MEANS Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 enough with the stupid skylines on your court https://www.andrewsterlachini.com/ or http://dribbble.com/MEANS1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDesign Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 It's nice, but that random wordmark over the skyline is just...odd.I get what they're doing, but i think it would've looked more cohesive it they made the wordmark just the darker stained wood to match the skyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MkDon Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 From Cavs facebook: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad. Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 so to recap the "new identities":We've not yet seen:- Warriors alt uni (i'm very afraid)- Hawks Pride uni (hopefully something based on the Pacman unis from the '80s)- Celtics Pride uni (?)- Nets Pride uni (black and white version of Dr J. uni)- Heat Pride uni (?)- Suns Pride uni (a black uni?) Red Goat Creations :: Graphic Design Solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 New Cavs court: Blue OOB area, wine lanes. Wood-toned skyline on the bottom sideline. New(?) "C" logo with a blue dropshadow.Sigh. Having a blue OOB without any blue in their actual jerseys is really dumb. The giant C logo is clownish (and the C is a terrible logo to begin with). The skyline is awful because 1) Cleveland doesn't have a distinctive skyline; and 2) it further clutters an already busy-as-hell court. Same with the "Cleveland" wordmark randomly slapped on the court. Worst of all, they refuse to give up the :censored:ing two-tone wood. It looks horrible, and it's a dated trend. Just let it go. The whitewashed parts look awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JESSEDIEBOLT Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 The Cavs just need a completely new identity IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Boy Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 The skyline is awful because 1) Cleveland doesn't have a distinctive skyline; and 2) it further clutters an already busy-as-hell court. Same with the "Cleveland" wordmark randomly slapped on the court.They need the wordmark so people will know that the non-distinct skyline is Cleveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadojoker Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 so to recap the "new identities":We've not yet seen:- Warriors alt uni (i'm very afraid)- Hawks Pride uni (hopefully something based on the Pacman unis from the '80s)- Celtics Pride uni (?)- Nets Pride uni (black and white version of Dr J. uni)- Heat Pride uni (?)- Suns Pride uni (a black uni?)I was scrolling the boards for these last night!! Conrad must been a relative of Cleo the psychic. (Jk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmd9 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 This would be tolerable if they removed the arched "Cleveland" and navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaydre1019 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 This would be tolerable if they removed the arched "Cleveland" and navy.This looks a lot better than the graphic that was posted. The color of the wood stains look wayyy better here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 so to recap the "new identities": We've not yet seen: - Warriors alt uni (i'm very afraid) - Hawks Pride uni (hopefully something based on the Pacman unis from the '80s) - Celtics Pride uni (?) - Nets Pride uni (black and white version of Dr J. uni) - Heat Pride uni (?) - Suns Pride uni (a black uni?) I do know that the Gray and Blue Nets' alt will be modified a bit for next season (mostly just putting the herringbone design into the side stripe); might be the reason for the inclusion there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29texan Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 New Cavs court:Blue OOB area, wine lanes. Wood-toned skyline on the bottom sideline. New(?) "C" logo with a blue dropshadow. The skyline is awful because 1) Cleveland doesn't have a distinctive skyline.Look, I don't want to start another "thing" on this, but people need to know that there's a difference between "distinct" and "unknown", the latter being what people seem to mean by this. Truth is, nearly EVERY major city in America has a "distincive" skyline in some ways. And skylines become known and recognizable by EXPOSURE. If they want to show the Cleveland skyline, let em.I really don't know why that's an issue. It's like complaining about people who'd rather have pineapple on their pizzas instead of pepperoni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDesign Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 ^ Those are good points.The other key takeaway is that it's done for the local fans. Who is going to see the Cleveland home court the most? Fans in Cleveland. All of whom would obviously recognize that skyline.I don't think it's meant to tout the physical buildings to the rest of the NBA, but rather take hold of their city, and their local fanbase and build up a sense of pride for their town and their team. To me, it's the same as showing a flyover shot of the skyline during player intros, or something like that. It's about creating an atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANS Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 the problem is you need the rights to these buildings in skylines to be shown and if the team cannot gete those rights they end up making the skyline look generic which then makes it pointless. Plus the courts look horrible with all the sponsors/skylines...and what not now, it's gotten out of control. https://www.andrewsterlachini.com/ or http://dribbble.com/MEANS1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 the problem is you need the rights to these buildings in skylines to be shown and if the team cannot gete those rights they end up making the skyline look generic which then makes it pointless. Plus the courts look horrible with all the sponsors/skylines...and what not now, it's gotten out of control.I don't think the Mets own any of the rights to the buildings used in their logo. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad. Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 so to recap the "new identities":We've not yet seen:- Warriors alt uni (i'm very afraid)- Hawks Pride uni (hopefully something based on the Pacman unis from the '80s)- Celtics Pride uni (?)- Nets Pride uni (black and white version of Dr J. uni)- Heat Pride uni (?)- Suns Pride uni (a black uni?)I do know that the Gray and Blue Nets' alt will be modified a bit for next season (mostly just putting the herringbone design into the side stripe); might be the reason for the inclusion there.Ah, okay. I hope you're wrong and we see a new uni, but you might be right as well.Also, I forgot that the Suns already have a black Los Suns uni, so maybe they'll go with a different color for the Pride uni. Red Goat Creations :: Graphic Design Solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperLeafsFan Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I wanna see the "Los Suns" jersey sans the sleeves and the "Los". I think that would make a better home jersey than the one they have. I think I like smilies too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadojoker Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 This would be tolerable if they removed the arched "Cleveland" and navy.This looks a lot better than the graphic that was posted. The color of the wood stains look wayyy better here.Looks great in real life!!! Cleveland wordmark makes sense so people outside Cleveland knows what skyline it is but they could have done that wordmark more subtle.New Cavs court:Blue OOB area, wine lanes. Wood-toned skyline on the bottom sideline. New(?) "C" logo with a blue dropshadow. The skyline is awful because 1) Cleveland doesn't have a distinctive skyline.Look, I don't want to start another "thing" on this, but people need to know that there's a difference between "distinct" and "unknown", the latter being what people seem to mean by this. Truth is, nearly EVERY major city in America has a "distincive" skyline in some ways. And skylines become known and recognizable by EXPOSURE. If they want to show the Cleveland skyline, let em.I really don't know why that's an issue. It's like complaining about people who'd rather have pineapple on their pizzas instead of pepperoni.Excellent points man!! This may have opened up the floodgates though, I can see more teams incorporating their skylines or landmarks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest23 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 the problem is you need the rights to these buildings in skylines to be shown and if the team cannot gete those rights they end up making the skyline look generic which then makes it pointless. Plus the courts look horrible with all the sponsors/skylines...and what not now, it's gotten out of control.Aren't these buildings in the public line of sight and thus part of the public domain? Maybe an individual building's likeness cannot be used for commercial purposes but once it's in public and part of the general skyline (especially in aggregate or abstract) I don't think that same protection applies. Would be curious to see the legal basis as opposed to pure speculation on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29texan Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 the problem is you need the rights to these buildings in skylines to be shown ...Um... I don't think that's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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