{"id":2314,"date":"2010-02-26T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasonbot.com\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2010-02-26T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T08:01:00","slug":"mascot-mania-winter-2010-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jasonbot.com\/?p=2314","title":{"rendered":"Mascot Mania!!! Winter 2010 Edition!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is no secret that I am in favor of well-designed Olympic mascots<\/a>, even though I have no interest in sports. Mascot design = character design, and that’s definitely something I’m interested in.<\/p>\n

The 2010 Winter Olympics (which close shop this weekend) feature a great quartet of mascots designed by the very talented artists of Meomi<\/a>. Naturally, I wanted to try my hand at drawing these mascots:<\/p>\n

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click above for larger view<\/span><\/div>\n

From bottom left to top right, we have Mukmuk<\/a> the marmot<\/a>, Quatchi<\/a> the sasquatch<\/a>, Sumi<\/a> the animal spirit (orca<\/a> headdress, thunderbird<\/a> wings, bear legs), and Miga<\/a> the sea bear (part orca<\/a>, part kermode bear<\/a>). Yeah, I’m pretty sure Sumi and Miga are FUZORS<\/a> in disguise.<\/p>\n

Note to self: start drawing picture of Sumi and Miga as Fuzors.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Where was I? Oh yeah, mascots are rad. In the midst of researching the 2010 mascots, I also stumbled across these characters:<\/p>\n

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Their names are Lyo and Merly<\/a>, and they’re the mascots for the first ever 2010 Summer Youth Olympics<\/a> (taking place in Singapore). Lyo<\/a> is a lion cub, and Merly<\/a> is a merlion<\/a> cub–ANOTHER FUZOR!!! Don’t be surprised if I end up drawing these two when the Youth Games roll around.<\/p>\n

For More on Olympic Mascots:<\/span><\/p>\n