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Comment by dmw_ng | Hacker News Reader

I genuinely wonder how much that anime waifu logo is costing the project

You don't like Kiki the Cyber Squirrel?

LibreOffice nearly got a Tyson Tan mascot called Libbie the Cyber Oryx. She was silently eliminated from the initial round of votes, in favor of a bunch of half-assed attempts that included two barely modified Duolingo owls. This perceived slight of what had been assumed to be a democratic process caused such a dustup that LibreOffice decided it didn't want a mascot anymore.

https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2017/11/13/mascot...

But that's what it's for. Same story as Photoshop and GIMP splash screens.

I didn't think you meant that literally, but after paging through a few tens of google image search results for "krita samples", it seems the only thing Krita is actually used by people for is fantasy art.

Compare to "corel painter samples" where the 2nd thumbnail is a fairly impressive Audrey Hepburn rendition

Can't remember the last time I saw output of the style from the first search result being used to sell pretty much anything

In case my comment sounded a bit harsh, no offense intended && taken at my side - I mean, it's an industry of its own and a rapidly exploding one, so there are enough reasons couple lesser known industry standard software exists.

I’d be surprised if it is not donated.

Artists aren't really a crowd to display childish prejudices when it comes to anything art.

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