Cute Talking Animal Mascots

[Tom Coletti]

We need one.



He's a character that I drew up a while back when I used to do some cartooning.
I named him Loar, oddly enough.

--Tom

[the_polish_mandolinist]

Cool stuff!

[TheBlindBard]

What's the little guy look like?

[Tom Coletti]

What's the little guy look like?

There should be an attachment or image in my first post. Is it not displaying properly?

[peterk]

Very nice, the creation as well as execution....... I think you've got something there.

[Bill Snyder]

There should be an attachment or image in my first post. Is it not displaying properly?

If I am not mistaken TheBlindBard chose his username because it is descriptive, ie he is not able to see your drawing.

TBB, I think it looks a bit like a wolf with long hair on top of its head, wings and something like a dragon's tail that ends in an f-5 peghead.

[Ben Milne]

We need one.

How so?
Am I missing something?

[Tom Coletti]

If I am not mistaken TheBlindBard chose his username because it is descriptive, ie he is not able to see your drawing.

TBB, I think it looks a bit like a wolf with long hair on top of its head, wings and something like a dragon's tail that ends in an f-5 peghead.

Apologies for my ignorance.

Yeah, it's basically a red sunburst-colored dragon with a curly scroll in its mane and other F-style mandolin details here and there.

--Tom

[TheBlindBard]

--Sorry all for the confusion. No need to appologize, at least you all aren't asking me: "How do blind people have sex-wipe-use a keyboard"
Yes, I choose the name because it was descriptive, I hoped it would help people recognize when asking questions like I did.
that sounds very cool, though, I like him. I'd definitely get a T-shirt with that on it.
Is there an A-style model?
:D

[Ben Milne]

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Is there an A-style model?
:D

No doubt that monster would have a Snakehead...

[TheBlindBard]

My new mandolin actually has a snakehead-- I rather like it, it looks very nice.

[Tom Coletti]

How so?
Am I missing something?

No real reason in particular. I like to doodle so I just thought it would be kinda cool to have a little mandolin-themed character pop up every now and then, such as a replacement for the infamous popcorn GIF.



--Tom

[Bertram Henze]

Bambi meets Hayao Miyazaki...

[JeffD]

Way back in the way back the Mandolin Café had a café or coffeehouse motif. Before my time actually, but I have seen archived pages. I think over time the Mandolin Café has become its own icon.

But cute talking animals, playing mandolins and banjos and fiddles, I am for it.

[JEStanek]

The OP has drawn a modified manticore. A beast with a lions body, dragons wings and a spiked (or in this case F style headstock) tail. Roll D20 to save vs charm!

There are old wood cut style t-shirts with animals playing string band instruments here.

Jamie

[JeffD]

There are old wood cut style t-shirts with animals playing string band instruments here.

I was looking for those. That is exactly what I was thinking.

[Bertram Henze]

modified manticore

...i.e. a Mandocore?

[bratsche]

Okaaaay... I think it's cute, but am an A-style type, myself... and just very curious as to where the "talking" part of "Cute Talking Animal Mascots" comes in. Or did I miss it? (I've got my headphones on, and didn't hear anything!)

bratsche

[Bertram Henze]

It does not say that the mascots do the talking - we take care of that
As for being a F/A-style type, the mascot seems to indicate this classification:

F-style:


A-style:

[Tom Coletti]

Okaaaay... I think it's cute, but am an A-style type, myself... and just very curious as to where the "talking" part of "Cute Talking Animal Mascots" comes in. Or did I miss it? (I've got my headphones on, and didn't hear anything!)

bratsche

In a most ironic turn of events, Loar's an A-style type as well, as he prefers to play a teardrop K-1. Who needs a scroll on your mandocello when you have one on your head?



And the "talking" aspect really just comes down to the possibility for witty T-shirt quotes and some comic strip banter stuff.


--Tom

[mandolinlee]

A "comic strip" might be Lily St. Cyr playing a ukelin.
Lee

[Tom Coletti]

...i.e. a Mandocore?

...


Sorry, but I'm gonna have to call it a Nobro. I applaud the attempt, but mandolin puns are nastily difficult to pull off and nearly impossible to hammer on. You see, they tend to have a short scale of impact, especially in an environment of such high tension. Don't fret though, I'll let it slide, so long as we double stop the bad word play and this thread gets some decent action, preferably high enough to not cause a buzz in the mandolin community, but not too high or I'll have difficulty playing along with the conversation.

But yeah, he's a neat little mando-themed critter. I hope that Loar has a bright future ahead of him, and if it gets too bright then I'll get some flatwounds to mellow him out. Sure, everyone is small and shrill with a blue chip on their should at one point or another but after 25-30 years they tend to open up and mature a bit, right?

Dear God there's like twelve bad puns in there I should be detained... this is a reel life nightmare... thirteen...

--Tom

[mandroid]

Those creatures have Opposable Thumbs? or Paws?

[padawan]

The OP has drawn a modified manticore. A beast with a lions body, dragons wings and a spiked (or in this case F style headstock) tail. Roll D20 to save vs charm!

There are old wood cut style t-shirts with animals playing string band instruments here.

Jamie

D20 Nice.

Yeah, I got a few.

Thanks for the link too

[M.Marmot]

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