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Help me figure out a skateboard graphic (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by JumpingPants@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi, all!

I love Linux. I LOVE open source. I suck at designing anything artistic.

I just got into skateboarding and I am going to order a new deck for this old board we have. The deck is a cruiser style with a fish tail.

What FOSS characters or designs/references would be cool to see?

I was just thinking of Tux, but I need some more ideas. Especially for the griptape.

Thanks! This is truly the year of the Linux desktop.

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[–] tequinhu@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Anything from !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] slowcakes@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

I always thought that the FreeBSD mascot looked wicked, it's not Linux but it's FOSS.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

konqi

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Puffy. Daemon. A toaster.

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[–] why0y@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Imagine a toaster with an Archbtw ™ logo on the side, but instead of toast you have floppy diskettes.

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[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago*

I happen to really like a lot of the motifs used by Ubuntu. Regardless the merits or demerits of the distro, the graphical iconography is pretty cool. Likewise with Arch. Like, that Arch pointing forward on the surface would be cool. The Ubuntu circular logo on the wheel rims, as well.