Designerman

Decorative sprite-sheet mascot animation that adds site personality; not for use inside task flows.

Status: beta. Group: marketing. Markdown version: /design-system/components/designerman.md

When to use

Sprite-sheet mascot animation; pure site personality. Decorative only; keep it out of task flows.

The contract records no forbidden uses.

The contract names no look-alike with a deciding condition.

Designerman props
Prop	Type	Default	Description	Required
`spriteSheet`	`string`	none	Sprite sheet path (e.g. /sprites/designerman.png)	Yes
`frameWidth`	`number`	`64`	Frame width in px.	No
`frameHeight`	`number`	`64`	Frame height in px.	No
`columns`	`number`	`4`	Number of columns in the sheet.	No
`animations`	`Partial<Record<AnimationName, AnimationConfig>>`	`{}`	Optional custom animations.	No
`scale`	`number`	`3`	Scale multiplier for the sprite.	No
`audioSrc`	`string`	`/designerman.mp3`	Optional looping audio track.	No

No variant dimensions and no props with a fixed set of values.

The contract records no invalid combinations.

The contract records no keyboard interaction.

Every item under When not to use is a MUST NOT. MUST and SHOULD follow RFC 2119.

Designerman rules
Level	Rule	How it is checked
MUST	Required stories produce no axe violations at the configured severity.	Automated by `npm run test:stories:matrix:ci`. WCAG 2.5.8.
MUST	The accessibility tree (role, name, state) matches the committed snapshot for every required story.	Automated by `npm run test:stories:matrix:ci`. WCAG 1.3.1, 4.1.2.
MUST	The component remains legible and operable under a real browser forced-colors: active pass.	Automated by `npm run test:stories:hc`.
MUST	A human completed an end-to-end accessibility review of this component.	Manual review, last on 2026-05-28.
MUST NOT	Maintainers: Do not bypass design tokens or skip forced-colors verification at beta.	Release review; not machine-checked.

In-repo only. Designerman is not exported from @digitaltableteur/react, so there is no public import path.