MLB Redesigns Series

[MJD7]

10 hours ago, Paul Lucas said:

The NL West looks amazing! Great job, brother. ??????

 

9 hours ago, coco1997 said:

Nice job on the NL West. There are a few changes I don't entirely like, but all in all I like what you've done with this division. 

Thank you both! I really appreciate it.

 

Also, small side-note on the Rockies, I changed the NOBs back to the regular look since the spiky font didn't really fit anymore. Hopefully it looks a little better.

 

Anyone else on the updates to the NL West?

[SFGiants58]

Good work!

 

Diamondbacks: The new sock stripe pattern looks fantastic.

 

Rockies: While I normally don't like the Rockies' current fonts, your new color scheme has really improved them. There's less of a "Mile High White Sox" look to them. The new sock and sleeve stripes are also good. It's an upgrade.

 

Aces: I'm glad you kept the harlequin design. I still want to see the far right or center left "Las Vegas" script on the road jersey, but that's personal preference.

 

Dodgers: I like the colored belt loops. 

 

Padres and Giants: They're good as-is. I would like to see an asymmetrical stripe pattern for the Padres to better reflect the drop shadow (and eliminate the floating stripes), but that's personal preference.

 

I'm looking forward to your next round of updates. 

[Carolingian Steamroller]

The NL West updates all look great!

 

I love that Padres concept and the Aces are such a cool design in general. 

[MJD7]

On 8/20/2017 at 9:34 PM, SFGiants58 said:

Good work!

 

Diamondbacks: The new sock stripe pattern looks fantastic.

 

Rockies: While I normally don't like the Rockies' current fonts, your new color scheme has really improved them. There's less of a "Mile High White Sox" look to them. The new sock and sleeve stripes are also good. It's an upgrade.

 

Aces: I'm glad you kept the harlequin design. I still want to see the far right or center left "Las Vegas" script on the road jersey, but that's personal preference.

 

Dodgers: I like the colored belt loops. 

 

Padres and Giants: They're good as-is. I would like to see an asymmetrical stripe pattern for the Padres to better reflect the drop shadow (and eliminate the floating stripes), but that's personal preference.

 

I'm looking forward to your next round of updates. 

 

7 hours ago, Carolingian Steamroller said:

The NL West updates all look great!

 

I love that Padres concept and the Aces are such a cool design in general. 

Thank you both! I've updated the Padres set with asymmetrical stripes.

[MJD7]

And now, here are the updates for the NL Central:

 

National League Central

Chicago Cubs

-I decided to keep the brown & light blue, it has slowly, steadily been growing on me ever since I tried it out... I made the set primarily brown, as the light blue looks good reserved to an accent. This series would have hypothetically made for an interesting World Series last year, with two primarily brown teams facing off...

 

Cincinnati Reds

-No changes for the Reds.

 

Milwaukee Brewers

-Like the Diamondbacks, I added borders around the stripe design to make it feel more "complete." I also triplicated it, because, it looked cool.

 

New Orleans Zephyrs

-I made the accents on the teal cap purple instead of gold.

 

Pittsburgh Pirates

-I kept all of the updates to the yellow parts of the sets that were adjusted from the last update.

 

St. Louis Cardinals

-I kept the aspects of the most recent update, complete with the navy bat on the away jersey.

 

The Cubs keep the brown & baby blue, the Brewers get a new sock design, the Zephyrs update the teal uniform, and the Reds, Bucs, and Cards stay basically the same. That wraps up the NL Central, comments+criticisms are appreciated!

[coco1997]

Excellent work! The small changes to the Cubs, Brewers and Zephyrs are all improvements in my book. 

[MJD7]

On 8/23/2017 at 4:39 PM, coco1997 said:

Excellent work! The small changes to the Cubs, Brewers and Zephyrs are all improvements in my book. 

Thanks! Anyone else on the Central? I'll try and get the East up tomorrow.

[The_Admiral]

Yeah the Cubs in brown and powder blue is an affront to God and man, sorry.

[MJD7]

4 minutes ago, the admiral said:

Yeah the Cubs in brown and powder blue is an affront to God and man, sorry.

Haha yea that's respectable, I understand it's basically impossible to imagine them in anything but royal & red. I wasn't sure what else I could do for the Expos, either, so I guess someone had to budge.

 

It's pretty late in the process but I'm open to any suggestions for either team on some different color schemes!

