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Here's what (at least for now) will likely be the last design update for a while on this thread (unless I get some new C&C or other inspiration on how to improve any of them), my redone Milwaukee Blaze for the National Lacrosse League. The main focus of the touch-ups was on making the logo work a bit better on a smaller scale by bolding some of the lines and simplifying some aspects of the design, especially in the flames. I also did some of those same things to the skull, to make the 'lacrosse stick' cracks in the skull more prominent and let the eyes pop a bit more. I'm glad this got bumped, it was fun to revisit it a bit after a couple years. Thanks to those who reacted and commented (or do in the future)!
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I think I'd agree at least somewhat with Bengal, it's a good looking logo but could also use a little something extra to better convey 'snake themed football team'... maybe in the middle try some sort of snake tongue/football laces design? -
Well here it goes, a new entry for this series, the Milwaukee Hunters are being rebranded as... the Milwaukee Comets. I wanted to make sure it had a name that fit within the 'Deer' theme that the series has maintained, but would also fit well within the sport of hockey and I think this is a name that does those things. Hunters could have also, but as someone way back when pointed out there is something kind of off about having teams owned by the same people called the Bucks and the Hunters, haha. 'Comets' feels like something that could exist alongside other NHL teams, and they exist in the cold of outer space which fits with hockey being a cold weather sport. It's also the name of one of Santa's reindeer, which again has the connection to the Winter season and is how it connects to the deer theme of this series. I approached the logo by recreating a side profile view of the deer from the Bucks logo and including part of its chest/front shoulder and having the comet tail come off the back of it. In keeping with a trend for the Bucks and G-League Herd to have a letter for the team name in the logo, the tan space in the comet tail wraps around the Buck to form a C-like shape. In keeping with the theme of the series, I stuck with the typical modern Bucks color scheme. I tried using either their shade of blue or the 90's purple in this one but it didn't come together for me in a way I liked as much as the green and cream did. Hope you all enjoy!
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Thanks, I appreciate that! Those two along with the Staghorns would be my personal top three from of this series right now. That said, along with doing a new NHL team design, I did decide to touch up the Blaze logo a bit. It's one of my personal favorite concepts I've done but I can see a couple aspects to tweak that I think would make it better than it is currently. I definitely agree that cream is an underrated sports color; it contrasts well with darker colors but gives more personality than a white or light gray do.
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Thanks! I may come back to it and give that a try. I put more of the shading there to show the lighting as being brighter there, but it could possibly be simplified a bit while still showing that. Until then, I did decide to take a crack at that Providence logo... not going to lie, this logo just confuses me and may have been the hardest for me to work with out of this whole series, but I did my best to give it an honest modernization without just switching the logo to something else entirely (though I may come back later and do a different logo for them, similar to what I did with Duluth previously). I tried to change the shading to give the design some depth, and add a bit more of an edge to some of the features. I stuck with the original two colors, adding a 3rd didn't feel necessary here and if this team were to live to the modern day the logo's simplicity would likely be considered a selling point.
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Thanks! I appreciate the kind words and am glad you enjoyed it. I've had the thought to do this with some other cities a couple times but I'd have to find the right fit (familiar with the city, doesn't already have a bunch of teams, etc). As long as this thread has been bumped, I'm going to take the chance to add a revised version of the Soccer team I'd done originally for this series that redid a couple months ago, Cream City FC (changed from the SC in this series). With Milwaukee getting a USL Championship team in the next couple years I redid this as a concept for that franchise. I moved away from the 'Bucks' theme but think it's turned into a really solid concept on its own including a new secondary logo and uniforms. With getting the reminder of my work on here, I'm now thinking I may also redo my NHL one. I think I could do better with a couple more years practice under my belt.
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I am very much in agreement that UWGB's current logo is a step down from the previous one that you used here. In my head, I always pictured their uniforms if they ever had a team looking along these lines, nice work! The only thing I'd have tried different is maybe putting the wings on the helmet like the Eagles do, with the asymmetrical wings (one with red, one without) on the silver background. These still turned out nice though!
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Those Pacers ones are nice! I was worried when I read the description before seeing the uniforms that pinstripes and checker board together would be too busy but you used them real well and it works. I'd be interested to see some new ideas for Utah as well. I've always thought Pioneers was a good name for teams in that region, but there's others that would work well too of course.
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Nice! One thought, have you tried the two main jerseys with a little black for outlining the letters and logo? It's not as much an issue in the drawings, but in the 3D jersey renderings the cream and gold are close enough in color that I could see it being tough to read jersey names, etc. during a game. It's a good concept all around though, and I really like Revelers name. It's on brand with the community (and potential ownership), but not nearly as on the nose as some other name suggestions I've heard which I appreciate.
