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  1. I have always wondered about the Fighting Irish. I am not Irish but don't think I would appreciate the goofy logo or leprechaun with his dance. I can't speak for the Irish, but if there were Irish folks who felt that way, is the ND identity unacceptable? Or does the fact that they had actual Irish players on the team provide the necessary seal of approval? By the same reasoning, if a Native American named team actually had members of that group on their team, and they liked it, would that then make the Native American identity for that team acceptable? Or are we just at the stage where you don't use the identity of an ethnic or race identified group, nationality, religious persuasion (Padres and Saints, I am looking at you), etc. at all?
  2. Disclaimer: my opinions here are probably only a function of nostalgia for what was common when I was growing up... Honestly, as long as they wear them and you can see that they are wearing them is what's most important to me. As far as how to wear them, I prefer the stirrup part to to up to about mid calf and to be able to see the "arch" at the top of the stirrup. If the stirrup has a stripe pattern at the top I want to see that too. (Bonus trivia: when the White Sox wore red stirrups in the 70's they had their logo stitched at the top to affirm they were the *White* sox even though their socks were actually red.) Does anyone call stirrups "top socks"? That was what I used to call them back in the day but maybe that was just me.
  3. For better or worse the Royals CC unis give me a Blue Jays and Trailblazers feel.
  4. Yeah they got a name and logo for their group but not the team itself...
  5. Yeah that's a good point. I wonder if the team could get by with just branding itself as the homers (as in home run) but knowing the local fan base would end up having fun with the Simpson's "coincidence" in an unofficial wink and nod kind of way.
  6. The Springfield (IL) Sliders of the collegiate level Prospect League has gotten new ownership and are taking suggestions for a new team name: https://capitaloffun.com/make-your-voice-heard/ I would suggest the Homers given the Simpsons' connection.
  7. Frankly, I would start with good old fashioned pencils and paper. You don't want the learning curve of software hampering your creativity. Not speaking for the others, usually logos are hand-drawn anyway before they are scanned, traced, and refined in the software. That said, as far as software goes, I would suggest a vector program, and rather than invest in Adobe Illustrator right off the bat, go with Inkscape, which is free and has all the capabilities you would need as a beginner. The concepts of paths, curves, fills, etc., are pretty fundamental to any of the vector programs.
  8. Love the Tortugas look. However, they aren't the only baseball team named after a turtle. The Springfield Sliders of the Propsect league have this logo:
  9. "Painter" is a raster program. It is unique in that it mimics actual art media (i.e. painting with watercolors, oils, etc.) in a realistic but digital manner. Corel also has Photopaint and Paintshop Pro, which are also raster but are digital editors like Photoshop. Corel Draw, on the other hand, is the vector program similar to Adobe Illustrator. LT
  10. I prefer the full body football template, but as a Corel 11 user I have a problem with the vector version. Normally I can import .ai files with no problem but Corel won't accept the illustrator version of this particular file. I think it might be because there is a bitmap header on it or something? I don't know, perhaps there are other corel users who could help me out, or perhaps it could be saved in .ai a different way? LT
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