Mascot for B4X

aeric

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I have thought that B4X needs a nice mascot. What came to my mind is a cute owl which portray wisdom and education. Many programming language or tools have their own mascot which leave a deep memory and attract interest to the public. Java, Go, GitHub, Android, PHP, Python, etc.
What do you think?

ps: I didn’t design the picture. I just get it from the internet as a reference.
 

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Java Duke


Go Gopher
 
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LucaMs said:
BTW, for the superstitious, in Italy the owl brings bad luck.
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It is hard not to crash with superstition from all around the world. 13 for some people believe is bad luck while Italian think it is a good luck. While 4 in B4X indicates any good luck? Chinese may believe it is bad and many elevators don’t have 4 in their buttons.
 

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What about "B4X" illustrated as a powerful laser and it's beam is cutting through multiple plates of metal, which each plate of metal labeled as a different platform:

[B4X]>--->---- [Android]---->---[iOS]---->---[Windows]---->---[Raspberry Pi]---->---[ESP32]---->---[ ? ]
 

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I wish the mascot can be made into a merchandise or plush toy so I can put it on my desk or hug it when I sleep. ?
 

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First of all... a mascot is an animated "thing" that aims at a direct reference between the "thing" and what it represents...
For JAVA, it's a smoking coffee cup with an animated smoke. It's mascot is very similar to the JAVA logo which is static.
Micro soft used a paper clip as a mascot to their office suite. I'm their case it was something radically different from the logo, but easily related to the office suite.
Many sport teams have a mascot, usually an animal, that directly relates to the teams name or emblem.

So, does B4X need a mascot?
No.
Would it hurt having one?
No.
Would it help having one.
In very particular scenarios, like schools, it could help making it easier to create a lasting brain relationship between a visual reference and the product itself.
 

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JohnC said:
What about "B4X" illustrated as a powerful laser and it's beam is cutting through multiple plates
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No, I respectfully have to disagree with the above statement.

I would say that the laser should be cutting through the opposition IDEs setting developers free, starting with Visual Studio and definitely that horrible Eclipse IDE too ?

An owl is supposed to represent being wise, and so is the creator of b4x.com
 

aeric

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How about a duck?
I search for an animal which can swim, walk and fly - which can depict the meaning of cross platform of B4X.
I ask copilot to generate an image for a duck mascot with goggles (use for swimming or flying) standing smiling and here are what I got.



Personally, I like the top right image.
 

Magma

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Hope Disney doesn't search the Forum ... right now
 

chikega

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B B B B ... I think of a busy bee. Something similar to the Raku Language mascot who's name is Camelia:

 

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BlueVision said:
Needs an ophthalmologist...
(Sorry, could not resist...)
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you mean like a 3am when the code is swimming around and the bedroom is too far to walk?
 
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