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Thanks! I'd been kind of trying to think of any art projects to get going, was in a bit of a lull with that, so when I saw this post I decided to give the Buffalo one a try. I may attempt something with the Providence logo, but it's not what I started with. The reference drawing helped a lot, and it's what I worked with more than the logo itself. I enhanced the illustration to better show the contours on the buffalo and based my work off that. I altered the legs and profile a little bit to up the aggressiveness a bit. I couldn't find any firm references to the All-Americans colors, but I took the color scheme from their later Buffalo Bisons identity to use here. I added some curved lines in the black fur portion to try and convey the sense that it's fur and not just some black mass, and also give it a sense of movement like it's charging. I tried to add the streaks in some parts more than others to help sell where the lighting would hit it. I hope you all enjoy, and I'll keep taking suggestions on teams to work with if anyone has one.
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Thanks! I may give that a try with the home uniform. Even if it doesn't become a primary kit, it could be a fun Color Rush alternate.
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Greetings! I figured I'd post once more with some additional uniform designs. Since no one commented on the last post I'll assume the updated logo design and uniforms are all "good enough" and leave them be, but I decided to add an alternate uniform and the Goalkeepers uniform to complete the set. EDIT: I'm also reposting the main home/away kits so they can be viewed together without jumping between pages. The final logos are above each pair of kits for viewing them. The alternate "Iron" uniform was me having a little fun with one of Owaya's jersey templates; it felt very Iron Man to me and since the team's new stadium will be in what is being called the Iron District it felt fitting to give the team a kit with that theme. The roundel also works well with this type of jersey design. The front has a small "Mk. ##" marking which would match the number on each jersey. To make the goalkeeper kit different from the others I omitted the navy blue almost completely and focused on the sky blue and cream. It uses the same sublimated pattern on the primary home/away, albeit much smaller, this time in white to give it an almost shiny appearance. It has accent markings unique from the other kits to help it stand out as a goalkeeper uniform. I'll admit this is the first time I've ever tried to do a goalkeeper uniform so if there are rules about their appearance that I didn't follow it's because I didn't know them; all I found in researching it was that they should be visually distinctive from other uniforms the team uses. Thanks to those who've commented on and liked posts throughout. I feel the feedback helped make what I feel is a solid design for this team, as this is the first soccer team concept I've ever done, and now I'll be waiting to see if an actual pro team comes to fruition in Milwaukee (and if so, what they end up looking like). If anyone has any thoughts on the designs I definitely welcome them, otherwise I'll probably be done with this concept unless an inspiration comes to me. Hope you all enjoy!
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A nice set and logos! The one 'critique' I'll make is that the secondary logo almost feels a bit squished to me; I wonder if it could be made to be a bit taller by enlarging the wings vertically? It's not bad by any means imo, but I'm wondering if it could help a bit.
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I always enjoy projects like these! Some of the older defunct teams had really fun identities and can be made to look really good with modernizations. I really like the updated mouse and the new pose. I could've seen centering the mouse so that it was leaning against the middle of the M orignally, but I think the smaller M next to mouse works well too, and also like the wordmarks you've done up. I do second the idea of trying to work the bow tie back in; I think a slightly oversized bowtie would help give the mouse the mad hatter vibe even more.
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I have both some slight logo updates and revised uniforms using the new logos to end the weekend with. The significant update on logos here is updating the primary roundel's middle ring with larger letters, improved spacing between letters as well as between the words & lines, and reorganizing the words to give it better symmetry and smaller negative spaces. I made a small tweak to the 1 on the secondary logo, but it is otherwise unchanged. The jerseys got a bit of a redesign, as I swiped out the asymmetrical vertical brick stack for a symmetrical pattern of rows of bricks. I thought this would fit better with the brick pattern along the shorts (their maker had an option to put the pattern just on the jersey sleeves, but the jersey just looked too plain that way and I couldn't combine it with other patterns). The secondary logo is now on both sleeves. The shorts are basically the same design as before. The one other change I made to the kits is a blocks pattern throughout both the shorts and jerseys (its showing better on the away kit but it's on both). I also made a new template for showing them to have room for the back of the uniforms this time. I hope everyone enjoys the updated primary logo and the new kits! Thanks for checking them out!
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Thanks for the feedback! As mentioned I've been wanting that 414 logo to remind people of the MAM so I'm glad it's working now. I have been wanting to work on the text in the roundel after getting the center figured out, so I think the next post I do will include any new tweaks to these logos along with uniforms to show off the entire team identity. I've kept experimenting with the uniform designer I used last time so the uniforms will be getting a new design, but retaining the striping elements I used last time to make the brick-style pattern and the general color scheme (navy blue home, white away with sky blue/cream accents on both). They're nearly done so I'll likely be sharing them tomorrow.
