The Utah Utes mascot is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #34 of 347. Along with Colorado last week, Utah officially joined the Pac-10 Conference today and will be leaving the Mountain West Conference behind. Thus, we’ll call this Pac-12 mascot #12 of 12. (View reference images.)
The Colorado Buffaloes mascot is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #23 of 347. Big 12 mascot #2 of 12. (View reference images.)
The USC Trojans mascot is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #10 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #10 of 10. (View reference images.)
The UCLA Bruins mascot is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #9 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #9 of 10. (View reference images.)
The Stanford Cardinal mascot, the unofficial Stanford Tree, is NCAA Division I mascot #8 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #8 of 10. (View reference images.)
The California Golden Bears mascot is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #7 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #7 of 10. (View reference images.)
The Arizona State Sun Devils mascot is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #6 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #6 of 10. (View reference images.)
The Arizona Wildcats mascot, Wilbur the Wildcat, is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #5 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #5 of 10. (View reference images.)
The Washington State Cougars mascot is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #4 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #4 of 10. (View reference images.)
The Washington Huskies mascot is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #3 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #3 of 10. (View reference images.)
The Oregon Ducks mascot, Donald Duck wearing University of Oregon colors, is NCAA Division I pixel mascot #2 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #2 of 10. (View reference images.)
Oregon State Beaver – No. 2
The Oregon State Beavers mascot, Benny Beaver, is NCAA Division I pixel art mascot #1 of 347. Pac-10 mascot #1 of 10. (View reference images.)
This is the first character in what I expect will be a long series of 8-bit college mascots. I’ve pretty much decided that I’m going to draw pixel art for a retro-style game instead of finishing my master’s thesis, Mascot Identity: The Symbolic Consumption of University Athletics Brands. So, in honor of my Oregon State University M.A. studies that intellectually prepared for making pixel art like it’s the 1980s, here is Benny Beaver.