Update the Mushroom icon?

AgentMuffin

AgentMuffin

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Just a quick suggestion to replace the Mushroom icon used for the favicon and unread indicator with a newer image. Personally, the current one looks a bit dated and grimy from the airbrushed black shading. I propose this render.
 
If updating the Mushroom favicon is being considered, I would suggest using one of the 2D artworks of the Mushroom itself. 3D renders tend to age quickly as textures and shading styles evolve, whereas 2D illustrations, such as the SVG version or this example stay visually fresh and timeless. They also better reflect the work of Shigehisa Nakaue, the artist and illustrator behind the Mario franchise's current style.
 
Replace it with my mushroom drawing, and you will attract many new visitors to the site

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Honestly I think differentiating the wiki and forum favicons by having the forum one stay 3D is a good idea. Renders do keep improving, but at such a small scale I think the differences are too negligible to be visible. There's not gonna be another jump on the level of the one from the Wii to Wii U rendering styles, unless the series actually makes a drastic change to its art direction which I feel is unlikely.

The larger icon used for the unread indicator, that I can more get behind making 2D. Would be neat if we just straight up used an SVG for that. But tbh the favicon being 3D I found useful for differentiating wiki and forum tabs, since the wiki's is 2D, and again the updated render concern becomes negligible at such a small scale imo.

(it may be just me but I also wouldn't be opposed to making it Mario's face again, i lowkey miss that)
 
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