Kiki mascot drawings

[Ralf Mardorf]

Hi,

as someone who uses apps for drawing, painting, animation, photography,
and music production for professional purposes as well as for leisure, I
find that, as much as I like some mascots, logos without mascots that
clearly convey the function are much better. Let's take a trip into the
proprietary world.

Stylized pencil
https://cdn.serif.com/store/img/global/logos/affinity-designer-2-dark-landscape-100820201027.svg
Stylized aperture
https://cdn.serif.com/store/img/global/logos/affinity-photo-2-dark-landscape-100820201027.svg
Mascot (for a synth)
https://audiokitpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Untitled-Project-47.png

Of course, you can also design a mascot that plays the keyboard, for
example.

FreeBSD has "Beastie", Linux has "Tux", and that's fine, but it
shouldn't become the norm for every app to have a mascot; hand tools are
not children's scissors.

The splash screen graphics for Krita are nice, but a mascot that pops up
at every opportunity (possibly even animated) is annoying.
You should stick with a logo (icon) like that
https://krita.org/images/krita-logo-light.svg
Because as soon as the universal use of the mascot becomes easier, the
logo will soon look just as childish as
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/The_GIMP_icon_-_v3.0.svg

Is Krita primarily intended as an app for "artisans" or for children's
education?

My 2 Cents,
Ralf