Kiki mascot drawings

[Tyson Tan]

Thanks, Tymon.
And yes, those were what I had in mind --
like the donation, news, download (distribution), documentation, monthly
reports and stuff.
Perhaps also blank placeholder stuff that we can replace something with
later.
I can sure use some of the ideas you provided.
I have finished the new 5.3/6.0 splash and sent them to Halla a few days
ago, and now waiting for her reply.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 4:59 AM Tymon Dąbrowski <tamtamy.tymona at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> First, Carsten's ideas for Kiki with Krita tools are really nice,
> especially the first three, and especially the filter layer.
>
> Second, I think it would be a good idea to think about how we're gonna use
> them. I'm assuming it's something that would accompany news or parts on the
> website etc? Because from Tyson's mail it seems like he wants to use them
> for other things, not splash screens, but other promotional materials?
>
> Something like for example we already  got from David Revoy for donations,
> Kiki with a Piggy Bank:
> https://krita.org/images/pages/2021-11-16_kiki-piggy-bank_krita5.png
> (which is awesome and I think it probably really helps there:
> https://krita.org/en/donations/ and in post-download:
> https://krita.org/ga/post-download/) (it's also used on some of the news
> posts next to the "Donate text").
> There was also an April's Fools joke post by David with Kiki making faces:
> https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1071/introducing-a-new-krita-plugin-kiki-ultimate-digital-painting-companion
> There is also a similar thing but with Carrot instead of Kiki because
> David made it for his blog:
> https://docs.krita.org/en/untranslatable_pages/building/building_krita_on_host_linux_system.html#building-krita-on-host-linux-system
> (
> https://www.davidrevoy.com/article193/compile-krita-from-source-code-on-linux-for-cats
> )
>
> Is that the kind of thing that Tyson is thinking of?
>
> My ideas:
> - Kiki with a newspaper (for news)
> - Kiki with a megaphone (announcements?)
> - Kiki and fireworks or confetti (for successes, new releases etc.)
> - Maybe something representing FOSS? There is this delightful picture:
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/2023-02-14_Kiki-loves-free-software_by-David-Revoy.jpg
> and there are some pictures of Kiki with friends:
> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOx6CoyWAAAUclL.jpg or
> https://www.deviantart.com/goshaag/art/Sad-Libbie-715399236 but maybe we
> could have a picture that shows the idea of FOSS? I don't really have a
> good idea for it - the only ideas I have are for a bigger sketch or
> illustration.
>
>
> Btw do we have a new splash screen for 5.3.0 / 6.0.0?
>
>
> ---
>
> Side note: it would probably be good if we made it a rule to use the Kiki
> Piggy Bank or a similar picture (I wouldn't mind having a variety of them)
> for *every* Monthly Update and a new Released or Release Notes post to
> accompany a good call to action to donate to Krita.
> I think making it into a nice
>
> ----
>
> Best regards,
> Tiar
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> śr., 4 lut 2026 o 13:37 Drawpile <drawpile at pm.me> napisał(a):
>
>> There's a lot of toolage in Krita that has some "physicality" to it I
>> think, so my idea would be theming the pictures around that. Like, a brush,
>> a paint bucket, a layer stack etc. are all things that you can make Kiki
>> interact with as if they were physical objects and users are likely to make
>> the connection to both Krita and themselves using it right away.
>>
>> Some thumbnail scribbles in that regard
>> https://drive.proton.me/urls/G96AY985T0#fCuK9lT32Gnf
>>
>> Regards
>> Carsten
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, February 4th, 2026 at 11:19, Halla Rempt <halla at valdyas.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Tyson mailed me this question:
>> >
>> > "I'm planning to draw
>> > some Kiki pictures for you to use in promoting Krita.
>> > Although I have drawn many splash pictures, those are not flexible
>> enough.
>> > I think it's useful to have a set of pictures like what I did for Konqi:
>> > https://community.kde.org/Promo/Material/Mascots
>> >
>> > In this more mascot-like proportion (a mascot for a currently WIP FOSS
>> > project):
>> >
>> https://tysontan.com/temp/spirits_20260116A_takumi_torii_04_chibi_small.jpg
>> >
>> > The smaller body makes the character easier to fit in various
>> typographies."
>> >
>> > He is wondering what ideas we all have for composition, theme, pose and
>> action for images like this, so please come up with suggestions!
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Halla
>>
>
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