[The_Admiral]

I know a million concepts have had the Expos in Quebecois light blue and red but maybe you can be the one to really make it shine.

[MJD7]

Time for the NL East updates!

 

National League East

Atlanta Braves

 

-I got rid of the red hat, and put the white front-panel cap as the home in its place. I also made more of an effort to separate the white and yellow whenever possible, with the exception of the home wordmarks. The double-outline on the road is not without precedent in Braves history, either.

 

Miami Marlins

-Kept "Marlins" on the home & the orange alternate, and dropped the yellow cap in exchange for one with a yellow brim.

 

Montreal Expos

-I kept all the changes from the last update.

 

New York Mets

-@SFGiants58 said that he didn't want to take up his wonderful "New York" script for use in his set, so I gladly took the opportunity when it came. Thanks to him for permission to use the wordmark. I also removed the white outlines on the pink jersey's racing stripes for more consistency.

 

Philadelphia Phillies

-I kept the 'P' as the front logo for the away options. Everything else stays the same.

 

Washington Senators

-I added outlines to the stripes, as was suggested. I'm sort of mixed about it, I don't particularly like it on the away. I also have a version that just replaces the navy stripes that were on the home with copper, which spruces it up a bit. Let me know if I should switch back to that.

 

@the admiral I didn't have time to experiment with the Expos if I wanted the East up today, but I could try something out with them maybe in some other series down the line. I think I have some ideas that I can try and run with.

 

In summary, the Braves drop a cap, the Marlins add a home wordmark, the Mets and Phillies change road wordmarks, the Nats get some outlines, and the Expos don't change. Comment below what you think, it's greatly appreciated.

 

[Carolingian Steamroller]

Updates look great! Really like the outlines on the stripes on the Nats!

[coco1997]

Another solid round of updates. The one thing that still bugs me is the inconsistent racing stripes on the Mets pink alt and pants. That being said, I don't really see a way around it. I do love @SFGiants58's script wordmark on the road jersey, though. 

[SFGiants58]

Cubs: I agree with Admiral, but the brown/light blue also looks good. You nailed the color balance.

 

Reds: I wouldn't change anything there, except for making the sleeve stripes slightly more consistent (i.e matching the pants stripes).

 

Brewers: The stripe borders look good! It makes them all the more legible,

 

Zephyrs: The consistency tweak helped out a lot. Good work.

 

Pirates: Another good update, not much else to say.

 

Cardinals: Leaving it unchanged was a good move.

 

Braves: The set still looks a little too "bright" for my liking. I'd eliminate any instances where white and yellow touch on non-white backgrounds, or add small black outlines to separate yellow and white.

 

Marlins: Good on you to drop the yellow hat.

 

Expos: If you want to tackle Admiral's idea, I suggest swapping out all instances of royal blue with a darker powder (like that 299 C shade I always use). It would mean deleting the white outline from the road script, but that's a minor adjustment. I'd also add white outlines to the numbers, for legibility reasons. I still like the design, but these changes could put it over the top.

 

Mets: Thank you for using my script! It looks good on your set. As for the consistency problem Coco mentioned, maybe remove the white outlines on the racing stripes? 

 

Phillies: The "P" logo makes a good stand-in for a "Philadelphia" script. Good work.

 

Nationals: The outlines are good, and I'd like to see the flipped version of the home uniform. 

 

All in all, good work!

[MJD7]

On 8/25/2017 at 10:26 AM, Carolingian Steamroller said:

Updates look great! Really like the outlines on the stripes on the Nats!

Thank you, I appreciate it!

 

18 hours ago, coco1997 said:

Another solid round of updates. The one thing that still bugs me is the inconsistent racing stripes on the Mets pink alt and pants. That being said, I don't really see a way around it. I do love @SFGiants58's script wordmark on the road jersey, though. 

Thanks, check the Mets again and see if you like the update.

2 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

Cubs: I agree with Admiral, but the brown/light blue also looks good. You nailed the color balance.

 

Reds: I wouldn't change anything there, except for making the sleeve stripes slightly more consistent (i.e matching the pants stripes).

 

Brewers: The stripe borders look good! It makes them all the more legible,

 

Zephyrs: The consistency tweak helped out a lot. Good work.

 

Pirates: Another good update, not much else to say.

 

Cardinals: Leaving it unchanged was a good move.

