flyersfan Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Hello! Took a stab at making a custom logo (never did one before) for the Oakland athletics, the now OAKLAND ELEPHANTS! Please leave c and c!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrcollis714 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 MOD EDIT Favorites: Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, New York Rangers, New York Knicks, Cam Newton ND Irish Least Favorites: New York Giants, New York Mets, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Eagles, OBJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 The idea came from cubsfan2015 and JOE619. I am simply giving it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Here's uniforms:HomeAwayAlt 1Alt 2Alt 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperThin Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 This may be the most horrific thing I have seen in my life. You took a classic, great look and made this. The name sounds like it could be a 5 year old girl's field hockey team, and the logo looks like if you took a possessed elephant and shoved an alien arm up its trunk. Please go back to the drawing board, I beg you.That's a little harsh.I like the idea, but I would thicken the outlines, and add an outline to eyes, and not make the tusk green, to start off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaRed Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I think what might be cool, is if you worked the elephant into an "O" for Oakland. So for instance, having the elephant head on an angle to the right (not flat looking to the right).... with the trunk swooping down and curling back up around to make an O. Hard to explain without a sketch but I think you can push the logo further. Build it up with some shading, you could look up how some other elephants have been drawn. Like the Crimson Tide for example. Take a look at how that logo treats the details like the eyes... ears etc.A great start but I know you can push it to be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YungMan Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 An interesting concept. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrcollis714 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 The uniforms are very nice, but I still don't really like the identity. Sorry about being a little harsh earlier, I just wasn't thinking. You made up for a bad identity with great uniforms, good job bouncing back. Favorites: Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, New York Rangers, New York Knicks, Cam Newton ND Irish Least Favorites: New York Giants, New York Mets, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Eagles, OBJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Thanks for the kind words! I'll look into working on this, seeing why I can do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberwolf Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I think curling the trunk into an O would be a great idea. And drop the the black for forest green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 I'll give it a try with the forest green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 By the way, the black jerseys are road only alts and the green one is home only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 Forest green recolorings finished, will be uploaded tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrcollis714 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Can't wait to see this in Forest green, should be beautiful. It would be cool if you kept the elephant logo of the A's but put an "O" on the banner instead of an "A". Just an idea, it's up to you. Favorites: Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, New York Rangers, New York Knicks, Cam Newton ND Irish Least Favorites: New York Giants, New York Mets, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Eagles, OBJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 Didn't change anything other than added in the forest green and (hopefully) removed all the black. I have soccer and marching band a lot this week so I may struggle with getting updates up quick. So anyways, here is the forest green update!As always, please give me some suggestion/ criticism on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrcollis714 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 If you were permanently switching to forest green, I recommend dropping neon green. I would replace neon green with an accent color such as Great Lakes Blue (Milwaukee Bucks) or the yellow the A's currently use. I also would use the forest green on the uniforms more. This logo is honestly growing on me, too. I know I was a major hater in the beginning of this concept, but this is progressing nicely and really becoming awesome. Great work. Favorites: Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, New York Rangers, New York Knicks, Cam Newton ND Irish Least Favorites: New York Giants, New York Mets, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Eagles, OBJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wquarton Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 ^ Just backpedalling hard . It needs a little cleaning up but I like the concept. I think maybe if you could turn it slightly and make it sorta 3D it would be cool. I feel like the elephant could look more badass. Again though, Like the concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 I'll change it but for the record I was going for like a mint green. Not neon. The computer made it pop neon but that wasn't my intention. I will make that fix soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco1997 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 "Elephants" is kind of a clunky name for an MLB team. How about the Oakland Tuskers? A tusker refers to an especially large elephant with big tusks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 "Elephants" is kind of a clunky name for an MLB team. How about the Oakland Tuskers? A tusker refers to an especially large elephant with big tusks. you make a very good point there. There are some in sports like that anyways but it's unique is what I thought! I'll work on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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