O.C.D
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The Miami Marlins in Dolphins colors is fantastic. Great color scheme and it looks great with the old template The Rockies/Av's crossover look really good too. The avs color scheme would stand out and look better than the black and purple. The Nationals in the old Wizards/Caps colors looks really good. I always really liked that scheme but I have a hard time arguing for it's use over red white and blue -
Red>Blue>White>Grey
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Like the inevitable rising and setting of the sun there are a handful of topics you can always expect to see here. It's like the movie groundhogs day
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6 is the worst number on a jersey. It's asymmetrical in a way that makes it look too bottom heavy and goofy. I never thought that about 9 though. Maybe it's the direction it faces
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Generally the fabric used now is thinner and lacks the shine that past authentic jersey's used to use. The jersey's numbers and names used to feature layered thick fabric embroidered to the jersey. The teams ability to design uniforms and identity seems to be limited by the outfitters templates and the fabrics they use (color accuracy, stripping, design element sizing consistency) I can understand why form fitting templates have become popular because it provides a functional element during game play. Aesthetics have taken a back seat. Uniform real estate has diminished and elements on the uniforms become distorted. My idea about these changes being cost cutting measures have more to do with my general distrust of big business. Ultimately I'm not privy to their financial records but the product seems inferior to what I used to buy in the late 90's and early to mid 2000's.
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I think these outfitters are using adjective word salads in order to sell fans a bill of goods while they're saving money on mass produced jersey's. In comparison to what they used to sell fans, these new uniforms look cheap in design and in execution. This isn't even exclusive to the NFL. MLB and NBA have done the same thing (much less experience with NHL). I've got a closet full of what those leagues used to offer. There used to exist a quality of craftsmanship that you don't find today.
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Your point is right on. The striping was very inconsistent. Over the past decade NFL uniforms look cheap. From quality of design to fabric and uniform cuts. I think the league has tried to sell cost cutting measures as progressive uniform design.
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I think the biggest mistake NFL teams consistently make in redesigns is number font choice. The Jags Brunell era uniforms were the best they've ever looked. Once they started to tweak them during the Leftwich era they've gotten progressively worse each version. They need to go back to the Brunell era numbers and use teal numbers on the white jersies They need to reintroduce the original shade of gold they used during the Brunell era and use it within the same ratio they originally did. Helmet should go back to glossy black, although the teal fleck version could work too, black would be better.
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The logo gets a little muddy on a blue helmet. I'm sure there is a way to redo the outline to make it sit better. I like the blue helmet, but I also like the sense of depth the silver brings. A change for the Panthers in this direction would be similar to what the Jets did (light helmet to team color helmet). It would probably be well received.
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I absolutely LOVE THIS! I think the addition of a light green stripe next to the dark green stripe would look beautiful (to give a sense of balance with the striping pattern of the uniform overall). I think what you've done with the logo and hat is phenomenal as well. I really liked the mono look too (it reminded me of a green Yankees). What I LOVE about this version is that it fully utilizes a color scheme that is so unique and beautiful. I've always loved 3D drop shadow as a uniform design element because it gives the design a sense of depth that makes it stand out and looks beautiful when embroidered. I think if an MLB team based it's identity on what you've done here it would be one of the top 5 best looking in the entire league
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I really REALLY like this concept. I think an interesting idea could be to use the lighter shade of green to create a 3D drop shadow effect (Like the LA Angels home uniform. But where they used gray, in this set it'd be light green, with the base uniform color being used as negative space). I think you could use that effect on the numbers as well. As a style it could easily transfer to all of the jersey's and it would look spectacular imo. A fully two-toned green uniform identity. Similar in spirit to the Milwaukee Bucks uniforms 86-93, except you'd be using the light green to create a sense of depth rather than using it solely as an outline.
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In my critique of critique I forgot to say what I thought about the logo change. I think the black W looks better because I like the contrast more
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Social media's success is largely due to; 1. People wanting attention 2. People having an ego. Big business takes advantage of those desires by granting the illusion of power. People are addicted to the hyper-reality social media creates and are tribal. Critique is now entrepreneurial. Spirit is secondary to winning. The troubling part? The mainstreaming of mob justice and mob rule. Being conditioned to think that patience and nuance are part of an evil system. Being encouraged to be more reactionary. Dismissive of the negative effects their actions have. Self appointed soldiers in a culture war. De-humanizing their fellow man and encouraging others to do the same. Why? Because they've granted themselves the authority. In the age of commercial critique the most jaded wins. No act of contrition is ever truly enough. "Yeah, they did X, but did they do it for the right reasons?" "They did X, but they didn't do X enough" "They should have done X 10 years ago". As long as those type of people drive the cultural discourse, the industry of grievance will thrive and wounds will never heal, and sadly, that's their goal.
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At best I think it's a shallow PR move and at worst it's a heavy handed attempt to erase a time in history because it makes people uncomfortable.
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Right? It just seems to make sense from an English perspective like a "John Doe" "Jane Doe" thing
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Looks good. This is more of just random question but wouldn't LumberJills make more sense than LadyJacks?
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NFL is hard to watch for various reasons. Having a 2nd option is good. I hope the league does well and grows. Can't wait to see the team designs
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That would have made Angel games a lot more fun back then!
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Minor/Independent/Collegiate League Baseball Logo/Uniform Changes
O.C.D replied to BigMac12's topic in Sports Logo News
That script is so pleasing to look at. IMO, I feel like it they had stacked the words off center from each other it might look even better. Maybe play with the size of the words in comparison to each other, but I wouldn't really change anything about how the letters are constructed. Really really nice to look at. -
I got to see him when he was on the Twins vs the Angels. He was David Ortiz by that time though. I wonder how many guys in the MLB aren't really named what they're called.
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Players on the "RIGHT" Team, but "WRONG" Uniform
O.C.D replied to kimball's topic in Sports Logo General Discussion
Such a better uniform than what they have now
