Mascots can be hideous like Ronald Macdonald (love that at Logorama lol) or kind of Queer like Mr Clean but also funny like those M&M guys. Whether they are cool or not, they surely ad “personality” to the brand and become the spokesman for the company who use them.
Should all the brands use them? maybe not, Imagine a Microsoft mascot? or a Nytimes one?. Well maybe a good one for the big M would be a IE6 Zoombie or the Blue Screen of death lol.
Well here you have a very useful yet generic mascot suitable any online business like blogs or any tech related enterprises. I have it done for an unsold template on sitepoint. It didn’t reach the minimum price after a couple of re-listing and I completely forgot him, until I found it buried in my former laptop recently, so I decided to give it for free, instead of selling it sooo cheap :).
Enjoy this geeky mascot.
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To be honest, he looks more on professional individual than a geeky one. Maybe it’s because of his smile. But, you’ve created it so nicely.
@William maybe you are right but you can deny it is lovely 🙂
Oh, I don’t know. I think it’s kind of neat. I could think of several uses. When I post I tend to use a lot of images. I’m sure he’ll come in handy. LOL
Thanks!
Su
@Su He is such a sweet heart
I love Ronald McDonald in Logorama, such a good short film, very happy it won an Oscar. Thanks for the Mascot Mao, very geeky but cool!
@SJL Ronald Macdonals @ logoramas rules! great short film. Any time pal 🙂
So nice of you to give him out for free. Have to agree that mascots are not good for all types of business. However, for businesses that have been around for sometime, may need to remind consumers , ‘”we are still around”‘. In such a case, launching a mascot could act as a reminder to consumers.
@Picntfact3 I agree with you. It is another way to recall the brand presence and stay in the unconscious and lucky to become part of the pop culture.
Thanks for the freebies.
Thanks, he looks like me!
@Rino Maybe you are brothers 🙂
Maybe your icon cloned itself. Meet Cyber-Rino! LOL
Sorry. Just being silly.
@Su mmm maybe you are right Su… why dont you show us a picture for us to decide Rino? 🙂
@Mao, yeah I think he is my brother, because I have square glasses. But I’ll definitely use this as my mascot sometime 🙂
@ Rino
So you also wears tie and long sleeves then match it with reading glasses? LOL
I like the vector. It’s an example of the new generation geek! Unlike before, geeks only hold books and there’s no laptops or PCs that time. 🙂
this is nice. i think having a mascot is great for branding your own company. it gets easier to remember plus when you have a funny mascot then it might get passed around which helps your business to go viral.
Have to agree that mascots are not good for all types of business. However, for businesses that have been around for sometime, may need to remind consumers , ‘”we are still around”‘. In such a case, launching a mascot could act as a reminder to consumers.
I never seen any mascot that I liked, but I have seen a few that were easy to remember. I think the one from Michelin is maybe the most famous mascot.
@Administrare I think mario bross is the most famous 😉
your readers can find this tutorial very useful:
http://www.tutorialshock.com/tutorials/illustrator-tutorial-how-to-design-a-vector-character/
Design your own vector character with illustrator! 🙂
I have to say it got to be something really smart and special for people to remember. These days we see so many everyday and forget it the next one. If you take the time to develop and design one, is best to do it with a bang.
Thats a generous gift to give awya. Can use it on my new niche site as the Support Guy Mascot.
Thanks for the mascot!
Thanks for this geeky mascot.
cute mascot, really cute.
Mascot is really cool.Thanks
Muy buena la mascota, gracias.
Hi Mao, I really love your mascot. Can I use this as a reference sketch for my future client? (Modified the mascot). Please let me know how will I credit you.
Thanks 🙂
@dancapz sure you can, you should credit the blog any where on the design if can’t you should buy a commercial license w/o attribution 🙂
Oh! muchas gracias por compartir, esta muy gracioso lo de la mascota! ^^
@regalos de empresa, me alegro que te gustara 🙂
Nice maskot thnx for share its awesome!