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  1. 27 minutes ago, McCall said:

    You need to rename the Atlantic division. Probably keep it the Central and the make other (western conference) the Midwest, like it used to be. But makes little sense to name a division Atlantic when only 2 teams are in states that border the ocean and the others are Milwaukee, Chicago, Indiana, Cleveland and Detroit.

    yeah, I just used the NHL division names one for one. 

  2. I've been doing sporcle quizes about sports, and NBA divisions seem outdated in the sense that they barely prioritize those games over others in conference. So I decided, let me play around in this space. Here is the NBA Divisions if they went with the NHL format for divisions and playoffs. 

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    I would love to have Minnesota in the Atlantic division, but the west is too sparse.

     

    Then for fun, here are two 32 team alignments

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    But then I became cursed with the knowledge that the perfect alignment has no conferences. I have no idea how playoffs would work but I think this is the tightest pods you can make with 6 teams

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  3. First time seeing this thread and i'm blown away, there are some seriously stellar designs in here. The Pittsburgh, and Carolina ones stand out to me.

    One comment on this, what if you flipped this crest horizontally to get an E? Would make more sense imo.

    On 8/5/2023 at 1:53 AM, Patchey13 said:

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  4. 5 hours ago, NH4 said:

    Delaware State received a new logo

     

    The wings, and the spikes on HORNETS are a dead give-a-way that they started here and tried to make it different enough. Even if the Charlotte logo didn't exist, the blue shadow being lazily duplicated and the wings not being symmetrical is just a joke. I get not every college has a budget for a Studio Simon type rebrand but good lord, you just showed your ass

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  5. Brazil 8/30

    I'm sure I could have trotted out a yellow t-shirt and have been happy crossing off Brazil, but I wanted to do some small flourishes to really set a theme here. I did a sublimated wavy-dot pattern on the front to symbolize movement and sun, two things Brazil is known for. In my NCAA Lacrosse series that used a beta version of this template, I loved this little shoulder design when I could replicate a football uniform. I brought it back here. I also used my thin jersey cuff to test it out, and I think it really looks neat here. 

    The blue I chose pops with the colors, and it was the logical choice for the clash kit. I used the Amazon river as the primary design, with it's estuaries stemming off from the main yellow line. I went classy with the cuffs and collar, and hid a small Brazilian flag in the collar.Americas-Brazil-2023.png

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    You know, I think there isn't much I can do moving forward with this that hasn't already been done. I want to do a few more CONCACAF teams that i've had ideas for, but for now i'm gonna sit back because it's taken 3 weeks to upload this concept.

    That's why you can download this new template right HERE! I would love to see what you all can do with this. I think it's very easy to put together a concept, and had good reviews from the one person who has tried it for me. 

    Maybe I do a Premier League concept competition in a week, and really boost this template that I'm sure will help every soccer designer on this board.

     

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  6. Uruguay 7/30

    Finally, a chance to test out the Puma cut for this project! I went with kind of a throwback look for Uruguay, not specific to them, but a bunch of tiny sublimated horizontal lines like something out of the 90s. The Puma logo is framed by a vertical stripe as well. The clash however, is a reverse retro of sorts. I saw this red jersey when looking for inspiration and I loved the designs of it. It isn't puma, but I dont think the manufacturer exists any more. I used a more royal blue and yellow from the nation's flag. Moved the Puma logo to the shoulders and center aligned the information on the chest to fit better.
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    I think i'm really close to releasing this. If you notice on the Uruguay clash, the sleeves are much wider than usual. I moved the cuff layers off each individual cut, to their own layer and gave a couple options. I've worked on Brazil before I went on vacation and it'll have a different sleeve than anything seen thus far as well.

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  7. Colombia 6/20

    For Colombia I looked at a a lot of kits for inspiration, but ended up doing something different and introducing a top split torso and navy sleeves. This might be more Ecuador than Colombia, but I thought the color blocking look nice. I made a gradient-ish look made by skewed bars. For the clash kit, I took the colors from the main kit and changed the hue and tone slightly for all of them and designed from there.

