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https://uni-watch.com/2023/05/02/hero-ai-bot-creates-brilliant-nfl-costumed-mascots/ From creepy to funny to straight up depressing -- some of these should make into the stream of internet memes--especially the Carolina Poonats ! Mods: Not sure where this thread belongs. There are some interesting uni-design-ish stuff happening here but you be the judge!

They're all pretty sweet! Good job, Sir! The only thing that looks strange to me is Oakland's bolt being completely navy/dark. Maybe 'cause it looks black, or because I expect bolts to at least be outlined in a bright color; Not quite sure but besides that, its pretty solid.

These sets are so good as long as they used striped socks. The white helmet does look nice too! Additionally, I would like to see the fleur-de-lis increased in size...just a bit.

Good shout. Thought they overlapped a lot closer than that.

Not at all. USFLs designs, whether by legacy or not, definitely have more life. Who designed the XFL uniforms by the way? Is it a league or team hire? They all seem to have such an aggressively dark tone. I guess it fits since it is the eXtreme Football League. btw....how about XFL Champ vs USFL Champ in a Spring Bowl....huh huh?

Interlocking HD for the win! I love the way it looks without "Houston Dynamo FC". I'll find the mock-up but I did one without it and it was the easiest fix ever. I feel the same way about Orlando City. Their "B" team has OCB under the lion, so I shopped-up the first team logo and replaced the name with "OC" and boom....addition improvement by subtraction.

World League aesthetics mmmmm People scoffed at the Thunder but their look was pretty unique. That combined Sacramento Surge's bootleg "Miami-Dolphins-Salem-Cigarette-box" made this very appealing to me as a kid. Looking back, the WLAF had a few pretty cool original schemes. The NY/NJ Knights used Gold/Silver/Black which was pretty unique at the time-- or now for that matter. I can't think of any team that has used that metallic combo; usually it's one or the other paired with a primary color.

AFC West might be the best. The rest have so much potential but under today's look, all these are pretty accurate. If you do it well, you can never have too much white though. I do know exactly what you mean though but I think it affects the league entirely. So to me, I think white doesn't count as a color. It's the default "easel" or "blank document" everyone uses which is why lots of teams at one point or another have had a full white look. I do know what you mean about the AFCE having "too much white" but I think this becomes an eye-sore due to of the lack of color breaks (socks, belts, non-black accessories--gotta accessorize!) on the uniforms today which affects the league, not only the AFCE. The lack of color below the torso forms the dreaded leotard look, and in white, it looks so damn incomplete---like they quit from the torso down on a videogame's create-a-player feature. If you look at the past, lots of white/whites look great with the color breaks. The AFCE has historically been really light, with blues, reds and greens and probably the best, most original (aqua and orange ) combo in sports and at one point, they all used those colors tastefully throughout the uniform which made them aesthetically pleasing.

In their current digs, maybe. I'd probably place them 2nd and Carolina 1st. Now if you take their best versions---- super tough rankings.

Bucs are gonna win the South, aren't they. What a garbage division this year. Aesthetically unappealing as well.

Facts. Some players look like straight up Pop Warner / Optimist club players. When Melvin Ingram came over to the Phins, he looked like a dude cosplaying as a football player ....and still does at times. On another note, still not used to the new number system. I'm trying but #6 for an LB is still weird to me.

Detailed info always appreciated. Thanks!

I noticed this with the Saints. I know that most teams have probably shrunk their logos but the Fleur-de-lis, to me, always stood out as having shrunk in size since I started watching.

I think I've seen 4 different wordmarks for Pats since I've been watching football. Was the stars-and-stripes version that was on merch/media and SBXX ever used again?

Props to Rashad Penny for proper sockage! I know these are white but man, the 'Hawks have so much potential with more wolf-grey combos (especially helmet).

Ah Brandon Jones! He usually wears the uniform in the aesthetically pleasing way. Rocks the white accessories and tape over mostly white cleats.

As a kid, I thought the Bears primary color was black. It def looked it on my TV at that time and they were black in Tecmo Bowl

Is all-white considered "monochrome"? I think of white as a neutral non-color since all teams have it. I consider "white" the easel or canvas if you will. Their all-white on the road isn't anything new though. Plenty of photos of Jeff George getting pummeled at Rich Stadium in all-whites. All this is moot if you were taking about their all-blue "monochrome" uniform.

Colts: all-white is a super classic look but (of fn course) it was missing those double striped socks. Do people not like sock stripes anymore? . Fins: After introducing the new pants in '86, socks with white pants would use solid aqua (top half/quarter) to create proper separation. In '89 they introduced the aqua pants and used striped socks until the current threads introduced in '13. Usually, the stripes would match pant/helmet stripes which makes me wonder what those would look on today's aqua pants. Shame about the lack of proper sockage. In m opinion, it completes the look. I think the Browns look vs Steelers has been the best so far. Brissett and company looked so awesome!

I'm with you. To me it's kinda pointless to have socks same color as pants. At that point it just becomes an extension of the pant itself, giving it the leotard look.

This right here The way players wear uniforms contributes to the drop in aesthetics, at least for me. The radically untucked jersey, the one color extended sock look, it makes them look like Pop Warner teams . Watching my Fins vs Raiders this weekend and i noticed most of Miami’s players had one long aqua sock while some LV had the traditional combination w a lot of the players wearing them the “right” way ( 25% team color, 75% white) which got me thinking if this is a player choice (by vote) or team standard. Whatever the reason may be, it’s definitely an eyesore for me.

Teeeeechnically, their middle pant stripe and number outline were red. You were talking about their lids. Disregard.

As great as I think these sets are, I've always felt the black number outlines were unnecessary even back then; Silver would've been perfect.

Next badge shouldn't use black outlining or lettering. Just stick to team colors and they should be alright.

Everytime I look at that Jags helmet I wonder, could they have used candy paint to get a better blended effect, geez? It works for cars, shouldn't it work for helmets or is the material too different? Was it too expensive?