OK so we need a mascot. Remember Max on My Points? Yeah, something like that.

So, gear up artistic peeps and submit something for us to use.

Breeze and I are partial to penguins.

OH! If your entry is chosen, you get a $50 gift certificate to newegg.com. And credit in the copyright.

Contest ends March 31, 2009 at 12 Midnight EST.

Normal rules apply.

I didn't " Design" this; found it on a royalty free site, downloaded, edited & cropped in photoshop 7.0.

But it's a peguin...

Can you incorporate CB into the image somehow? He's kinda cute.

I'll do that, any particular script?


( I really liked the "WTF? who me? expression on his little face......)

He is cute.

Maybe slap a CB thong on him




Sorry to post in this thread but there isn't an off topic thread for this contest.

Well, send me a photo of a CB Thong and I'll see what I can do....

( just the thong... not being worn. )

Ask and you shall receive. Direct from CB's own store.... the CB thong, unworn of course.. http://www.cafepress.com/creditboards/558144

Maybe also put a CB coffee mug by his feet with some hot chocolate and mini marshmallows in it

I really can't make this work, as much as I like the Opus image....

Can you extend the contest?

I am no graphic artist, but I found this cute little guy on a free site:



I would add a tag line to it that says:

"Credit questions? Go to Creditboards.com"

Maybe someone else can put it together and win the prize if the mods like it enough for consideration.

Hmmm...Thread not closed but posts not showing? Wah!

Okay, this is what I came up with:

yeah..at least a couple of more days...

+1, and maybe a little more detail on what the CB mascot's mission will be? (Is he just going to hang out on CB and look cute, or is he going to be out in the world, spreading the CB word?)

Consider it extended.

We're looking for something smaller (although what has been submitted is great!)

Maybe 100px by 100px?

Anyway, yeah, he'll be spreading the word. He'll be hanging out here. He may be lurking around to hand out random prizes. Things like that.

How about 96x92 without text?

And smaller version:

He's cute!

Are those boobs? So girl penguin?

He wears a different set of tights at night. LOL

sorry double post ...

And I have smaller versions as well ...

Dont know if multiple entries are allowed but here's another anyway:








The little non gender specific pequin can be arranged/attired anyway you would like....

You should call him Captain Credit!!

I'm definitely no artist, but I have a good imagination, and imagine a pack of penguins, representing cb members surrounding a tied up polar bear, representing unscrupulous CA's. If anyone can draw that in caricature, I'd be happy to split the prize, lol

You might anger Marv with that one.

I know I'm late...just didnt have time till last night...

I adjusted this a lil bit to make the logo clearer....

That's cute! Very nice.

Everyone has some great entries!

Thanks!!

I agree all the designs are very cute

jeeps could definitley be used as a liscense plate advertisement.. Just so full and fitting..

Who won?

Just a word to the wise here - even if that penguin image is royalty free, MOST of the royalty free graphics sites specifically state in their terms of use that the images can NOT be used as logos - so you might want to check into that before you use such an image .

We get asked to do logos all the time for our web site clients, so we run into this all the time.

Mascots are very tacky these days. The brand name (logo) should be dominant and mascot (if any) subtley complimenting it. Big fluffy mascots are so 1998.

Contest extended-

There's some really good stuff here. A reminder that we're looking for a mascot- should be a single animal or what have you. (not a banner) No logo or tagline is necessary.

Penguins are great but we're open to other ideas as well.

This is just a draft:

And small. Like 30x30. We're looking to hide him around the site for prize-purposes

that's like...half an inch square(ish)? Give or take?

Teeny tiny version:



I'm working on a penguin concept, too.

penguins (30 pixels wide at 100ppi):





Idea being...peeking up (or down if you flip it) over the edge, or from around the corner.

I thought that Dragon Flyer's penguin was adorable. A little photoshop and he was in "company"colors.



To put him in the 100 size I had to reinforce the type a little so you could actually see the name



did that two different ways

I really like this one..... I mean I like the captain boob credit too... but this one just screamed at me... great job dspco!!

Don't ask me to do one.. I am so very uncreative LOL

VE..... the penguins have grown on me. I likey. You win.

PM me your email so I can send you your gift certificate. Please email the penguin jpgs to webmaster at creditboards dot com

oh and let me know how you want the credit in the copyright tag to read (what name, I mean)