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  8. Costa Rica 5/20
    For the Ticos, I do like what New Balance had been doing for them for the most part. better than when they were Lotto for sure. I wanted to go slightly more classy overall. I created a volcano pattern in reference to the geography of the nation and their crest. Three diagonal stripes and cuffs mimic the flag. I went with a nike collar with a neck design too. Something fun that I wanted to lean into is the clash kits going off-brand with white and black. Usually they go with  vertical stripes, but I went with USC-style shoulder stripes and a striking black shorts and socks. The numbers and name are red in an attempt to pop like the Dodgers uniforms.
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  9. Canada 4/30

    So for the new big US rivals, I completely forgot they were Nike. I guess that means they're a legit team now! For the home uniforms, I riffed off a maple leaf shape and created a design that has a sublimated spike go left to right on the front. I wanted to stick classy otherwise, so I gave them a collar and a nice sleeve cuff. I wanted to mimic the pattern on the sleeves, almost like a modified hockey/Colts stripe. I went with black for the clash because I think it feels modern and imposing, and will stand out from all the smaller nations that use red and white. I used an illustrator pattern that's wavy dots to create a subtle mesh. I used the Nike template spike, and created a cuff with a repeating maple leaf pattern.
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  10. Argentina 3/30
    Wanting to post the World Champs next. Can't go too crazy with the classic stripes, but I did add a light speckle, as well as a white gradient slash across the torso. I also gave them striped socks. Where the real fun is is the clash kit.  I made a checkered gradient pattern in reference to the states and territories of Argentina having many straight lines. This pattern can be found on the torso and sleeve cuffs of the uniform.

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  11. I appreciate the comments.

    I will say though, the choice to not have an overhang underneath the hem of the front is a conscious choice. There isn't one showing like a hockey jersey if you lay a kit down flat, what the inspiration for this layout would be. The long socks seems redundant, as a long sleeve shirt might. I feel like it would detract from the actual design, and complicate a modular template that i'm aiming to make, no matter how prevalent something like that is. Although I may do a goalkeeper kit eventually.

     

    Also for the concepts themselves, more of an exploration and test of them. Just a bit of fun with patterns and textures. You're right about the US kits not having a matching pattern, and it made me realize I lost a red stripe to pair with the blue one on the shorts. 

    Thank you for the feedback though, just wanted to acknowledge a few things. I have a few more done but keep going back as I discover small flaws in naming or locking layers. 

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  12. Mexico 2/30

    Adidas debut! Mexico has been using a lot of traditional patterns in kits recently. I wanted to do that and played around with a sun-shaped design on the chest with flashes of red and lime green, something I wanted to mix in for a bit of fun to break from the usual Mexico kits. This look is a reference to some really cool Club America kits they've worn in their history. I have a gradient on the sleeves and torso to add a little bit more depth. The clash is maroon and navy, the same look they wore in the 1930 World Cup.  I made another mayan pattern to cross the front of the jersey and added gold accent to show everyone this is a classy looking kit obviously!
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  13. United States (1/30)

    I made this white concept originally last year when the World Cup kits came out and I felt they left a lot to be desired. The Nike template is not very good, i'm afraid. My idea was based loosely on the iconic 1990 West Germany kits, but creating a gradient between navy and red using triangles that i'm nicknaming "Purple Mountain's Majesty". The road is a noisy pattern of duel blues with pops of red.
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    Would love to hear what you think. I have a few of these done and i'll release this probably in the next week as I create more and more.

