Discrim

Man I'm glad I don't have to start a new thread...anyway, here goes the North Texas Mean Green Basically, I decided to use as many shades of green as I could. Their normal kelly green, a dark jungle green and in place of white, mint green. The NT monogram, based on a similar logo used in Mean Joe Greene's day, is something I felt better suited what i was going for than almost anything they currently have, with the exception of the Son of Worm. I've honestly become disillusioned with ginormous logos in recent years, but I figured it'd work well on the third design. And now here goes St. Kilda I'd used AusGiant's modified Saints crest, as I thought it looked better than the real one, and for the main jumper, it's the traditional tricolor with the addition of small crosses dotting the borders. The clash is basically a horizontal version of the tricolor, and the preseason jumper was inspired by an Inter Milan training shirt I saw once.

You just did Well, a bit of feedback I got at BigFooty, one guy suggested I change the Geelong clash to orange due to that being a tertiary sponsor's color, so here goes Geelong mark II

Well, the wait is over. Here goes Akron... The original's tire stripe is expanded upon, so now it's a whitewall tire, and I include the whitewalls on the shorts as well. The clash remains gold, but the road stripe is replaced by the whitewall tire, and the fauxback's collar was modified so it looked more like it could actually be a zipper-front guernsey. And now one of the first UTRGV Vaqueros concepts in any sport (and I'm damn sure the first in footy) I figured it'd be a good idea to maintain the racing stripe I used in the UTPA concept, though the first choice's color is now orange. A green jumper with a two tone orange V based on the secondary V-star serves as the clash, and then there's a hockey-ish white third with predominantly blue striping. And here goes the promised Geelong revisit The Cats traditionally wear navy and white hoops, though when they began playing way back when, they wore solid navy shirts. They soon decided to switch to red, however, because everybody and their mama was wearing blue, though they'd eventually figure out a way to return to using some blue. As they say...you should know me by now Because it's so unlike everything else they've ever worn, I figured it was a good time to pay it tribute, as the clash. The first choice's hoops are thinner than normal, and the preseason is pretty much a thin Ajax stripe with shadow hoops, based on another past Geelong jumper. Surprise addition: Fremantle preseason Nowadays Freo just wears purple and white. Originally, though, they included red and green, to expand on their nautical theme (port and starboard, naturally). This is my nod to the old anchor jumpers.

Likewise, I'm kinda like the WAFA's Oakland A's...I rarely have any high volume goalkickers, so I had to go all Billy Beane and get guys who get a lot of marks and disposals. I've long known that designers should probably not advertise that they have favorites of their own work, but I have concepts I love and those few I'd disown if it weren't obvious it was my work. It's safe to say Murray State's among the former. Among the latter, though...several years ago, I was oddly insistent on using the ugliest templates this forum has ever seen, and believe it or not, I was unaware that the program I was using was a vector program. Anyway, a fellow WAFA member convinced me to collaborate with him in a Philadelphia City Six (Temple, St. Joseph's, Villanova, Penn, LaSalle and Drexel) footy series, and honestly, we both posted some great stuff. Except for my Temple clash...to this day, I wonder why the hell I thought releasing something that looked like kid's pajamas was a good idea. I tend to get hyperfocused when I'm working on a concept, so sadly, I didn't realize what a travesty I'd created until about 15 minutes after I'd posted, but since it'd been seen, all I could do was own up to it, bash myself and move on. Thanks, man. I figure one thing, as I mentioned earlier, I've started work on a new Geelong concept, I'm tweaking Akron somewhat, and I'll likely also be posting the first (and maybe only) UTRGV Aussie rules concept in the near future. Keep your eyes open...

