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Thanks! There's definitely a sentimental value to the Astros, what with my dad trying to turn me into an Astros fan when I was a little kid. I should probably add, that concludes this series. Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who offered their feedback — I really appreciate all the kind words and honestly how constructive everyone is on this forum. I'm already thinking of some new series to work on, so hopefully I'm able to find some time in the near future to keep at it.
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Love how you incorporated the wheat stalks on the Brewers set. Looks fantastic. Those Pilots-era stripes on the Braves set are also very nice. Knocked it out of the park with this one, IMO
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Both of these are excellent. The Astros one actually reminds me of something the independent league team in my hometown just released. Nice work!
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For sure, something like this? TEXAS RANGERS A revamped uniform deserves a revamped logo. The Texas Rangers' 2020 redesigned uniforms are reminiscent of the team's look from 1986-1993, but I was disappointed when they didn't update the logo along with it. So, I took the Texas logo the team used through those years and applied the revamped "Rangers" script to create a brand new primary logo. Since the mid-'90s, the Rangers have seemed to have trouble deciding if they're a blue or red team. With this set, I incorporated both red and blue on the caps similar to the team's look from 1972-1985. I also added some red piping to add a little more red to the uniform. That piping also carries over to the road uniforms. I would have liked to use a "Texas" script that matched the style of the home wordmark, but the Rangers have never used anything like that, so I used the updated "Texas" wordmark they've used since 2014. On the blue alts, I added the same red piping for some contrast, but changed the numbers and nameplate to blue to better match the wordmark on the front.
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Ahh, gotcha. Well, as it turns out, I did that with the previous series as well, but unfortunately I don't have the JPEGs or even the original PSDs for those. I will say it worked much better on the logos than the uniforms. SEATTLE MARINERS I went back and forth for a while trying to decide what to do with the Seattle Mariners' color scheme. On one hand, blue and yellow has a classic, nostalgic feel to it. On the other, teal is a look that's totally unique to Seattle, and is more in keeping with the city's nickname, the Emerald City. Ultimately, I decided to mix the old with the new, and I'm glad I did. The trident logo with the teal color scheme looks phenomenal. All the sets here feature the classic logos and wordmarks the team wore in the '70s, but with the color scheme Ken Griffey Jr. made popular. I still like the compass logo, so I decided to keep that as a secondary logo and use it as a sleeve patch. The home set also now uses a teal-brimmed cap, making the all-navy cap a road-only option. The teal alts now use blue numbers with a double stroke around the edges to match the "Mariners" wordmark, plus white and navy piping on the neck and sleeves. I may go back and do this one again in blue and yellow, but as it is right now, I'm really happy with how this turned out.
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OAKLAND ATHLETICS The A's have one of the most unique looks in MLB. That classic green-and-yellow color scheme is unparalleled. But since the '80s, the A's have drifted toward a darker shade of green rather than the kelly green they wore when they were one of the most dominant teams of the '70s. On this set, I brought that bright green back as the primary color, similar to the green alts the A's brought back in the last couple seasons. The home uniform incorporates a new sleeve and neck outline, which also carries over to the road uniform. The road uniforms also now wear the same yellow-brimmed caps as the road set. The yellow alts now have a double-striped outline on the neck and sleeves that's more reminiscent of the yellow tops the team wore in the '70s. The green tops now wear yellow-brimmed caps, and also have new double-striped outlines on the neck and sleeves, another callback to the Swingin' A's.
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Good call on the secondary logo. Cleaning up the team name and getting rid of the yellow on the base paths helps the logo stand on its own a little more. To the point about gold, when I went through these redesigns the first time a couple years ago, I tried using gold as a secondary color and it really didn't quite work out as well as I'd hoped. HOUSTON ASTROS When the Houston Astros brought back their classic orange-and-blue motif in 2013, I was ecstatic. It was definitely a welcome change over the tired red-and-black uniforms, and was a long-needed identity revamp from the Astros of the early ‘10s. First and foremost: The Tequila Sunrise is back, baby. I added a few more rings to the current primary logo to match the Astros’ classic rainbow gut uniforms, along with a brand new secondary logo and some slick new socks — which are frankly my favorite part of this entire set. While I love their current home set, the lack of an orange cap is disappointing. Enter their new home cap, a callback to the cap they wore in the Astrodome from 1971-1982. While I’m a fan of their current wordmark, I miss how the old uniforms of the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s incorporated a star somewhere in the logo. So, I took their jersey script and added a star in the lower right similar to the jersey logos used from 1975-1993. I also applied this new wordmark to their new(ish) alternate jersey. As for the road uniform, I gave them an all-blue cap — again, calling back to those ‘80s teams — and managed to work in some more orange with a recolored piping.
