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2 hours ago, Maroon said:

 

I appreciate that insight. Right now it is just for personal use and for fun because I want this concept to exist in the world and share it with fellow Bears fans (and I would not be using it to make apparel myself - ever), but I do have a few people I know to contact that are at the university and I want to at least suggest that they consider something like this for the university. Even if I would expect that if they like the idea (and that is a big if) they probably would have a professional recreate it and do a better job than I did. But what I wouldn't want to do is send something that uses someone else's intellectual and creative property that could accidentally be misconstrued as theft even if (very hypothetically) any final and official version was made using a different process. Does that make sense?

 

 

This is incredibly helpful and not harsh at all. In fact, even showing your pen work with the paths helps me a lot, as I didn't create the "S" (or any of the letters) by creating a path that crosses over itself - I made an outline and then made another shape for the internal gaps. You make a really good point about the inner loop and outer loop. Now that you've explained your process and the need to make inner curves at least be generally the same as the outer curves, you can tell that the "S" has an inner shape is disconnected with the outer curve of the letter. 

Good luck! I hope they do use it.

10 hours ago, Maroon said:

Thanks! That is really good advice that I honestly did not consider. I literally just used the pen tool and manually traced the edges, which was hard with often indefinite edges. Your method would have been much clearer and resulted in more automatic consistency in stroke width.

 

I appreciate the suggestion. I did consider that, but I wanted to avoid violating any license requirements (and maybe I wouldn’t have, I’m just not aware enough of how those work and was afraid I would on accident).

Are you putting this on merchandise? Uniforms? Or just for fun? If it's just for personal use, you're good. Get yourself the practice of being able to edit and change things around until you make it your own.

The best way I've found to make a script like this is to take a script font, then edit the hell out of it to make it unique.

Also @MJWalker45 I was trolling the Steelers with the all grey

4 hours ago, Bomba Tomba said:

Texans need a red set, Panthers silver numbers on blue are a little hard to read, Titans would look better with light blue as primary (just personal preference tho)

 

Also thanks for putting more focus on gold in the Saints set, unifying the Cowboys blues and silvers, as well as giving the Ravens black pants some stripes

Panthers alt set is a throwback to their prototype uniform they showcased.

You're probably right about the Titans. I picked navy for their primary when I had different plans for Houston, but plans changed.

3 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

For the Jags' I'd use the Fred Taylor era numbers, complete with the outline colors. With one color numbers they still look like practice jerseys.

I think for the Steelers alternate, it needs either black or gold pants. All grey just doesn't fit them. 

 

For the 49ers one day look, I'd add black to the jerseys and pants as well. There's so much on that helmet logo that it needs to carryover to the rest of the uniform.

 

For the Texans third, it suffers from looking like a Penn State uniform with the Texans logo. I'd probably use that as a way to go crazy, similar to what their new away uniform will be, but probably flipping the horns. 

 

I really like the look of the Jags current numbers.

I considered black on the 49ers. But the issue there is that they did that before, and the throwback style look is what I like (and a lot of the fans like).

The Texas look is a throwback to the uniform they had in Madden 2002.

Also I don't know why everyone likes the new Jets uniforms so much. I think they suck.

1 hour ago, Lights Out said:

Not a fan of that Chiefs concept. The colors are all out of balance and it just seems like change for the sake of change. Also not crazy about monochrome black for the Raiders.

 

On the other hand, I like that Jets concept better than what they just unveiled. I also like your idea for Denver.

Yeah I agree with the Chiefs. I decided I didn't want to rehash an old concept I had done, and this was the best idea I had for them. The alternate jersey is really just me trolling, tbh.

I wanted every team to have some sort of alternate uniform, and that's the most realistic one I could think of for the Raiders that I didn't hate.

5 hours ago, neo_prankster said:

 

Is that Navy blue or black for the Cards?

black

I did some NFL concepts. I have a whole list of rules in my head that no one is interested in hearing. We'll start slow, stay tuned for more.

20 hours ago, Bruhammydude said:

Lol sorry for crediting you

Lol no worries. I'm just goofing around!

On 8/13/2020 at 12:26 AM, Bruhammydude said:

I have mixed feelings about Texas A&M. Yes, they finally got rid of the gray and the bevels, but those shoulder stripes were uniquely A&M. Now they mostly just look like a maroon Texas. I think it's a lateral move IMO, would've chosen something like this if I was the AD.

[concept]

This concept is garbage and whoever made it sucks.

11 hours ago, Brass said:

New Zealand should have adopted that flag a kid made during the design contest that just said "Ben" on it.

Smart boy

Looks neat!

,I've now dropped to 2 stars. How the hell does that happen?

Because you complain about it.

I think if you have to post an "advertisment" in this thread, there's a slim chance you'll win. Let your work speak for yourself.

Here is my application for rookie of the year:

http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/51569-bring-out-your-first-concept/?p=799497

You are demanding that a moderator drops everything he is doing on a Saturday night to give you a reply that you have already gotten twice over. You should drop it.

If I was the moderator who merged your redundant topic with the relevant one, I wouldn't give you an explanation out of spite.

If they add a 16th school, it would not be UConn. They're only hope was if Rutgers was #15. UConn's academics are terrible, and to balance out the money grab angle, conferences actually do look at academics to some degree. And considering how often UConn could face postseason bans due to low scores, it's not worth the risk right now, because basketball is really their only plus.

That's not true. Plus I doubt you will find any program in the country that continually has postseason bans. Once someone falls below the level, they will do whatever it takes to get back up above that level. If you continually don't even have the option to go to the postseason, there will be no point of having the team.

Is there any way to block members? There are certain people whose crap I don't want to read anymore.

Well... Vandy, GT, and MD have all been mentioned by someone close to the situation, according to ESPN. They literally described it as "Think outside the box." Vandy could work. It's in Big Ten Country, and would be one of the lesser teams like NW and Illinois. It also brings them into the basketball discussion, which is why I think the Big Ten would rather have Syracuse before Rutgers.

West Virginia AND Virginia Tech both could work, and I think, would be ideal if they can't get Notre Dame. Geographically they work well, making a East and West conference, with a Division of Penn State, NY area team, VT, WV. East conference being the aforementioned teams + Ohio State, Michigan State, Indianan, and Illinois (Indy and Illi because it would break up Indy with Purdue and Illi from Northwestern).

As for OSU/Michigan. They will NOT be in the same division/conference. You would be crazy to think so. If they are smart, they will separate them so they have the possibility of OSU/Michigan for the Big Ten title and have National Title implications. It would NOT be smart to put them in the same division/conference. Since this is mainly a money-driven move, I don't think the Big Ten officials would be that naive to make that mistake.

There is no way the rivalry would be cheapened. Having a 2 game playoff, meeting in the regular season and then in the Big Ten Title game, extracting revenge or enforcing dominance. That is the Big Ten's dream.

Vanderbilt is NOT in Big Ten Country. Vanderbilt is in Nashville, Tennessee. Tennessee is NOT IN BIG TEN COUNTRY. Plus, I've been to a Wandy football game, and I seriously doubt the Big Ten will pull that team in to play Ohio State or Iowa every season. This realignment is all about football, and Vandy brings nothing to the table.

Ohio State and Michigan will be in the same division. I'm willing to bet a large amount of money on it. Look at the SEC's top rivalries: the Iron Bowl, the World's Largest Cocktail Party, Battle for the Golden Boot, etc. They all are intra-division.