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Proposal: Knative Mascot
Hello Knative Community! :wave:
The UX Working Group (specifically @mmejia02 and @zainabhusain227) have been working hard to create a mascot for Knative! As there has been some existing use of ducks (in reference to duck typing), they are sticking with having a duck as our mascot, and have created a first draft of a duck which is using the Knative colours as well as trying to fit in with the existing CNCF mascots (see here).
We would love to collect feedback on the current draft of the mascot, before trying to finalize this and make it into an official mascot for Knative.
So, please comment here with your feedback on the design, or message the UX WG directly at #knative-ux
The draft of the mascot so far is:
Do we want to have a brainstorming on what name should we give to this little cute duck? :laughing:
Do we want to have a brainstorming on what name should we give to this little cute duck? 😆
Steve
That's usually the name we use when we can't come up with something eg. https://github.com/knative/serving/issues/1397#issuecomment-401161189
I'd try like the same design but with a longer beak (for people to vote) maybe, but so far it's looking awesome!!
Can we also check with CNCF brand team or designers? They might have some guidelines or something similar.
Sorry that I came up with this suggestion right now, even though I was involved in this matter for a long period.
This is so cute! Agree with @aliok about checking the guidelines. @aliok can you find out more who we can talk to?
@aliok @nainaz what I could find from CNCF re: mascots is https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/main/phippy-guidelines.md
Everything looks great according to the guidelines.
To get started, please file a ticket with a Service Desk.
They say this, but I don't have access to that system (yet).
Can somebody reach out using that system? A second opinion from CNCF would be super nice.
cc @nainaz
Hello! Here is an update on the mascot. We have a couple of different versions and it would be great is people could vote on which they like better or if they would like any other alterations :) The pirate hat is meant for a storyboard/illustration we are making at the UX WG.
Here is the SVG:
Thank you all for the comments and feedback so far!!
My only concern with the pirate hat is that piracy might not be perceived in the same way by everyone in the world, it might be a controversial / geopolitical topic, so I would not choose that one.
I like the non-hat option as the default. Then we can add hats for various special topics / occasions as necessary.
Also, +1 on the "Steve" name, though I wish we had picked a different name to stand in for Knative Service.
Hi folks. It's great to see a new mascot joining the CNCF project ranks! I manage CNCF's content & work on the Phippy program. Graduated projects can donate a Phippy and Friends character to the program and it will be given the creative treatment by CNCF, which includes 3D rendering and producing dedicated swag for the CNCF store. While we don't offer this service for incubating projects, if you would like to donate this character in the future then I'd recommend designing and naming your mascot along the Phippy guidelines, so that it can seamlessly fit into the program once Knative graduates.
@Charley-Mann we can still use it though right? Once we are following the guidelines?
@nainaz -- of course you can use it! On the name, I'm fine with a Phippy character being called Kxxx the Knative duck. There is a duck breed that begins with K (Khaki Campbell) so you're covered.
Name needs to start with a K as project name starts with a K (CNCF rule).
@knative/ux-wg-leads will send an email to Knative dev+users mailing lists to get votes.
React to this comment to vote for option C:
(I'm just using screenshots of the earlier image, so ignore the chopped off letters in this one)
Hi everyone, please react to one of the four options above before the end of March 15th, 2024 to vote for our mascot design! If you think that design changes need to be made to any of the options, let us know as well.
As mentioned above, the name of the mascot needs to start with a K. Currently, we are thinking of naming it Kevin. If you would like to propose a different name, leave a comment as well!
The differences between A, B, and C are so subtle I can't really tell them apart :smile:
can we see them smaller & side-by-side... I can't tell the diff between the first 3 LOL
