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Canvas - mander.xyz logo collab (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I reproduced our logo in pixel art, added our domain name in text, and I'm gonna start adding this to the Canvas.

The bottom right corner (where I'm starting) is located at 646, 205.

Come join me! And decorate this further if you'd like!

(How to join: https://mander.xyz/post/1767323 )

Edit: look like the picture is a little small because it's pixel art. You may want to download it and open it up in MS Paint or something then zoom in a lot.

Edit2: I found a mistake in my template: there's one extra gray pixel on the right side, diagonally up/left from the uppermost black pixel of the...uh...chelicera I guess.

Edit3: There are actually three extra gray pixels, the other two are to the right and above the one I just mentioned.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hooray! We've finished!

I don't know how to attach a picture to a comment but I took a screenshot of it.

Thank you to all who helped!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, thank you! That's wonderful πŸ˜„

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is our mascot, anyway?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It is a Mushroom-Tongued Salamander, from the genus Bolitoglossa. It's not any specific species, and the image below is not the image that I used as a reference, but it actually resembles the logo more than the image I did use.

(Image of Bolitoglossa conanti by Andrew Snyder, from Flickr)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I finally got a chance to look this up and this is the weirdest and most fascinating salamander face I've ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha, their webbed-feet are also pretty cool. They are arboreal salamanders.

webbed feet from Bolitoglossa

Bonus X-ray image:

They can also shoot their tongue ballistically to capture prey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q4XYpjBNsc

And don't get me started on Bolitoglossa jacksoni....

Come back any time for more Bolitoglossid facts 😜

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

also lol i failed herpetology by called those things "chelicera"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hahaha! They are called "nasolabial grooves" and through capillary action they help move odor particles towards the vomeronasal organ. They tap their snout on surfaces to collect odors and pheromones.

It makes a lot of sense when you think about it. These salamanders belong to the "Lungless Salamander" family (Plethodontidae). They can't rely on their lungs to suck-in the odor molecules, so they have to rely on a different trick!

Some more info here: https://www.britannica.com/animal/lungless-salamander

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh that's what those are!

They tap their snout on surfaces

So they boop things like dogs do. lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Here you go. I put a red rectangle around it so it can be found more easily.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alright I’m not even a member of Mander but your instance rules so I’m helping

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

❀️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scratch that. I am a member. This interaction prompted me to check my application status. Back to pixelling…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for helping either way!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That was oddly satisfying to work on. Like doing a jigsaw puzzle or something.