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Cycloptopus desktop picture? What?

Josh — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:38:50 +0000

I’ve been noodling around with some new designs for the site and in doing so I became increasingly annoyed that the cycloptopus (as he exists now) isn’t the most anatomically correct—as far as cephalopods are concerned anyway. I’m going to continue to obsess over it, as I am prone to do, but I decided to share up a desktop picture for those who might be inclined to adorn their computer with this cryptozoological wonder.

The desktop image comes in three sizes: 1920 x 1200, 1280 x 800 and 1024 x 768 and can be downloaded here.

Cycloptopus: The Cross Stitch!

Becca — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:53:19 +0000

Well, it was only a matter of time before this happened. Cycloptopus has been cross-stitchified. Last week Josh converted the beloved mascot of cycloptop.us to a pixel version. And so I did my part and cross stitched him.

Check out more cross stitches at our Flickr photostream!

Pixel

Josh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:59:16 +0000

A Brief History

Josh — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:37:35 +0000

I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the history of the Cycloptopus now that “version 2.0″ is out in the wild. Originally conceived for a personal branding project way back in 2006, this little guy has changed quite a bit over the years. Heck, I don’t even think he had a name until about a year ago (and that name is thanks to Mr. Kyle Adams.) I’m a little disappointed that I don’t have the original sketches anymore, but lets take a look at what I was able to dig up.

Version 0.1 This version has the benefit of being more inline with “my illustrative style” at the time. However, I didn’t plan the tentacles very well and as a result a few are stuck in rather haphazardly (a problem that persists for awhile, unfortunately.)

Version 0.5 This version nearly kept me from posting these images altogether. Yikes.

Version 1.0 Ah yes, the standard Cycloptopus for a couple of years. The addition of shading, some re-jiggering of color, and a few other minor design changes made a pretty significant difference. There are still some tentacle issues that I was too naive to see, but hindsight and all that. Fun fact: this design exists on two t-shirts worldwide.

Version 2.0 Thanks to the addition of a necktie, fez, symmetrical tentacles (!), and a new warmer color palette our eight-tentacled friend simply exudes sophistication.

And so concludes this brief seminar. Any questions?