I have designed mascots for many free and open-source software projects. I have redesigned some them into original characters in Electric Hearts and Spirit Animals in Disguise, either because they significantly influenced my personal development, feature designs I am proud of, belong to now inactive projects, or never used for some reason.
Libbie the Cyber Oryx
Libbie the Cyber Oryx was originally a mascot candidate I designed for the mascot contest of the free and open-source office suite LibreOffice. However, due to the misconduct of LibreOffice, the competition was cancelled. I reimagined Libbie into the head teacher of the main characters in Electric Hearts and Spirit Animals in Disguise.
- Libbie the Cyber Oryx: former mascot candidate for LibreOffice
- Libbie: support character in Electric Hearts, Sunset Era
- Libbie the Spirit Oryx: support character in Spirit Animals in Disguise
Gracie the Pirate Gazelle
Gracie the Pirate Gazelle was originally the mascot I designed for a variant of Gazelle, a free and open-source Bittorrent tracker. The project has been abandoned. I reimagined Gracie as a primary school teacher in Electric Hearts and Spirit Animals in Disguise.
- Gracie the Pirate Gazelle: mascot of a variant of Gazelle tracker
- Gracie: support character in Electric Hearts, Sunset Era
- Gracie the Spirit Gazelle: support character in Spirit Animals in Disguise
Sophia the GameDev Girl
Sophia is one of the mascots I designed for GDQuest, a tutorial project for the free and open-source game engine Godot. Coincidentally, GDQuest named her Sophia, the same name I gave to one of my original characters in early years. I reimagined Sophia as a classmate of the main characters in Electric Hearts and Spirit Animals in Disguise.
- Sophia and GDBot: mascots of GDQuest, a tutorial project for Godot game engine
- Feiya: support character in Electric hearts, Sunset Era
- Feiya: support character in Spirit Animals in Disguise
Zoey the Cyber Mink
Zoey the Cyber Mink was originally designed as the mascot for Singularity Viewer, a free and open-source SecondLife viewer. This project seems to have been abandoned, and Zoey was never used in a meaningful way. Since Zoey is meant to be a genius scientist, I reimagined him as the chief engineer of Alice in Electric Hearts and Spirit Animals in Disguise.
- Zoey the Cyber Mink: unused mascot of Singularity Viewer for SecondLife
- Zoey: support character of Electric Hearts, Sunset Era
- Zoey the Spirit Sable: support character of Spirit Animals in Disguise
- Zoey the Robot Sable: support character of Electric Hearts, Evernight Era
Azura the Broadcaster Unicorn
Azura Ruisselante the Broadcaster Unicorn is the mascot I created for AzuraCast, a free and open-source web radio station suite. I love Azura’s design, and since my projects needed a musical character, I reimagined her as a classmate of the main characters in Electric Hearts and Spirit Animals in Disguise.
- Azura the Broadcaster Unicorn: mascot of web radio station suite Azuracast
- Lanxi: support character of Electric Hearts, Sunset Era
- Lanxi: support character of Spirit Animals in Disguise
Kiki the Cyber Squirrel
Kiki the Cyber Squirrel is the mascot I designed for Krita, a free and open-source digital painting app. Kiki was the starting point for my volunteer work in free and open-source software and is one of my most well-known works, having a significant impact on my life. As my projects needed an artist character who could draw, I reimagined her as a classmate of the main characters in Electric Hearts and Spirit Animals in Disguise.
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