Wilber (mascot)

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Wilber the coyote is the official mascot of the GIMP, a free bitmap graphics editor.

Wilber was created sometime before September 25, 1997, by Tuomas Kuosmanen, known as tigert, with the GIMP. He received additional accessories from other GIMP developers, which can be found in the Wilber Construction Kit, included in the GIMP source code as /docs/Wilber_Construction_Kit.xcf.gz.

The category icon for GIMP stories on Slashdot.org uses Wilber which includes a subtle blinking eyes animation.

[edit] See also

• List of mascots

[edit] External links

• Wilber images at the GIMP homepage (near bottom)
• Wilber on GIMP splash screens, at tigert labs
• Wilber on the Bibliothèque nationale de France (photo taken at a Project Blinkenlights installation in Paris)