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  14. *taps mic*
    whats up

     

    So if you haven't been around on these boards for very long, you may not know that I made a few soccer templates that well over half of the boards still use in some capacity. The template is this one, which I always felt was clean and user friendly. Here is a modified version @TheGiantsFan uses in his cool Oregon League thread (which he just finished so go give him a shout out). But I made this about 2016, and maybe it's feeling a bit outdated. The jersey cuts of different manufacturers are about 5 iterations past where I last left it. The collars are pretty basic too. This was one thing I heard a few times and why it was being phased out a lot of the time.

    So a few years ago I wanted to make a new template, really hone in to a modern looking version that would be extremely user friendly and flexible. This coincided with my move to only using Adobe Illustrator too. Organized folders were a major thing I wanted to use. But after a few days of work, I would always put it down never to pick it back up. There's probably a few threads where I thought it was finished but it wasn't. You can go through and find me talking about a new template a few times!

    But I think I have it in a good place now. I have a whole library of jersey cuts, collars that you can turn off and on. Clip Groups for each cut, so you can easily have patterns and colors go into place where you wanted, whether it was a solid Brazil kit, a striped Newcastle kit, or a patterned fictional kit. The sleeve patches are symbols so you only have to replace each patch once. The angles on the sleeves and pants are easy to remember. It's the smartest template i've ever made. 

    You can download this template right here.
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    But this is the closest I've come to finishing this and I wanted to make some concepts for everyone to build some hype, as well as push the limits of this creation and dip my toe into the fun world of modern soccer designs. I've chosen to make concepts for national teams in North and South America, because I'm a firm believer they should merge federations.
     

    AMERICAS CONFEDERATION
    Argentina
    Brazil
    Canada
    Colombia

    Costa Rica
    Mexico

    United States
    Uruguay

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  15. Thanks all! Really happy with that triumvirate of brands. I nearly put the Pennsylvania number on the sleeve as a nod to the Phillies but it felt like it would be too much back to back. Thoughts on that though?

    Illinois has a sleeve patch too. Delaware got one because I changed what I wanted to do, but Illinois I had too good of idea to weave together that brand to not include it.

    with 18 left, I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel for all of them. I have a color palette assigned to most, if not all teams and it's just a matter of inspiration based on the state to bring it together so it doesn't feel like a generic design.

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  16. Delaware 31/52
    For the first state, I wanted to lean into JUST white and blue to stand out from everyone else so far. I went for a germanic font that I cleaned up a little bit, and put a 1 in the D, to represent being the first state. Originally, I planned on doing a Delaware Blue Hen logo, but thought it was too fun to drop that I put it on the sleeve.

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    Pennsylvania 32/52

    I was always planning to only put PENN on these jerseys because Pennsylvania is such a long term. I tried tens of fonts and couldn't land on one I really loved. I stumbled upon this colonial looking font that was really sloppy. I took the opportunity to completely redraw it to make a clean script. Notably, the Keystone is featured on nearly everything here. The keystone P cap logo, the dot on the I, and enclosing the front number. 

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    Iowa 33/52

    This concept initially spawned from a throw away joke sketch of making an I an ear of corn. But little did I know how much I would end up loving that idea. I used a fun-farmer style font to fit the short name. The colors originally were black and yellow but I felt it was too Hawkeyes. I went with a deep midnight blue. Lastly, the piping on the sleeves were replaced by a row of corn.

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  17. 22 minutes ago, MJD7 said:

    Thanks! With regards to the A's colors, are you suggesting adjusting the actual shades, or adding black/navy to the palette, like the jersey? If you just mean tweaking the shades, what kind of adjustments would you make? To me, the two schemes look pretty similar, so I'm not sure if I'm missing something.

    For sure, the green is more yellow and purple is more red than the one in the Pelicans reference. I think shading them closer to blue will make them come together a little easier.

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  18. I have nothing to add here but following along with interest in how this shakes out. But one thing I heard was it's a :censored: to get to Soldier Field via public transport, and after experiencing it for a Fire game in April.... yeah let's get this team out of there. That's not to mention the actual stadium which felt super thrown together.

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