Haven't given this thread the TLC it deserves lately, but then I'd felt the Beanpot work deserved its own thread...shows how much I know Anyways, seeing as my UTPA concept is probably gonna be one of the few (if not only) UTPA concepts anywhere, given how UTRGV's gonna be a thing and they're not gonna be the Broncs anymore, I'll kick things off with another school you never see concepts for, Idaho State Admittedly, combining halves and hoops is one of the stranger ideas I've gone with (not something I'm retroactively embarrassed about 15 minutes after I post it, but eh). The off center logo on the clash, ditto. There's no rhyme or reason other than I thought it looked good that way. The third...I'm considering a new Geelong concept, and visited footyjumpers.com for the first time in a few months to review their pre-VFL stuff. The skinny Ajax stripe, for lack of a better term, is basically taken from a very old Geelong jumper (and recolored, naturally). Then...I'll just say Murray State's awesome revamp was jumper worthy and be done with it. Ironically, the two alternate M's that inspired both the home and clash design? I wound up not using them. The first choice is blue/gold checkers, with a blue back, complete with checkered socks, while the clash features gold and white diamonds with a white back (and likewise, matching diamond socks). Going off topic a bit, there's this one soccer blogger who the Columbus Crew should've given a look, as his Crew identity overhaul is IMO far superior to what they actually went with (he kept the hardhat rather than the shield, for starters, but I digress). He was also that guy with the World Cup themed tees for all 32 countries...and I bring him up because I'd remembered his Croatia shirt, which has the same checker-sash I used on the third guernsey...and all I did was recreate it in blue. As Lil Rob would put it, why lie? Last couple times I happened to see UTEP's football team on TV, seems there's enough nostalgia for the goofy looking running miner they used to use that someone deemed it a good idea to put him on the helmet. Evidently the badass grandpa I used here is getting Penn Stated. Whatever, here goes UTEP. The home jumper's design is a shameless ripoff of the Gold Coast Suns' only good jumper, seeing as it intends to evoke the sun (and El Paso is home of the Sun Bowl). The clash white, I basically aimed to add to the scenery the miner's traversing. A UTEP-flavored take on the Lone Star flag serves as the third, with an orange circle representing the sun making a cameo behind the star. Finally, I'll be honest, West Virginia's logo always makes me think of Wonder Woman. Not to the extent of the old Wichita Wings, but still. Sometimes, simplicity is a hard thing to get right...I wasn't gonna go with just a monogram and call it a day because I've done that with Michigan several times, so I went with a mountain pattern. Granted, some might feel they're too perfect to truly represent mountains, but at the same time, you get what I was aiming at. Then I give you a fauxback with the Yankees-ripoff monogram WV baseball used to wear front and center, with printed laces and a gold yoke. (Anyone wondering about the black shorts, it's not BFBS as they'd put it at Uni Watch, as I'm going for an older Aussie rules look, Victorian Football League clubs used to wear black shorts at home, and white away, regardless of their jumper colors)

To be fair to the Flames, they ditched the horse head upon the beginning of the Edge age. Far as the overrated crap IMO...the Indians' block C caps. Look like a high school team whose real caps got bleached in the wash and this was all they could get on short notice. The Islanders' current set...an improvement over their first Edge set, yes...but would it have killed them to have just gone back to the pre-Edge home and away? The Senators' O...I don't mind any tribute to the barberpoles, the Silver Seven/original Senators wore them basically the whole way through, and the 67s carried on the tradition. I'm simply far less enamored with the O. Rams' 1960s blue/white set...the Rams are blue and gold. They should always be blue and gold. Every time I look at the blue/white set, it feels like something's missing. Their 50s sets were miles better IMO.

My PC's been acting up for the better part of the last two weeks, and the aggravation involved generally sapped a lot of my desire to start or work on any concepts. The fact that I haven't updated Inkscape in a couple years didn't help. In any event, here goes yet another of those schools no one ever posts concepts for: Texas-Pan American Decided the main design would utilize a two-tone racing stripe, with the anachronistic addition of a pocket. Hey, you never know when you need noseplugs after a failed mark, am I right? In any event, then, the fauxback is more 60s-70sish fare, the previous bronc silhouette on front, and the school name sandwiching the number on the back....with contrasting nameplates, no less.

Agreed, in most cases. Every now and then, there are some gems, like the Santa Cruz Warriors, Daytona Cubs or the old Orlando Cubs. Poor cases tend to look like MLB hand-me-downs, and in the absolute worst case scenarios, you're akin to the old Williamsport Cubs, who had a really lame cap. As in managing to surpass the Iowa Cubs' longtime caps in lameness. As long as the Hawks went back to red/yellow....I do feel the Rockets could've made the red/navy/gunmetal scheme work had they gone with a more conventional uniform that was predominantly red. In retrospect, I'm somewhat surprised the late 90s set lasted as long as it did.

the late 90s Blue Jays set wasn't that bad, I long thought it'd been an overall tasteful take on their longstanding look. As opposed to what replaced it, the Black Jays set that aesthetically had so little in common with what came before it it may as well have belonged to a completely different team. Granted, they may have played the "we're Canada's team" angle a bit too hard (especially since the Expos were still around), but there's no way this matched the Black Jays set in tackiness.

