oldschoolvikings Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 OK, we've had a few threads on this board whee members have done superhero sports uniforms. I've always been envious that I didn't think of it first. Being a huge comic geek from way back, I've wanted to do a version of my own, but it always seemed sort of pointless. It's been done, right?Then this idea occurred to me... I like old football uniforms... I like old comic books... why not. So I decided to focus (for now) on the 60's era Justice League characters, and design uniforms that might have been worn at the same time. For reference, here's the look...... and here we go...First up, the two obvious members. I used color pickers for the colors and was surprised at how light/loud the colors were. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 What a cool idea. I think Batman looks fine. I'd try throwing in some more yellow on the away for superman though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsaline Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Beautiful! I'm (very slowly) working on reviving my superhero thread, but I love your take on it. Classic looks for both. Can't wait to see what else you whip up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 What a cool idea. I think Batman looks fine. I'd try throwing in some more yellow on the away for superman though. I did try but it didn't really work for me. The problem is, you can find very few examples of teams from the 60's with more than a two color scheme. That made it hard to shoe horn the third color in, without losing the 60's vibe.Here's a few more... http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan8848 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I really like the batman one so far. Have you tried making the green arrow feather on the helmet go slate up instead? Row The Boat!! RoWINg!! R.T.B!! YELLOW!! JACKETS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Two more... http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FALCON6 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 All are terrific, love the idea. Like how you did retro unis for retro comics. Batman is great, the blue grey is used very well, and I like the grey helmet. use more yellow on the superman, change nothing on GL, more blue on the wonder woman helmet, more green on the aquaman helmet, more orange on the uni. I like your green arrow logo, but maybe try a bow alternate logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-ROY Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I really do like these. I think the Aqauman jerseys need at least some yellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 I really do like these. I think the Aqauman jerseys need at least some yellowThe Aquaman jersey is pretty much the Cleveland Browns, with green swapped out for the brown. Again, I realize, from a strict "good design" standpoint, the missing colors are kind of jarring, but I'm trying really hard to work in the confines of what football uniforms looked like in the 60's. Finding places for a 3rd color on a traditional template is tough. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCRGraphix Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 This is cool! I'm not a huge fan of the template, but very neat nonetheless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goforbroke Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I wonder if the Aquaman primary color needs to be orange instead of green (i.e. orange jersey, green helmet)... Might be a really cool look especially because you already have a few other green jerseys in this concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 I wonder if the Aquaman primary color needs to be orange instead of green (i.e. orange jersey, green helmet)... Might be a really cool look especially because you already have a few other green jerseys in this concept.Hmmm... I kinda like that idea for Aquaman... go with a 70's Broncos' rip instead of the Browns. I'll have to give that a try.Meanwhile, here's a few more...(And this one may be a bit too obvious...) http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan8848 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 I would have red pants for Flash. Row The Boat!! RoWINg!! R.T.B!! YELLOW!! JACKETS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 I would have red pants for Flash.Once again, its the 1960's. Nobody did monochrome in the 60's. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaline97 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 I would have red pants for Flash. Once again, its the 1960's. Nobody did monochrome in the 60's.The Vikings did for half a game, was that the 60s? Good work, I'm really enjoying all of these, I don't know how well that flash number font fits the time period, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 I would have red pants for Flash. Once again, its the 1960's. Nobody did monochrome in the 60's.The Vikings did for half a game, was that the 60s? Good work, I'm really enjoying all of these, I don't know how well that flash number font fits the time period, though.I think you're right. I may have to change that.OK, here's where it goes off the rails...M! A! R! S! Mars, Mars, Mars!! http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaline97 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 What if you went off of the old Raiders font for the Flash? That would be similar enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed618 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 All these are awesome. There are actually some high school teams that use the Superman logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 Here's a couple of quick updates based on feedback...The Superman uniform with more yellow added;And the Wonder Woman uniform with stripes added to the helmet to get some blue on the helmet. (I don't know how obvious it is why I used the plain red star on the helmet. WW's tiara is gold with a single red star.) http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 And the Flash with a different number font; http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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