Four rounds of icons up for review now: the original 20 probe-character concepts (Katie's first round), 25 post-feedback explorations, 25 borescope-informed survivors, and a new background-study round (10 variants of the same cable-arm character with JugScope-styled backgrounds). Tap your favorites in any batch and tell Scott which ones land.
Design family inspiration
JugScopeIllustrated mechanic-cylinder mascot — visual family target
Original cable-armThe first cable-arm direction
How to read this page
Batch 1 is Katie's first review of 20 probe-character concepts. Batch 2 is the post-feedback exploration that pushed away from the amber-on-black brand combo. Batch 3 is additive — built directly on what survived Katie's review (icons 1, 2, 3, 18) and informed by real-borescope hardware (LED-ring tip, semi-rigid cable, dual-lens hint). Batch 4 takes the original cable-arm character from Batch 1 (B1-05 — the canonical "arm IS the scope" portrait) and varies only the background — 10 JugScope-styled environments to find the right backdrop. Pick favorites from any batch.
Batch 4 · 2026-05-04 · original cable-arm character (B1-05) · varied backgrounds
Batch 4 — Original cable-arm character (Batch 1 B1-05), 10 background variations
The original cable-arm character (Batch 1 / B1-05), JugScope-styled backgrounds
Original cable-arm character from Katie's first review (Batch 1, archetype B — the canonical "arm IS the scope" portrait, B1-05). Character is held constant; background varies across 10 environments inspired by JugScope's warm illustrated workshop family. None white — the prior round's cream backdrop is killed. Point is to find which background reads best with this character.
SAME character (B1-05)+ JugScope-warm backgroundsno white backgroundno amber-on-void
Built on Katie's survivors, informed by real borescopes
Riffs on icons 1, 2, 3, and 18 from the original review (the cute round mascot direction Katie loved), now with subtle real-borescope hardware cues — LED-ring halo around the lens-eye, semi-rigid coiled cable as a friendly tail, twin-lens "pigtail" buds. Five palettes (sage/coral, sky/peach, mint/plum, berry/blush, butter/teal) — none amber-on-void.
The first response to Katie's marketing review: lean into cute/round/friendly, drop the hardhat-on-scope silhouettes, drop the mouths-with-teeth, explore color palettes that step away from the amber/black brand combo.
The original cable-arm / peeking-probe / dual-eye family across five archetypes — the set Katie reviewed. Items 1, 2, 3, and 18 were her survivors and form the basis of Batch 3.
A — Classic Probe-Body
B — Cable-Arm
C — Peeking Probe
D — Ground-Down Explorer
E — Dual-Probe Two-Eye
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