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Goodness that Marlins x Rays uni is handsome. Nice work!
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On the road set, I agree. The script does get lost in the pinstripes. The easy solution here was to keep the pinstripes (again, '90s nostalgia shining through here) and swap the script "Minnesota" out for the block letters the Twins used in the World Series years. As for the alt, I kept the block M and swapped the jersey logo out with the "Twins" wordmark. The result is a set that's reminiscent of the BP/spring training set the team wore in the early '90s. ANAHEIM ANGELS First thing's first — they play in Anaheim. They're the Anaheim Angels. While I love their modern color scheme, I couldn't help but think how great it would look with the hues they donned when they debuted in 1961. This set uses a navy blue crown and red brim like the Halos of the '60s, '70s, '80s, and early '90s. Speaking of halos, the halo over the A has been color corrected from silver to the classic gold color they originally used. The Angels are one of a few teams in MLB today who keep the team name on their away jerseys rather than the city name, so I took the Anaheim script from the early 2000s and tweaked the colors a little to match the current color scheme.
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Thanks! It was definitely one of those Mandela effect things for me, haha. MINNESOTA TWINS The Twins’ recent attempts to incorporate gold into their color scheme doesn’t quite look awful, but for some reason it doesn’t quite look right. So, my first step here was to eliminate gold from the secondary logo and wordmarks, applying navy or red where applicable. As for the uniforms themselves, pinstripes are back. The look is classic; it’s how they came to the Twin Cities, and it’s the look they wore when they won two World Series in ‘87 and ‘91. I applied the Twins wordmark they wore from 2010-2014 (essentially the same as the ‘80s wordmark, but with a thicker stroke). Pinstripes are also back on the road uniforms—a look they haven’t worn since 2009. In addition, I recolored the road script to match the home wordmark. On the alternate set, I incorporated the old M logo the team wore on their caps from 1987-2012, just for a bit of nostalgia. The goal here was just to revamp a classic look. Happy with how this set turned out.
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Something like this? Tried to get it as close to what they wear now. Honestly the NY on the sleeve was just to mix things up a little from what they currently wear. Plus, I felt like the NY gave it a little bit of a throwback look to the uniforms the Giants used to wear waaaaay back in their New York days. I might revisit the black alts sometime down the road when I can spend a little more time on adding extra layers to individual logos. Right? For a team called the Tigers, you'd expect to see at least a little orange on the home set. KANSAS CITY ROYALS The Royals have had a love affair with baby blue since the '70s and it's suited them better than probably any team in the majors. To start, I incorporated more baby blue into the uniforms, including a subtle stroke on the script, numbers, and lettering on the home and away sets. All uniforms use a recolored version of the roundel logo the team used from 2002-2005 (sans black). Meanwhile, the primary logo has been recolored to the original orange-ish color that was introduced along with the team.
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DETROIT TIGERS The Detroit Tigers have one of the more timeless looks in MLB history. That classic, old English D has stood the test of time for generations. But for a team called the Tigers, the lack of orange in their logo is confusing—even more so on their home uniforms. I didn’t get carried away with the orange, but I think the subtle touch works better anyway. This goes for the cap logo, jersey logo, names and numbers, and even some new stripes on the socks. On both uniforms, I brought back the secondary tiger logo the team used from 1994-2006. This gave me an opportunity to add a new jersey patch to both uniforms, which I think adds a lot more color to the set. Speaking of color, I also created an orange alternate that uses the team's "Tigers" script and is reminiscent of the team's BP jerseys from the '80s and '90s.