 

Braves: The set still looks a little too "bright" for my liking. I'd eliminate any instances where white and yellow touch on non-white backgrounds, or add small black outlines to separate yellow and white.

 

Marlins: Good on you to drop the yellow hat.

 

Expos: If you want to tackle Admiral's idea, I suggest swapping out all instances of royal blue with a darker powder (like that 299 C shade I always use). It would mean deleting the white outline from the road script, but that's a minor adjustment. I'd also add white outlines to the numbers, for legibility reasons. I still like the design, but these changes could put it over the top.

 

Mets: Thank you for using my script! It looks good on your set. As for the consistency problem Coco mentioned, maybe remove the white outlines on the racing stripes? 

 

Phillies: The "P" logo makes a good stand-in for a "Philadelphia" script. Good work.

 

Nationals: The outlines are good, and I'd like to see the flipped version of the home uniform. 

 

All in all, good work!

Thank you for the comments! Check the post of the East again for a Braves update. Does that work? It definitely makes the feather much stronger & noticeable.

[SFGiants58]

3 minutes ago, MJD7 said:

Thank you for the comments! Check the post of the East again for a Braves update. Does that work? It definitely makes the feather much stronger & noticeable.

 

I think it does! You nailed it.

[MJD7]

Alright sweet, then that wraps up the NL, now we can move on to the AL West!

 

American League West

-I lightened the purple yet another slight shade. I also decided to try a mix between the current font and the old-fashioned font, since I wasn't completely satisfied with the last version. This change wouldn't have been possible without @SFGiants58, so thank you for the help.

 

Los Angeles Angels

-The Angels pretty much undergo an overhaul. The navy elements in the design have been replaced with a dark red, which makes more sense to use as an accent to keep things "warm." To keep it from being overbearing though, I made the outlines thinner and made the periwinkle more prominent as the definitive secondary color. I went with the winged-primary inspired by @SFGiants58 and @davidmiller5. I decided to reduce the set to only one, white hat, as it was the best option to keep the halo gold through all applications. I also decided to go with the SFGiants58 and @Lights Out inspired PCL Angels striping, as I really love how that looks for the Halos. That stripe design was transferred over to the pants and socks.

 

Oakland Athletics

-I replaced the roundel with the white elephant primary.

 

Portland Beavers

-I went with the maroon & kelly scheme, as that seemed to garner some positive reaction. I also decided to keep the wordmarks on all jerseys, to distance connections from Philadelphia.

 

Seattle Mariners

-I decided to just make the "S" the primary to break up the AL West roundels. I also kept the white letters on the dark teal backgrounds.

 

Texas Rangers

-I kept all of the changes from the last update. I wanted to keep the Rangers primarily orange because that way each AL West team would interestingly occupy their unique color of the rainbow: Portland red, Texas orange, Los Angeles yellow, Oakland green, Seattle blue, and Houston purple. The accents tend to intertwine between each team, but I thought it was cool that each team could sort of "own" their given color.

 

So to recap probably the wackiest division of them all: Houston modernizes a bit, LA gets completely revamped to have a more SoCal feel, Oakland gets a new primary, Portland sticks with kelly green and Texas remains the same, funnily. And that's what I've got, feel free to comment on anything you think of it.

 

 

[coco1997]

I really like all that you've done with this latest batch of tweaks. The grouping of AL West primary logos looks much better now that it's not almost entirely roundels. The added red to the Angels was a great decision, and I would be perfectly happy if they switched to this color scheme tomorrow. However, I think the "ANGELS" wordmark would pop better if it was periwinkle on the home jersey and white on the road. 

[MCM0313]

I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed this series from start to finish, especially how colorful you made everything. Your Astros and Angels concepts were both probably the best I've ever seen anyone propose, and there was creativity everywhere. Thanks for the fun and I hope you do another redesign series again soon - any sport!

[SFGiants58]

Astros: That's really good! The new shade of purple really helps the look, as do the new fonts! You're welcome, and I'm glad I could be of help on that front.

 

Angels: The new colors work really well with the design. Good work.

 

Athletics: I like that you brought the white elephant back.

 

Beavers: The color scheme is fantastic, and I like that you're maximizing the wordmarks in the identity.

 

Mariners: That was a good decision to switch up the primary logo.

 

Rangers: Your previous update took care of all of the issues, and I'm glad to see you didn't mess with a good thing.

 

It's been really fun following this series.