Here goes one I meant to release a few months ago, but an impromptu hiatus got in the way Anyway, Youngstown State Decided to forgo a third here, so I only have the first choice of red with a white penguin stripe, and black with a penguin stripe + a red scarf. I know one thing, for the young'uns around here, I got a few fond memories of when Youngstown and Marshall were battling for the 1-AA championship in the mid 90s, which ended when the Pens' level kinda fell off and Marshall moved to 1-A.

South Australia in general, and the Adelaide Crows in particular, would beg to differ.

A hall of fame, eh? Sounds like a good idea....seconding eriq_jaffe, Roger Clemente and AAO. Hell, I'd recommend voting ColorWerx in. Granted, he doesn't have a huge project thread. Hell, his Nets alt concept this past summer is one of the few I recall him ever posting. All that said, though, this won't be complete without the Most Colorful Man in the Logoverse. I mean, who the hell else can you turn to when you wanna figure out the difference between the "Texas Tan" of the Durham Bulls and the Texas Longhorns' Burnt orange? There's gotta be a "contributor" wing or something, you know?

Thanks mamiller and lancelot...for Akron, yeah, it's a printed zipper...if not for my own impatience, I probably would've tried my hand at working it into an actual zipper, but seeing as zipper-front baseball jerseys nowadays are mainly museum pieces alongside leather helmets, belted basketball shorts and laced jumpers, it is what it is. Tech, the last time I did em the home was white with the gold sash, I figured why screw around with a good thing? Can't remember what else I considered for the clash, but the RL result would likely be somewhat more subtle in practice, what with the use of a slightly darker gold, rather than either white or blue for the hive lining. The fauxback, yeh, that was the one I put most of my thought in...I couldn't see myself completely forgoing hoops here, so it was a dash of the thin hoops that were popular in 1880s-1890s English soccer (though mine are admittedly a tad beefier than theirs, but thinner than modern hoops), a hint of Fitzroy from the same era with the chamois reinforcing, and a numberplate to round it all off. Now for a few I meant to release earlier in the day, but things happen, and it's only just now...first up, one of those more obscure D-1 schools almost nobody posts concepts for in any sport, Stony Brook Nowadays, SBU uses a more nondescript SB monogram more often than anything else, but I'd liked the wave/wolf for a while now, and finally got around to using it. Both jumpers have a wave theme, somewhat similar to Gold Coast, though not as detailed, admittedly. Yet another that rarely sees much use in concepts, Western Carolina WCU used to have one of those identites that seemed to be trying too hard. At what, I still wonder in a car wreck kind of way. So I was a bit late to the party in finding out about their upgrade. The big cat standing atop North Carolina seemed like something I could center a jumper around, so with a slight modification, that's what I did. Western Footscray's design is the basis for the third, simply because it's one of my personal favorites. Finally, some little school down in Austin... If UT had a footy squad, their first choice would more than likely look something like this. Aside from the longhorn, burnt orange from neck to toe. Burnt orange braces adorn the clash white, while the fauxback here, like GT's, borrows from the 1890s, off white with cowboy shirt-style reinforcing, and the added touch of a pocket on the chest, an idea I got from the 1900s St. Louis Browns.

Some new rags for ya...first up, Akron The home jumper's circular gold rings represent a tire, given Akron's historical association with rubber in general, and Goodyear tires in particular. As tires are usually foundon motor vehicles, I figured the clash would be a good time to cause one to wonder about roos crossing roads. For a fauxback, I'd initially had a simple blue/yellow striped jumper. Then, remembering that Zips was originally short for Zippers, I thought about redoing it, but making a good zipper design would be a mother. In typical fashion for me, I discovered thhat zips football had already had a similar idea...granted, I only found out half a day ago, WELL after the season's over, but still. May as well use their existing helmet zipper....and that's the end of that. The Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech Time aint on my side due to technical issues, so I'll keep it short: white w/gold sash, honeycombs, and a fauxback based on 1890s footy. I'll probably have more words for ya later on.

