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  1. I happen to like the shoulder stripes, but def to each their own there. The base design of the numbers and wordmark are pretty solid, and I don't think any of their helmet offerings made the stripes look out of place. They drew attention, sure, but the rest of the uniform didn't look nearly as busy and gave breathing room to a pretty busy visual element. I think we're probably just in disagreement about particular aesthetics, but I think Louisville's numbers are fantastic. the 2021 reintroduction of the drop shadow also helps tie together multiple eras of UL's football, and the slanted TV numbers were strange, sure, but they accentuated a unique sleeve design and fit the direction of the uniform (quite literally). The EMU and Bowling Green sets are from 2013, which admittedly aren't great. That's why I put the cut-off around 2015, when things started trending upward. I outlined also that the half stripes also irked me just as much as anyone else, but the WVN template should fix that for most schools. And it's not like those designs are particularly appalling, it's just that I'd assume the template didn't allow them to print all the way across (if you look at teams who did use the primeknit and had full sleeves, like UW and Miami, they had stripe insert panels on their sleeves). I was just trying to say that recently, Adidas has done right by their schools with very few misses, and hopefully the switch to the WVN as a more affordable option should let schools like Ohio, LA Tech, Northern Illinois and Southern Miss get their stripes back (Wyoming also wears the WVN template, and their stripes are all the way across).
  2. Adidas gets a really bad rep here for their worst stuff, but they haven't made a bad primary look for a school since arguably UCLA in 2015? USF 2015? I argue that Texas A&M, Washington, Rutgers, NC State (I love the shoulder stripes and the new set), Louisville, USF (starting 2018), Miami, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Nebraska, and in the last few years BC, Kansas, and UTEP look as good, if not better, than they ever have. The alternates can get kinda quirky, sure, but for every "The 'Ville" set, there's 5 throwback sets that are lovingly researched (2018 Miami, 1939 and 1956 Texas A&M, 1990 UW, anything Mississippi State, anything Nebraska, 1950's Louisville) or a Mississippi State Statesmen/GT Black Watch sets that show a deep appreciation for their source material. Their templates have been really strong since 2019 (the WVN A1 was released in 2019 and they fixed the collar on the primeknit), and their new top-end template, the A1 Ghost, looks to be their answer to the Vapor Untouchable. Their templated offerings with the primeknit left a lot to be desired with the weird half stripes, but if UTEP, Arkansas State's 2022 white uniform, and LA Tech's powders are anything to go by, most schools seem to be switching to the WVN that gives them as many templated sleeve offerings that go all the way across the caps, as well as UCLA stripes. Put some respect on their name, Adidas does almost all FBS schools right and will accommodate for CD's designs as well (UTSA's Christopher Muñoz designed their current set). At this point, their hit rate is arguably higher than Nike's, and any proprietary numerals (2012 or 2020 A&M, UW, Louisville, GT [although I think these were designed by someone externally], NC State, Nebraska, Indiana, USF) go toe to toe with anything Nike has pumped out in the last half decade.
  3. East side, maybe. Or the rich white kids in West U or Memorial who act like what they think the fifth ward is and pretend to listen to the Houston rap scene (but really just Travis Scott). Houston is really odd in that if you were to ask 20 people from across town (including suburbs who say they’re from Houston) what “Houston Culture” is, you’d get about 20 answers. Montrose is different from is different from rice village (okay maybe those two are kinda similar) is different from bellaire is different from magnolia park is different from third ward and so on. Keep in mind that the most rabid Texans fans sure as hell aren’t in the loop, or even beltway 8. Admittedly, that’s because their branding and marketing mostly goes out towards the whiter suburbs, and it probably helped them secure places like spring/the woodlands/Conroe/Sugar Land/Pearland/Missouri City/etc. by having a “great white hope” as their largest spokesperson (nothing against Watt btw, seriously a great dude and did a LOT across Houston during his time here). The pivot towards communities inside of Houston proper just seems insincere, is all. Also, the Texans would look SOOOO much better with a white facemask.
  4. Just a reminder that the Browns haven't narrowed down voting options to 10, you can vote for whatever you want! Might I suggest another design (currently sitting at #17, and has a thread in concepts to explain its subtleties... ) Also on the Panthers, here's the size of the TV number on the draft jersey. I know it's darkened (damn fullscreen video overlays) but can anyone tell if it's larger this year?
