Return of the Sonics

[Hoopskid]

Tried to make a simple look while retaining the traditional sonics style.

Thoughts?

For some reason AI won't save the white parts on the road uniform, ill work on fixing that.

EDIT: Finally fixed --

[TopCat]

The top part of the "1" is too long, otherwise I love it.

[carlosgg6]

I agree with the numbers.

Goog concepts

[jtrip]

Well done. Let's move the Queens up here and put those uni's to work

[NCCoachArete]

Who are the queens? I wish someone would be original and come up with a new logo, nickname and color scheme for a Seattle NBA franchise.

[AJM]

Great concept...just change the lettering on the green jerseys to either yellow or white and you'll have a winner!

[seancarter]

if seattle does get another nba team i think they would be under anther name,i think they would be seattle surge

[DancinFool]

I love this concept very much, but I just have one thing that bothers me. The NBA and crest logos on the away jersey are missing their white. I don't know if this was on purpose or not, but either way, it bugs me to no end. The only imperfection on an otherwise flawless design.

[scraw28]

if seattle does get another nba team i think they would be under anther name,i think they would be seattle surge

I don't think so, the city of seattle owns the supersonics name colors, history and the authentic NBA Championship trophy won from 1979, OKC Thunder has a copy of the trophy but I don't acknowledge it all. so if seattle gets an expansion or a relocated team it will be the sonics for sure.

[kbaker19]

I love this concept very much, but I just have one thing that bothers me. The NBA and crest logos on the away jersey are missing their white. I don't know if this was on purpose or not, but either way, it bugs me to no end. The only imperfection on an otherwise flawless design.

If you read the OP, he said for some reason the white parts of the jerseys for some reason aren't showing. The NBA logo is there, but only the red and blue parts.

[goforbroke]

So is there supposed to be any white in the numbers and letters on the jersey? It does look a little hard to read with green on green. is there supposed to be white fill there?

overall a great concept

[TheRealPepman]

One word. Hot.

[Hoopskid]

I was able to fix some, but I can't get it the way it shows in illustrator. The Band on the away is supposed to be white and the numbers on the alt are mainly white. I really don't know what's wrong.

Thanks for the comments so far!

UPDATE ABOVE

[AlaskaAJ]

my one suggestion is make "Sonics" fit the green band, they have different arks right now.

[DancinFool]

I love this concept very much, but I just have one thing that bothers me. The NBA and crest logos on the away jersey are missing their white. I don't know if this was on purpose or not, but either way, it bugs me to no end. The only imperfection on an otherwise flawless design.

If you read the OP, he said for some reason the white parts of the jerseys for some reason aren't showing. The NBA logo is there, but only the red and blue parts.

*facepalm* So the other day I was an idiot, right?

[wkaake]

as a former sonics fan... beautiful. the ones they had before they moved were amazing, and this is a nice modern touch. one of the more classic looking uniforms.

[loogodude90]

Just a comment, the arch of the "SONICS" on the home uni does not match up very well with the arch of the green background its on, if you know what I mean. Like the S's are closer to the bottom of the green, and the N is closer to the top of the green, because the arches aren't matched up.

[GeneParmesan]

Speaking as a Sonics fan, this kind of thing is pretty neat to see. The stripe treatment on the back is an interesting idea. And any nod to the '75-'94 unis will get a big thumbs up from me!

On a somewhat-related note: after the whole trainwreck that resulted in the team moving, I've wondered if the most recent Sonics logos don't have a sort of toxic quality to basketball fans in this area (after all, Seattleites know how to hold a grudge- there are people still mad at Bud Selig for moving the Pilots). That last identity was certainly both welcome and popular when adopted, after a few years of the forest green & brick red identity. But wouldn't all the "bad stuff" associated with those logos pretty much require a thorough re-branding? Maybe some kind of update to the classic skyline logo would be appropriate for the return of an NBA team to Seattle.

[VC//]

Shawn Kemp might or might not be my father.

[NCCoachArete]

Speaking as a Sonics fan, this kind of thing is pretty neat to see. The stripe treatment on the back is an interesting idea. And any nod to the '75-'94 unis will get a big thumbs up from me!

On a somewhat-related note: after the whole trainwreck that resulted in the team moving, I've wondered if the most recent Sonics logos don't have a sort of toxic quality to basketball fans in this area (after all, Seattleites know how to hold a grudge- there are people still mad at Bud Selig for moving the Pilots). That last identity was certainly both welcome and popular when adopted, after a few years of the forest green & brick red identity. But wouldn't all the "bad stuff" associated with those logos pretty much require a thorough re-branding? Maybe some kind of update to the classic skyline logo would be appropriate for the return of an NBA team to Seattle.

That is why I asked in an earlier post to see if anyone wanted to tackle a new idea of a Seattle NBA franchise.