robo3687 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Lately I've felt the Vikings logo looked a bit dated and wanted to jazz it up a bit and make it a bit more modern looking. Now being a Packer fan it pains me to spend so much time on a rival team design, but hey, the Vikings are my least disliked of the other NFC North teams so I figured why not.I started out trying to freehand it (on my iPad, in the ArtStudio app), which didn't go so well...so I went into illustrator and roughed out some curves.Which I then put onto my iPad (again in ArtStudio) and started sketching out the idea. After a bit of shape tweaking and a lot of sketching I came out with this.Then I took it into photoshop and gave it a once over with Liquify to nudge everything into place. After that it was just a case of redrawing it in Illustrator and colouring it up.It's really only the first logo I've done and for an afternoon/night's worth of work I'm pretty happy with it. I'd love to get some thoughts on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deFasselle Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 It's a good start. There are two areas that jump out at me as needing some refinement.The mustache seems far too tall and the black triangle in the bottom right (just above the lip) is awkward.The angle of the hair braid and how it comes back from left to right—the opposite direction of how all the other hair in the logo moves—is throwing things off.Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Very good start. Looks a little blocky right now. The yellow fill in the chin doesn't flush well with the black background. That consistency issue exists in a few other places as well. Looking forward to see an update here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogeshak Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I cannot give you any advice on how to improve your logo because I'm more of a "spectator" when it comes to logos, but I will say that you did a good job revamping the logo. It is a little awkward in some parts as said above, but I'm sure with some help you can turn this into something spectacular. It is a great first draft, I cannot wait for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajmccall Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I think you have a good base shape going, and its got good 'motion' but as people have stated its a bit blocky, and mostly...his mustache is way too big. Nobody's mustache ends near their ear. If i may, i suggest starting with your general shape in black, then creating your highlighted areas in lesser detail, accenting shadow properly like most modern logos do. Store 1 Store 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcb05 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 First of all, GREAT start. The fact that guys are so nit-picky right away shows that you did the big stuff right the first time.As others have said, the direction of the braid doesn't really makesense, and on the chin/goatee, you need to make the yellow area better match the shape of the black around it. My only other suggestion is to increase the line weight on the far left of the logo (outlining the hair). It seems a bit thin compared with the rest of the logo.Can't wait to see the finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South of South Street Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Robo3687, we should be workig together. Take a look at my Viking Ship stadium concept in the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaline97 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 You should probably make the edges of the grey stroke come to a point, and make the black stroke more consistent around the edges. This logo is off to a great start, and it's way ahead of the current one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 What I see here is a viking who weighs about 90 pounds, not the huge, robust norseman that the current logo depicts. He looks like a weasely character, like a Wormtongue from Lord of the Rings, when he should look like a huge brute of a man, like Boromir or the leader of the riders of Rohan (I know, too many LOTR references, I am a geek.)I think it is something about the angle that makes the viking looks small and wirey instead of large and brawny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Nice start! I'd give some thought to changing the angle of the braid. In the uncolored version, I mistook it for part of a chainmail breastplate (which I actually thought was kinda cool). http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robo3687 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 thanks for all the tips and suggestions guys. In a post New Years haze I roughed out these two different revisions in ArtStudio. Thoughts?My personal preference is a)i'll probably get around to drawing it up properly in a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luketheduke03 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Being a crotchety old Vikings fan, I thought I would hate it at first sight, but was pleasantly surpised. SOmehow, I think it would work better as a logo for a high school or a beer hockey league team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Definitely not much to complain about because it is well executed.As for his facial expression...well it looks like he took a huge bite of a sour lemon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakemon08 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Vikings fan here prefers option B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysfan24 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I prefer a. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw11333 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Great job. Always been jealous of good illustrators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcb05 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 The braid makes more sense from a directional perspective, but honestly to me it feels forced right now. I understand that you're keeping it because it's a signature element of the original logo, but at this point, I feel like your concept would look better without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFWally Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I dig the first one actually and the fill not really matching the black stroke/background works. The braid I'm not so hung up on and I actually like it without the full neck.Solid work... Fictional History of the SFAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenatorJake Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I think the mustache should be placed directly in the middle position of what you've shown us in option a & option b. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynoz10 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Great work and great execution! Very well done. I like how he is moving forward, rather than static like the current logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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