I'm no artist, but I thought Kbin could use a mascot. Shall we all create one together?

I'm a professional concept artist. The worst thing you could say in our field is actually "let's draw something together":)

Design by committee results in abominations 99.99% of the times.

I'd say let just people draw stuff if they want and then we pick the best.

One of the things that I think made our exodus site so endearing is that we had a cute logo from the start. In that vein, and with many folks thinking about us collectively calling ourselves kbinauts, I thought to make a little logo with a spaceship. What do ya'll think? Can someone with more skills doctor this up?

Also, for those with their own ideas, feel free to post your own in the comments. Maybe we can settle on one and make it ours. I'd like to start seeing these logos all out in the real world one day.

What about a tardigrade (water bear)? They're little, scrappy and can survive in space.

I thought the cool folder was our icon? Like the whole Linux file system thing

I'm no artist but my vote goes towards the mascot being some sort of alien (or maybe astronaut?) with a gun. the gun to match the karabin source of the name, the alien to match the "kbinauts" moniker.

I've been wondering where "kbin" came from. So it's confirmed that the original Polish version is supposed to be named "rifle"?
- So I just stumbled upon one of ernest's comments about it. Yes, the polish instance is a play on words referencing a rifle. however it seems the original "kbin" name actually stems from unix's "sbin".
  
  I guess in the end it ends up being a double reference?

Maybe a rocket....

I'm still mourning Boost (my reddit 3rd party app of choice for like 6 years), a rocket for kbin would be a cruelty.
- Oh! I had no idea! Sorry about that.

Did Ernest ever explain the origin and pronunciation of the name? While there would be a certain tragicomic open-source poetry in ignoring what he had assumed would happen, it would be relevant information.

https://karab.in/m/fediverse/p/217281/The-reason-for-the-strange-naming-and-uncomfortable-images-on#post-comment-311421
- Thank you, sir. So the mascot should be an exasperated developer answering the same question one hundred times, then?
- Jesus christ that OP is so uncharitable. They came looking for a pissfight and you didn't give it to them. Bravo.
- this is actually pretty interesting. I think it's neat for either interpretation. but it's good to have things clarified :)

I think of kbin as 'Kabin' so something like 'Kabby the log cabin' would be what I'd design if I had any artistic skill

My first thought is a raccoon after the bin in kbin. Cause that's where they like to hang out. Maybe a bit undignified, but cute.

Maybe an animal?
Kbin Koala? Kangaroo? Kiwi? Kinkajou? All good options!

Kookaburra? Kakapo?
- According to ChatGPT, a Kaban is Polish for wild boar. A Kobuz is a large gyrefalcon. Relevant because kBin admin @ernest is Polish.

I mean just look at mastodon and how omnipresent the mascot is. It would be relly great if Kbin had one, too. Sadly I am neigher an artist nor super creative when it comes to this stuff

This can only go well

Im not an artist /designer but I do draw and know some illustrator. While we wait for someone more capable Ill gladly try to design something, gives me something to do while I find myself around kbin.

I like the idea of the rocketship!
Goes well with the whole fediverse concept (which Im still in the process of understanding).