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  2. I wouldn’t mind the Jazz using lavander at all. Hell, pair it with dark green, call it a modern reinterpretation of the Mardi Gras color scheme with distinctively outdoorsy vibes, and you have about as good a fusion of Utah and Jazz as you can have. I doubt they would be able to use lavander as a primary so they’d might get Bucks comparisons but the Bucks aren’t using purple and green as primary colors anytime soon. And considering the amount of purple in the NBA and paucity of green, especially in the western conference, it would be smart to focus on green instead of purple.
  3. It's funny you say this because the uniforms in The Show look way better than they do in real life at this point.
  4. I swear I'm not actually planning any of these coincidences (I designed teams by conference not alphabetical order, so I legitimately didn't see any of this coming). Today's teams are the Mavericks and we're getting weird with it First up, the Minnesota State Mankato Mavericks. Minnesota State has a bit of a weird history. During the late 1970s and early 1980s they were one of the best teams in Division 2, winning a national title and appearing in the frozen four 5 times. Then, they actually dropped a level, becoming a D3 school, where they maintained their success, winning a D3 national title in 1991. Then in 1992 they returned to D2 followed by a jump to Division 1 in 1996. It took about 15 years to find real success at the D1 level, but since then the Mavericks have become a near perennial national title contender, culminating in a loss in the national title game in 2022. Once again, our old friend Vintage Minnesota Hockey is here to help you follow along. I've never been a fan of Minnesota State's current logo. It's always felt a bit goofy and very 90s in all the wrong ways. So I was planning on designing a new logo, when I found a treasure. When the team changed their name to the Mavericks they wore a jersey with the team name in the shape of a bull. If I could build a time machine to prevent them from changing to a new logo I would. I modernized the look a bit, particularly making the tail read much more like an 'S' than in the original logo. I also altered the colors to make it more legible on the jerseys. Which brings me to the second important change, the color hierarchy. Despite being historically a purple and yellow school, Minnesota State unfortunately fell into the black for black's sake pitfall in the late 1990s. Rather than climb out they started digging a bigger pit. It got bad that they became an exclusively black and purple team until 2018-19 (outside of a tiny amount of yellow on the 2016-18 jerseys). Thankfully, they've returned to purple and yellow, but I actually think black can have a place in their uniform, but as a tertiary color. Throughout the jersey I established a strict color hierarchy (White)-Purple-Yellow-Black-(White). White either acts as the primary (on the home jerseys) or the quaternary (on the road jerseys) with the other colors shifting up and down in the order. This allows the jersey to include black while still being a bright purple and yellow look. ------------------ Minnesota State was the normal team compared to the Nebraska-Omaha jerseys. (I guess they go by just Omaha now, but I've always known them as Nebraska Omaha, so they're slotting in here). The other Mavericks are one of the fun weird location teams that has limited success, but we still love em (RIP Alabama Huntsville). Okay so bear with me on this one. At some point in time I saw the UNO logo and thought, I want to make that the shoulder yoke design. And so you have a shoulder yoke inspired by the logo design Then I started doing regular stripe designs for the sleeves and thought, it didn't really match the yoke. But rather than give up on the yoke and go with something more traditional, I decided that the entire jersey was now going to be inspired by the logo. Because the sleeves, hem, and socks don't wrap around the same way as the shoulders, I had to get a little creative with the effect, creating a sort of bend in the stripe, causing it to lift as it moves to the right. This bend causes the red portion of the stripe to be on top on the back of the jersey, and the black on top on the front of the jersey. You may note that the red on the logo is actually on top on the front so the stripes are flipped. And I actually did that on purpose. Having everything line up exactly the same in this case just felt kind of lopsided to me, for a lack of a better word, especially on the road jersey. Flipping the colors to the current configuration fixed that. Finally, the numbers and letters are single color and italicized. There's a LOT going on with the stripes all over the jersey, having there be even more going on with the numbers and names was becoming a visual eyesore. I felt that the simplicity of the single color numbers was ultimate the best option both aesthetically and for clarity.
  5. It finally hit me as to what these nike uniforms look like: it's video game renderings. Always something that bothered me about them. even the best games, is that the unis have an uncanny valley vibe. Numbers too small, trim too weird, player names always "off". What if Nike's team is full of people that spent more hours playing 2K or The Show than they did watching baseball. It could explain a lot.
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  7. Are the Snakes for real -- or the Rox just really REALLY terrible?
  8. I love teal/white/teal for coastal.
  9. So basically old gold with a dark green stripe. Ok, that makes sense. I was afraid they would have a reverse helmet which is green with the white/athletic gold/white stripes. I was going to check out on that deal.
  10. Oh, I can smell AirAsia down the horizon. Well, the Malaysia one that is.
  11. Not a uniform change, but aesthetics-related, the Rays changed the artificial turf at Tropicana field and it looks much better to me. Apparently it performs better too but for watching on TV makes the place brighter and more colorful. The clips I saw from opening day were looking pretty good.
  12. This is most likely what it is. Aren’t they rumored to be doing a Throwback uni this season?
  13. Yeah, UConn looks better than last year and last year’s team was a buzzsaw. Alabama knocks out UNC!
  14. Definitely: Teal/Teal/White/Teal Teal/White/Teal/White Teal/White/White/Teal or White Possibly: Teal/Black/Teal/Black Teal/Black/White/Black Which means we’ll probably only get: Teal/Teal/Teal/Teal Teal/Black/Black/Black
  15. Make that 14 runs... something tells me that Arizona might have some pent-up anger from losing the World Series last year. Thankfully, there is no better patsy to beat up on then the Rockies.
  16. Yeah... poor Rockies. 14 runs given up in 1 inning on Opening Day. Jeez Angels and Rockies are in for a llllooooonnnnnggggg season.
  17. It's going to come to a point where he has to demand a trade. It may not be now, but it would have to be soon if things get worse for the Angels. Whether or not the Angels will acquiesce to his trade demands, remains to be seen.
  18. That sounds terrible, no thanks.
  19. The white facemask Vikings helmet would work exceptionally well with the current set especially in US Bank Stadium.
  20. The song playing in Trout's head during baseball season:
  21. Do you think Blumpkin will try to make a play for the Football Team now that the Capitals stayed put? I know Snyder had been exploring a move to Virginia for quite a while.
  22. Improved moisture wicking capabilities.
  23. Hey gang, know it's been a while, but still been fiddling around with things Honestly unsure of how I feel about the logos where I used to have the line badges? I like that they're much more visible now and I feel like it could integrate a bit better with an overall graphics package but I lose that little bit of uniqueness it had before. (Also the lil line by the shot clock shrinks as it runs, for those curious)
  24. Not all that concerned with attaching facemasks to jerseys, but I think the Browns have the ability to look good with brown, white, and gray facemasks, so why not mix and match.
  25. "Dealers" is a great nickname for this team! However, I would do either of the following: add gold (for the old Aces) or switch to gray (for the new Aces/Raiders). Just red, black and white makes it feel like a Raptors/Blazers copy.
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