Alright, here goes a new batch. First up. Louisville The home's based on the West Coast Eagles' wings, naturally, while the clash is basically an inverted Melbourne, with the added bonus of resembling a cardinal's face somewhat. The one-off is loosely based on the sweater worn by the old dunking cardinal...true, that had a block L and sleeves, but same principles. Second up, Seton Hall While checking out Historical Futbol Kits a few days ago, I noticed a number of English clubs sporting their own variations on a rather nice Nike shirt. The home and clash are based on that, with a tweak or two. The lettering on the front is meant to be akin to shadow stripes, i.e. only really visible when the light hits right, unobtrusive. The third, well, you aint a pirate without hoops, am I right? Number three, Lehigh, private eye The home...well, St, Pauli's made two-tone brown work, why not Lehigh? The clash, if it vaguely reminds you of a hockey jersey, then I've largely succeeded. For :censored:s and giggles, I bring you a goldout for the third. Fourth up, East Carolina....raise up...take your shirt off, twist it round your head, spin it like a helicopter Purple/gold at home, white/gold for clash, hoops all the way. The third is based on the old strutting pirate. Last up, Fresno State For those unaware, one of Fresno State's football quirks is the green V on the backs of their helmets, representing the San Joaquin Valley. Here, I take it a step further and use it as the basis of the main design. The third goes further, being green with a wedge of blue on the bottom left, something I based on one of capn89's old Rangers concepts (yeah cap, one of those from way back when we were at NHL Depot...thus, I'm referencing a concept I figure almost no one here will ever see. I gotta stop doing that.)

Decided to get back into the swing of things, and I commemorate last weekend's Stagg Bowl with jumper sets for UW Whitewater and Mount Union The idea of a double W motif popped in my head, and for the purples and blacks, I used it in a manner similar to stripes, while for the clash, I decided to go with using it as side panels. For Mount, I went with a basic monogram jumper for the first choice, and hoops for the second choice (for those wondering if this gets handled like soccer, not really. The white back is considered a sufficient clash). The monogram itself, I'd actually cobbled together for my current sig, and I've no idea if Mount actually uses anything similar to it. Third choice is based on the black jerseys UMU football frequently wear in the postseason.

*shakes cane* whatever happened to the good old days when if you wanted to update a vintage logo, you did it your own damn self? joking aside, I'd like to see how ren's running Cardinal update compares to my own.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'd only accept a gold Packers jersey if white pants came with it. And before you ask, yes, I've seen North Dakota State's unis (hell, I know a guy who played for the Bison when they were in D2). heh, you'd love this year's Stagg Bowl (D3 championship)...Mount Union and Whitewater played for the D3 championship for seven straight years (2005-11), to the point that the 2011 game was a true Game 7 (UWW had won 3, Mount had won 3). I wanna say that's some kind of record, but I'm not sure. Discount it if you want, but keep in mind Mount produced Pierre Garcon and Cecil Shorts. Man I hated Garcon. Anyway, later this week is Game 8.

I know one thing, this would be a great complement to the traditional longhorn.