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CLEVELAND INDIANS GUARDIANS SPIDERS To be perfectly honest, I'm not a huge fan of the Cleveland Guardians' new identity. I get it — it had to be done. I just wish they'd gone with something more... original. And I mean no disrespect to anyone who's done a Guardians concept pre-2021; the iconography with the Guardians of Traffic is great. But without that context, the team name just falls flat, IMHO. Cleveland Spiders, on the other hand, has a certain flair unlike any team in the Big Four leagues along with some history. While I understand why they didn't go with this name (*cough* 20-134 *cough*) I still think it's a cool nickname that lends itself to some cool imagery. That was the first item of business with this redesign — the main logo, cap logo, and jersey scripts use a custom font that pays homage to the old block C while creating an identity of its own. The primary and cap logos also incorporate a spider leg design combined with the C, creating an unmistakable brand identity. Team colors remain the same as the Indians with the navy and red, and the uniforms themselves retain the same color schemes as tribute to their former identity. While the home whites and road grays remain largely the same as their predecessors, the blue alts now incorporate a red-brimmed cap and red placket piping. The stroke has also been removed from numbers and lettering on the blue alts, letting the red pop off the jersey a little more and decluttering the uniforms.
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX South Siders! I didn't get too crazy with the Chicago White Sox, but one thing that's bugged me about their away uniforms is how they got rid of the great diamond logo they'd worn since 1991. So, I went ahead and added that back to the sleeve, and also added it to their home uniform. Another thing that's always bugged me about the White Sox is how they don't actually wear white socks. Admittedly, it's hard to make white socks work with pinstripes, as I found out, but I was able to compromise with a radical departure from the traditional sock stripes. Really happy with how it turned out. One of my favorite parts of this concept is the use of the logos the team wore from 1987-1990. The road grays now use the same script the team wore in the late '80s. Similarly, I created a black alternate that uses the "White Sox" script from that era along with a curly C cap logo.
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Thanks! And yeah, that was a challenge I ran into with this concept; it's tough to get that exactly centered without it being small and unreadable or having the ray in the armpit. I could move the ray over a bit, but that leaves me with a divot in the R. I could fix it if I was a little better at design or had access to Illustrator, but here we are, haha. TORONTO BLUE JAYS The Toronto Blue Jays' return to their classic logo was one of the most welcome changes of 2012. The black and silver look they'd tried from 2004-2011 was never accepted by fans. I personally love this look. Is the font dated? Maybe, but it's such a unique look. That said, there are still some changes I'd like to see with this set. First, I changed the blue jay logo back to the original version the team used through the '90s with the brighter shade of blue the team adopted in 2012. The home caps now sport a white panel similar to the caps of the '70s and '80s, with the all-blue caps reserved for road and alt sets. The home jersey now has double piping on the sleeve and color to match the pants. These jerseys also use the font from the team's early days as opposed to the updated font (a very minor difference). The road set sports the same changes with a classic baby blue color in place of gray. The alt jersey really allows the new shade of blue to shine, and replaces the double piping with some thick, single white piping.
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Thanks for all the feedback! Let's see if I can hit all your points here. Totally fair point and it's one that kinda gave me pause as I was working through it. Ultimately decided the ball in the middle gave it just enough separation from the Cubs, but maybe not. Took your advice and went with a more western-style font; here's how it turned out: Honestly hadn't noticed the letters on the roundel getting lost in the background until you mentioned it, but now I can't unsee it, haha. Also agreed on the placket piping, so I went ahead and changed up both of those. So, the reason I went with blue numbers on the back was to pay homage to players like Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski. That said, I understand the red numbers add a little more color to the uniforms, and though I've never been a fan of the red caps/helmets the team wore in the '70s, I figured a good compromise would be to make the numbers red and leave the script blue. TAMPA BAY RAYS OK, so. Let me start off by saying I know this will be a polarizing set, haha. The gradients were certainly a product of their time. But the Rays have made a conscious effort in recent years to embrace the gradient, and I did the same here. The old "Devil Rays" script the team used on their debut jerseys served as the basis for the home whites, albeit with some slightly modified colors. On both the home and road sets, the caps utilize the throwback logo the team has brought back in recent years matching the 1997 aesthetic — though black has been replaced with that beautiful indigo the Rays rolled out. Speaking of indigo, the alternate tops are an all-new creation, using the primary logo on the chest and keeping the baby blue the team has used as a secondary color since their rebrand in the late 2000s. It's certainly a bold, garish look, I know. Maybe I'm clouded by nostalgia a bit, but there's just something endearing about this look.