  5. So, I don't know if y'all have heard, but the Cleveland Browns are asking fans to submit logo concepts for the rebrand of the Dawg Pound. I thought it'd be nice to throw my hat in the ring and show off what I've picked up over the years. Here's a look at what I submitted! Be sure to go vote! https://web.witcontests.com/browns/v/eRk0xQO
  6. North Texas got some new uniforms! The Wing helmet looks to be the new primary maybe? There's expected to be a full green and black set coming soon enough. I'm a fan of sublimated number textures so I gotta say these are nice
  7. Oh my god I am so sorry! I love the new update and I like the reshaping of the right ear a lot, the panther feels much more threatening. Here's the fix I tried a hand at. Didn't redraw anything major, just rotated stuff around lol
  8. I like this a lot, but i think a couple of things are a tad off about it. I like the shape of the right ear, but rotating it a little bit more down and shortening it up a little might tuck it a tad more back, conveying a better sense of motion. The right eye and whiskers need to be rotated a bit down too, because rght now they're angled up if you were to look at the panther from head-on. Lastly, I like the idea of the thinner neck, but you're losing a bit of that forward motion the original had. I think that sacrifice is fine, but that's the trade-off anyways. I hope this is fine, but I straightened as much as I could out to describe what I mean. As you can see, the original sketch is very wonky in its perspective, but all the bones are there. Just rotating some stuff around and shortening up a few areas on the right, everything beings to point in the right direction.
  9. a couple of like perspective things are throwing me off about this. The bottom part of the jaw is a little wonky, with the far tooth being larger than the near tooth and a lack of indention to delineate where the bottom jaw starts on the far side. The far ear is a tad off too, it looks more like it's flying higher than the more pinned back shape of the fully shown ear (I think something like the original sketch might be better for that). I love the new shape, but it is now kinda missing that original "vaguely north and south carolina" shape that made the head uniquely built for the panthers. To remedy this, maybe try to incorporate something *sorta* like this shape? I have no clue if it would work and I don't think it really needs it, but using it as the nose or modifying the snout could possibly make it work. This has been my favorite series on here in a minute, and this panthers logo looks like a great refresh! And uh, white whiskers
  10. Yeaaaaaa, could you use literally any other astros uniform set , the use of Columbia and red was definitely the right choice but I would love to see either their current set (or a modification of the post-sunrise 80’s set) used as the base. Love the series though, and the recolor away from sand and brick at least made this look palatable lol
  11. One thing I wish I could get a better read on is the number font for a lot of these teams. I think one of the coolest things about early football uniforms was a lack of standardization in both size and shape, and only showing 11's doesn't allow for that, if that makes sense. Maybe using a famous player number (20, 22, 7, 81 for the lions, 15, 14, 36, 92, 4, 12 for the packers, etc.) For the Texans specifically, I think a darker red or red/orange would look great, and the helmet design feels reminiscent of the Astrodome, actually. Maybe making it a slightly more overt reference (with like a circle at the top or something) might make it feel more connected to the city the way that others are. I also don't know about the sublimated H, I think something you could do that could keep the H in the design is make the vertical bars of the H into shoulder stripes, while the crossbar of the H becomes a stripe similar to Indianapolis' on the shoulders. I love this series tho, and will probably come back to comment more about some other teams in the future. Kickass stuff, fr
  12. Of Course! I'm actually working on a new hat template that I think is even better, and I'd be happy to PM you with it!
  13. They don't need a fat helmet stripe. A&M has never really had a helmet stripe either, so I'd say just for the sake of tradition to keep it off. Also def white facemask (not that grey isn't a good option, but white works).
  14. Having watched almost every A&M game since they switched to their current uniform set, Texas A&M needs 3 things for this combo to last a while. - Get rid of the bevels on the numbers - a larger wordmark. -a white facemask here's a before and after of what I mean, taken from a game last year against Mississippi State. (edited version is the first one) I understand the want for those '98 uniforms, it was the team's only Big 12 title and that uniform holds a lot of significance to Aggie fans, as well as looks "like a college uniform should look like", with the faux-mesh and the incorrectly scaled wordmark with a basic font, it gives an old school feel. HOWEVER, the look above accomplishes a simple, effective, and unique look that adheres to history at a school which revers its traditions. is addition by subtraction on the bevels, as a lack of them creates a much more direct look, while the number font is kept intact to still retain the vibe of the original uniform (an even weighted standard block makes the uniform vastly inferior, and if evidence is needed, look at the 1974-76 uniforms, also also the accompanying wordmark is one of the best in the country in capturing the the identity of its school while still staying aesthetically pleasing). The larger wordmark just balances the front of the uniform and gets rid of the empty space made by the Primeknit A1 template without looking awkward. The racing stripes can (and should) stay for a few reasons: Without it, the uniform needs either stripes (most likely either northwestern or Bucky Richardson-era stripes) or will go without any and become an updated version of the 98 uniform. Both are fine, but neither is an identifiable feature on the uniform the way that the stripes are, and allows for a more iconic overall athletic identity. Furthermore, JOHNNY GD FOOTBALL. Even if you're *barely* interacting with Aggie culture, you understand that Manziel looms large. He is still an icon in College Station despite everything that happened after his time at A&M, and the uniforms certainly hold an important place within Aggie culture because of it. It's not a bad set, y'all! I think the bevels really soured a lot of people on the look, and hopefully this changed your mind(?) idk
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