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In 2008 the student body at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire voted to have an official mascot to represent their non-representational athletic name, the Blugolds.
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In my research I found two old examples of illustrations dating back to the 1970s.
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Another example of an illustration of a Blugold.
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The design process took many iterations until the final tweaks were finished. The final logo is the historic EC that has been the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's athletic logo for over thirty years.
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