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NEW YORK YANKEES The New York Yankees have the most iconic look in baseball, let’s be honest. Babe Ruth. Lou Gehrig. Joe DiMaggio. Yogi Berra. Mickey Mantle. All titans of the game who made this look synonymous with Major League Baseball. Be that as it may, there’s one thing about the Yankees pinstripes that’s always bothered me: two different NY logos on the cap and jersey. To remedy that, I took the NY logo the team used from 1915-1921 and applied it to both the cap and jersey, making the set more cohesive. I also applied a slightly new color scheme to the primary logo, changing the bright blues in the logo to a more familiar Yankee navy. Other than that, not much else changed. As I said with the Dodgers, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
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Yeah I get that. A big part of the Dbacks going back to purple has to do with nostalgia, but decided to try out the red-and-teal combo to see how that worked. BOSTON RED SOX The Red Sox have a timeless uniform, so I didn't want to stray too far from a good thing. But one thing that's always bothered me is how their away jerseys have names on the back when the home jerseys don't. So, I remedied that problem and added a small outline to the numbers and script to make them pop a little more. For their red alt, I added some double stripes on the sleeves and gave it a new cap with the secondary logo. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out — especially the road uniform.
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BALTIMORE ORIOLES I don't really have much to say about my Baltimore Orioles, er, "redesign" as there's not much that was redesigned. I was ecstatic when they brought back the white panel caps and the cartoon oriole in 2012, and that look I think really stands the test of time. The only real update I made here was on the primary logo. I think the Oriole Bird works fine as a cap logo by itself, but as a primary... I don't know. It just never really seemed right. So, I took the updated roundel logo that's being used on the secondary logo here and combined that with the swinging bird that was in their logo from '66-'91, albeit with some minor edits to the cap. Sometimes, some minor tweaks are all you need.
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SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS The Giants' switch to cream uniforms was very unique in its time and it's a look that's endured for decades now. The updated home sets here use a wordmark the team used from 1958-1972, along with a brand new secondary logo I made by combining elements of their 50th anniversary logo and their 2010 World Series champion logo. I also reverted the home set back to no names on the back of the jerseys, a switch the team made a couple years ago. On the road grays, the wordmark has been updated to match the style of the "Giants" script, using a modified wordmark the team wore in 1977. Names have also been removed from the backs of the road set for more consistency with the home uniforms. As for the orange alts, I used the classic "Giants" script with some white piping as a callback to the orange tops the team wore in the '70s.
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SAN DIEGO PADRES Like the Brewers' rebrand, the San Diego Padres' return to brown is as close to a perfect rebrand as I've ever seen. For years, the Padres languished in one of the most boring uniform sets in all of Major League Baseball. For 2020, the Padres went with a return to a classic look they haven't worn since the '80s, and it looks phenomenal. My only gripe with the Padres' rebrand is they went the boring route with the primary logo—just a recycled cap logo. My first order of business here was to create a brand new primary logo using the jersey script and stuck that on top of a roundel logo reminiscent of the logos they used from 1990-2003. The return of the Swinging Friar was also welcome, but for some reason they brought him back on a yellow shield. Here, I simply removed the shield and simplified. The home and away sets changed very little except for the jersey patch, but one thing that bothered me with the 2020 rebrand is the lack of a bell-style cap. So, I brought back a yellow-paneled bell cap to use with the brown alternate, which now uses the SD logo instead of using the same jersey script as the home uniform.
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS I’ve always been a big believer in, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Case in point, the Dodgers. This uniform has gone largely unchanged since the team moved to Los Angeles more than 60 years ago, and it’s a look that’s served them well. The only real change of note on the road set is the elimination of their alternate uniform that uses the “Dodgers” wordmark. In addition, I added a blue alternate that's as pure blue as their home set is white. Other than that, a classic look remains largely untouched.
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COLORADO ROCKIES I like the Colorado Rockies. I like their color scheme. I like elements of their logo. But I've never really been a big fan of their font choices, and I while their old primary logo was all right, I felt it could have been better. My redesign incorporates elements of the Colorado state flag along with some old staples from the Rockies' identity. On the home pinstripes, I added a brand-new wordmark to match the team's new cap logo. Speaking of the cap, I gave the Rox purple caps on the home, road, and purple alt sets. The Rockies were always one of those teams I thought wore road pinstripes well, so I brought those back for the road grays. The black alts now use a black cap with a purple brim.
