I need to come up with a mascot for the Regional Library. Anybody have any refreshing new ideas -anything but the dreaded bookworm please...... Something fun, funny, punny or even serious. Someone here is going to come up with an idea I love. I've considered a dragon - one that keeps singing the pages of the book he is reading everytime he gets excited.
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
PBS has the cutest show called Between the Lions - inspired by the two huge lion statues that guard the NY Public Library. There are all these cute lion characters (Lionel & Leona for example) who run the library and teach kids about reading.
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Here are a few that I googled.....
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
A pegasus, perhaps wearing glasses? Oh, sorry, Saskatchewan....how about a pegasus with earmuffs?
Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :
...what ever the mascot is, I had the idea you could call him Mark, short for Book(Mark.)
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Here's a cute mascot for you:
Posted by Stevo Chartrand (Member # 2094) on :
hahahahahah Si! Hey Don, a Skatchen mascot usually involves something with a Combine, stack of hay, old farmer, or some kids playing hockey with a frozen cow pie.
I like the Owl idear.
Stevo
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
Personally; I think the bulldog's better looking, OP just isn't "cute"; to quote one of our own....."ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!"
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
quote:Originally posted by Stevo Chartrand: hahahahahah Si! Hey Don, a Skatchen mascot usually involves something with a Combine, stack of hay, old farmer, or some kids playing hockey with a frozen cow pie.
I like the Owl idear.
Stevo
How do ya draw a frozen cow pie?
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
You can put glasses on just about anything, and it automatically gains IQ points and looks like a librarian. I would try a little mantis with glasses.
Posted by Mike Lavallee (Member # 320) on :
initially i thought of the owl with round wire frame glasses or a penguin with a wool cap and a book. you can always do something cool with a raccoon too.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
How about a giraffe? They are VERY QUIET!
Rapid
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Kelly, this isn't really a mascot, but it's an idea...
I had to screen print some calico bags as library bags for a local school. Two years ago we did them with the school logo. (OK, but pretty unimaginative). The school colours are white & purple.
An order came in for more library bags with no real specifications, so I designed this above- it's a pic of the school over a flower bed, the logo superimposed on the building, and a pic of one of our daughters, Sarah, lying in the hallway reading a book, which I took a fortnight ago.
It'll be printed as a halftone in purple on white.
(just trying to help get the creative juices flowing...!)
Good luck!
Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :
A fortnight being 2 weeks for our upover cousins. You'll have to Google it for the root. For my part of the post I got hung up on classic symbols like Alexander and Helenic icons, if its wearing a toga or chlamys then it looks learned. Maybe an Aristotle or Ptolemy cariacture? Hey, Old farts can be interesting too, just ask a couple of notables from around here HTH, David
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
We've done a lot of research on mascots over the years, and I've had the happy task of designing a bunch for various projects we have been involved in. Generally cute animals are much more appealing than humans.
There are a few principles you need to adhere to to make your mascot successful.
Remember the age group you are aiming at. Generally fuzzy mascots are more appealing to kids. Nice round shapes are less threatening.
The comfort of the person inside is critical... with visiblity being the next important concern. Getting the costume on and off is also a major factor. And their movements shouldn't be restricted... mascots communicate by more extreme movements. It should be designed in such a fashion that people of various heights can wear it and it still works. Lastly it should be designed of fabrics which stand a LOT of abuse and wear. Easy cleaning is a bonus.
If you google mascots you will come up with a ton of manufacturers and ideas of things done in the past. You will also get a good idea of the ones that work, and the ones which don't do so well. When you find something you like, build your original idea around that.
-grampa dan
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
Sorry Ian and Everyone else but this picture is... "Not even Funny!"
My wife and I looked with disbelief.
WRONG IMAGE. Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
? Steve ?
Kelly quoted
quote: Something fun, funny, punny or even serious.
Soooo, 'Funny' wasn't the only option- and I did suggest I was including it as a means to lateral thinking, not as an answer to the question...
Does that explain my thought process?
Posted by Jill Marie Welsh (Member # 1912) on :
I say go for the stereotypical book worm....maybe wearing earmuffs AND glasses! Love....Jill
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
Ian Kelly's Quote
quote: I've considered a dragon - one that keeps singing the pages of the book he is reading everytime he gets excited.
We don't see a "Dragon with a book on the learning of ("Life") in Your Picture.
In our Country (that Picture) whould be questioned. Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
It is a very sad statement on the world today if a picture like Ian posted needs to be questioned. I didn't look at it as anything but what it was meant to be and I know that Ian meant nothing else to it. That is incredibly discouraging. Here a loving father posts a picture of his own daughter reading a book and it becomes an issue.
I was looking and asking for ideas and I appreciate the input, perhaps some of us still live in a more innocent world.
I'm sorry your attempt to help led to this Ian, that's just plain wrong.
[ November 27, 2005, 12:57 PM: Message edited by: Kelly Thorson ]
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
how 'bout the library mouse?
Actually have a little hole in a wall where he lives, and comes out of to read when the library is closed.
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
Thats a cute idea, Janette. I wonder how all those librarians would feel about my introducing a mouse to their library. Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :
Stephen,
I'm not sure what country you are from but you sure aren't speaking for all of us!! I see a cute picture of a little girl in her nightshirt enjoying a book. If you are implying that it is in some way inappropriate, makes me wonder what you are smokin!
I like both the dragon idea, and the little mouse. Suelynn
Posted by Carl Wood (Member # 1223) on :
What about a weasel - I liked the giraffe idea, too, maybe standing under a tree & bending his head/neck down to study a book. . .
Posted by Philip Steffen (Member # 2235) on :
We did an owl reading a book here in Glens Falls, NY.
Posted by Randy Campbell (Member # 2675) on :
Stephen what are you smoking????This was a very tasteful presentation Ian put up and you sure don't speak for us Canadians. Posted by Deri Russell (Member # 119) on :
Dragons!! I LOVE dragons..... Or, how 'bout an insect for a change? What about a praying Mantis or an Ant or something. Although the Praying Mantis would get rather tall I suppose. It could be a very calm and serene character compared to an ant.
Posted by Deri Russell (Member # 119) on :
I kinda like the second one Glenn put up. It makes you think reading is for cool kids. Maybe it could rub off in some sort of educational way.
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I LOVE dragons..... Or, how 'bout an insect for a change? What about a praying Mantis or an Ant or something. Although the Praying Mantis would get rather tall I suppose. It could be a very calm and serene character compared to an ant.
