the work that designers do. Primer on "Spec Work" (Speculative Work): https://www.nospec.com/ The notion of spec work being harmful dates back to at least 2007. Have we learned nothing? Just because Node.js is an open source project, that relies on 'volunteer' contributions (often from those employed by large companies specifically to work on node.js), does not mean that it should rely on speculative design work, which greatly undervalues the value that designers bring when they create branding for a project. |
Thanks @kyliewd, I thought as much 🙂 Hopefully it's still okay to take inspiration from the current Node logo when creating mascot submissions (i.e. green color, hexagon outline, cube shape). |
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What about Xuanwu? It is a mythical beast in ancient China, and its image is a combination of a snake and a turtle.wiki |
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There are some great ideas in this thread! Here's an early concept from me, an (yet-to-be-named) aviator turtle. Felt like a nice reference to the unofficial mascot and also a nod to Node's hexagonal logo.
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Here's a rough sketch with a fresh take on the old unofficial mascot. Replaced rocket with, turbofan wings.
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fwiw I completely agree with @ThisIsMissEm on this. I was also deeply upset when I saw that was the approach we took, especially since we've done it multiple times in the past and... it's never been ethical or at least not in the instances I've seen and it ends up taking advantage of community members who put time, energy, and effort in only to toss away their work when we instead could be directly compensating someone we as a project (presumably the TSC) select for their work. Initially I wasn't going to say anything, and I don't plan on saying anything further, but wanted to +1 what @ThisIsMissEm said since I both agree with it and appreciate her speaking about it. |
it's a rocket coming straight here
but actually I like the image from the first post better |
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Text-based mascot idea:
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What about a "Spider" as a pet ?
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"Spiders" are a professional Node Makers !!! |
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It seems that people in this thread missed the whole "Must be separate from the current logo" part |
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turtle with rockets and goggles can be dynamic, too, where it's just a hexagon until the turtle and rockets come and extend out 
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Love this |
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How about a Node Turtle on a surfboard? I think water / waves can represent speed as well. Also the water form is quite versatile so it can be quite flexibly styled. Here are the standalone & integrated versions. Standalone mascot with waves
Standalone mascot without waves
Integrated with text logo
Integrated with text logo (BW)Here I tested the design with "V8" on the surfboard Symbolism explained:
A slightly animated version:
Let me know what you think! |
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Meet Rocket Turtle 👋 https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/1759953849849167878/photo/1
I guess this issue can be closed? |
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It was recently pointed out on twitter by @bnb and @marco-ippolito that Node.js does not hav mascot.
How about making the old unofficial one official? I mean the 🐢🚀!
I think we would need to get a “fresh” drawing done (maybe with a contest).
Previous art: node-forward/discussions#33
cc @rginn
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