Ever since the WBC, I've been stuck with an itch to do some baseball designs. The main issue - I haven't done any baseball designs before, so I'm not super sure on what I'm doing. Regardless, armed with a template from @raysox (thanks man!) and many years of soccer design under my belt, I've decided to give it a shot! This won't be a regular series or anything fancy like that - ideas will be posted whenever the muse strikes me, whether that be next week or next year. Also, please note - this is literally the first full baseball concept I've ever done! I'm still figuring out the template and what looks right, so feedback is greatly appreciated.
To start: South Korea! What you may immediately notice are the colors and the wordmark. Korea's past looks have generally used the same warmer shade of blue and white, with the occasional red as an accent. In this year's edition of the WBC, however, they opted for navy instead of that blue, which makes them look a little too much like Japan for my liking. So we'll let Japan claim navy and do something else for Korea. I wanted to stay away from the blue/red/white that a lot of countries end up using in baseball, so I found something that comes off as more unique - double blue! The main blue is darker than the previous warmer blue, while the addition of powder blue separates them from the herd (think Royals or Blue Jays). As for the wordmark, don't get me wrong - I love their very fun and handwritten current script and cap logo. But I wanted something new, so here we are! At its core, the new wordmark is very simple - add a rounded outline to Baumans to give it more weight, and add the Taegeuk to the center of the O for that unique touch. Simple but effective!
The uniforms aren't the most complicated design in the world, but it still stands out. The main design component is the triple stripe cuff, taken from the four trigrams on the South Korean flag. My original plan was to actually incorporate the trigrams into the striping, but trust me, it looked rough. A last-minute change brought powder blue between the lines to add color to the home uniform. I also put the triple stripe down the side of the pants and on top of the socks. Home is standard white, while road uses powder blue (because if you have powder blue in your color scheme why wouldn't you use it as your road jersey?). The cap logo is a modified version of the K from the wordmark with an added Taeguk for flavor. This pairs with a darker blue cap and powder blue bill/button. For the third, I wanted to do something different because I couldn't figure out how to make the wordmark look good on the darker blue. I decided to take on the challenge of taking the Korean name of South Korea (한국) and turning it into a monogram that would make sense on a baseball uniform. I ended up with something that came close to the font I was using, and I staggered the characters to make it appear more symmetrical. This pairs with an all-blue hat with the white monogram, and I could see this cap being used as an alternate for the home uniform. For numbers and name on back, I decided to keep the same font as everything else for consistency's sake, and I switched up the name order to be more like the proper Korean style than what they currently use on uniforms.
All in all, I'm pretty happy with my first attempt at baseball design! It's a little simple overall, but I'm still learning the ropes, and South Korea feels like a team that I could actually see running something more minimalistic. As always, C&C welcome!
where did you get the template for the full uniform? I would love to use that as well
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where did you get the template for the full uniform? I would love to use that as well