In truth, the NFL needs to tweak its rule regarding what alts can look like. Right now, they're restricted to two options: a throwback uniform, or a recolored version of the home or away jersey. I know, edgy, right? Compare that to the NBA, while there are many recolors (Bulls, Cavs, Pacers, Lakers, Heat), a good number of thirds don't look like the home/away at all (Celtics, Nuggets, Spurs, Rockets, Bucks). Likewise, what with differing home/away designs traditionally being more acceptable in baseball, you have colored jerseys (A's green, Brewers blue, Rays, Rangers, Mariners teal, Giants), home/away blends (White Sox black), stuff that doesn't look like the home/away (A's gold, Pirates, Cubs, D-backs black) as well as throwbacks (Brewers, White Sox, Pirates). Hockey, recolors (old Blackhawks, pre-edge Panthers, pre-edge Kings) seem to be the least common, NHL teams tending more towards different designs (mid-90s and post-edge Blues, Blue Jackets, Sabres, Senators, Avalanche, Ducks, Coyotes, among several others), straight throwbacks (Leafs, Habs, post-WC Penguins, Buffaslug-era Sabres, post-WC Blackhawks) or fauxbacks (Rangers, Penguins). Hell, in soccer, it's common for the change shirt to look nothing like the main shirt, even down to the collar. The NFL? Barring some teams bending the rules (like the Redskins' 70th anniversary uniform, or the Cowboys' throwbacks being navy instead of royal blue), the selection's limited to recolors (Bears off and on, Broncos, Titans, Texans, Cardinals, Eagles, Seahawks, Panthers, Ravens, Bengals, Browns briefly, Saints once, Patriots briefly, Chargers, Jaguars) or throwbacks (Cowboys, Falcons, Bucs, Packers, Bears, Bills, Rams, Chargers pre-overhaul)...and with the new helmet restriction, a number of throwbacks like the Bucs and Patriots' are off the table (good riddance to the latter) due to their team colors having changed over the years. :censored:, now would be a good time to begin allowing thirds to have different designs...so for instance, the Bears might consider an alt based on the Chicago flag for a year or two, or the Pats might revive the Bledsoe-era style, but in red with the current font, something like that, rather than the routes previously traveled. Hell, it'd be a good way to gauge interest in a possible new uniform (as happened in the mid 90s with the Blues and Stars). The Rams could be that team...hell, the Saints could be that team. Had they kept the navy helmets, I would've liked to have seen a yellow Chargers jersey, though IIRC their owner's not a huge fan of the color. The Steelers and Packers could concievably look sharp in yellow jerseys, provided they add white pants (or in the Steelers' case, black pants).

It's been a long time, and this has actually been done for a few weeks. If you ever wanted to see a Dallas Cowboys jumper set, you can die happy now.

Never heard that one...the story I recall is shortly after being hired, and given the OK to redesign the uniforms, Mike Dunleavy decided on Lakers purple and Celtics green (though he really kept the longstanding forest green and demoted it to the secondary color). Either case, my main gripe wasn't really purple's presence, so much as the fact that it'd become the main color.

Here goes nothin...not one, not two, but FIVE new sets! First, Michigan When I've done Michigan in the past, I've simply gone the Carlton route and slapped a big M on the front and called it a day. This time, I decided the blues should mimic the famous helmet somehow, so here it's a simple merger of stripes and a vee. The clash design is based on the costume of one of the lesser known Green Lanterns, Guy Gardner. Why? He's a fictional Michigan alum, of course. Finally, a fauxback based on the Under the Lights uniform, complete with the older M and printed laces. Second, Wisconsin Honestly, I could've just as easily gone with stripes instead of hoops for the home, but it is what it is. The two clashes have a broad wraparound stripe and use a cutout Bucky on the front. Now I dip into some of the more obscure probrams, starting with Nebraska-Omaha The home and clash use the same design I'd used for Notre Dame's green jumper. An old St. Kilda design, WWI era IIRC, inspired the third. Fourth up, Michigan Tech The home jumper...I was originally gonna have a chest panel stylized to resemble Upper Michigan, where MTU is located. Then I said screw that and went with an actual map. The clash...see those bits on the back of the husky logo? Yeh, they've given it the nickname "Piano Dog." I thought stripes resembling them would look at least somewhat okay, so here you go. The third...honestly, I could've seen Richmond donating a set of old jumpers to a program trying to get on its feet, if I were inclined to create a faux alternate history. Lastly, Ooey-Pooey IUPUI An old friend of mine played basketball for the Jaguars, his number's on the gold/white. Overall, the home and clash are based on the classic Fitzroy/Brisbane design, the home being black and crimson, the clash being gold and white. The third seemed like a good place to sneak in a harlequin jumper for the hell of it. Your two rusted Lincolns are welcome here!

I'll do ya one better...Jim McMahon, Packer In the same vein, Jerry Rice in his very brief stint in Denver futbol example: Alessandro Del Piero, who was with Juventus seemingly forever in an era when star players being afflicted with wanderlust is generally accepted...and now he plies his trade in Sydney And the recently retired Grant Hill...his lost years in Orlando, when the sight of him healthy was a rarity

Well, speaking from experience, house cats do whatever the hell they want. Hell, stray cats tend to do whatever the hell they want (I frequently see the neighbor's cat in my yard, there used to be a huge white stray there every now and then, and a few summers ago there was another stray that would hang around the front porch and meow incessantly). House cats don't care.