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This is basically everything I was going to say. It's a clever idea and I think one with a lot of potential, but the italics may be hurting it. I'm liking the uniforms, can't think of much to critique on them.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone! I took what people seemed to think were the better overall designs (1 & 4 as a pair), and some of the suggestions made and came up with this set of primary and secondary logos. I feel like this is definitely an improvement over the last primary/secondary combo I put together, and they are feeling like a better, more cohesive set now to me. Hopefully others agree (but if not I can take it, haha). The primary continues to use the Bodoni font-based monogram, but I added some spacing similar to logos 2 & 6 in my last share-out, and better defined the edges of the letters. I also added a slice of the sky blue to give a bit more depth between the two letters. I feel like this little element works well in tandem with some changes made in the secondary. I'm feeling like this monogram could work as its own secondary logo but I didn't think it needed to be added to the sheet in that manner since it can be seen in the primary. The secondary got some noticeable changes. I agreed about the 1 being too big in that first draft so I condensed that digit and tweaked it a bit from there. I also added some depth elements; the sky blue underneath the numbers & the bottom of the soccer ball, and the thicker inside edges of the 4s. I also made the line widths more consistent in this version. Thanks again, the C & C is always appreciated! Depending on the reaction this gets, I'll either keep developing these logos or return to the uniforms if the logos are good to go.
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Good day everyone! Here's another set of logo concepts for Cream City FC. This time I have four variations on my primary, and two variations on the secondary logo. #1 is what was mentioned as the top logo from my last share-out and is the basic concept I'm going with at this time. 2, 3 and 6 are all variations of the concept based on the same font that is used in the outer roundel and initial secondary logo concepts. I thought it would be good to show a couple different uses and modifications on that font to get opinions on it, or if I should continue with the font style I used last time. #5 is a touched-up version of my current secondary "414" logo design (modified the 4's a bit more, smoothed out some lines, etc), while #4 takes the same concept but executes it using the same font as the monogram in #1. It's kind of a rough draft right now, but essentially I am looking to determine which font to base both elements on so they can pair together and feel like a more cohesive branding package. So even if #4 needs to be tweaked it should be enough to judge which direction to take both in. My personal top choices right now are pairing 5 and 6, but there are aspects of the others I think work also. I hope to hear all your thoughts!
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That is some name that college has, but I really like what you did with the uniform. Well done!
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Thanks for the feedback vtgco! Between you and NicDB I think this is moving in a real nice direction now. I was thinking USL Championship based on the size of the stadium being built, that said I have to claim ignorance to the Philadelphia Union look so any similarities would be a coincidence (I don't watch MLS really). That feedback helps me see how it doesn't work for others; I'd looked at it so much that I was struggling to see any issues with the resemblance, haha. I did try with using a sun instead of the ball but within the roundel it just came off as a large negative space so I think I'll take the primary in the monogram direction moving forward. I'm going to try both a 414 logo redesigned with that monogram font, and some monograms based on the roundel text & 414 logo font. My next post will likely have another several designs for people to look at for both the primary and secondary. Once those are hammered out I'll go back and take another look at the uniforms. I do think something cool can be done with the wood barrel theme, but I think if I bring that back it may be for a separate design based on the name "Brew City FC" which is something I initially was going with before switching to Cream City. I'm feeling at this stage both the brick and wood barrel work well as main themes for a design, but combining them muddled both looking back on the first design I posted here.
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As promised, I have both a selection of 6 different options for a primary logo combining and tweaking various elements, and some uniform concepts to share! Option 1 is the primary logo from the last share-out for easy comparison. Options 2 and 3 both keep the same general concept, but in both I altered the blue bricks into solid blue layers to make the cream bricks more distinct, and in 3 specifically I made the bricks slightly larger and the blue layers thinner. Options 4-6 all switch out the half-brick/half-ball design for a full cream wall with CC monogram. 4 & 5 share a monogram design while #6 has a separate concept. In #5 I wanted to try out extending the brick pattern to the outer layer since that is also cream colored, so that is the only difference between 4 & 5. What led to #6 is not wanting to lose the ball imagery from the logo; both the Bucks and the Brewers work the shape of the ball itself into their logos, so I wanted to maintain that theme into this logo and the font I used for one of the C's was wide enough to work with the idea. I put the other C behind it in #6 to not obscure the soccer ball pattern. The uniforms were made using Owayo's 3D Product Designer (I do not have a soccer template); I imported my colors and logos into the site and selected the uniform patterns from their selection. I made these using the logos from the last share-out I did, but they won't change the uniform concept much on their own. I used the line patterns to create a block pattern along the front of the chest and around the legs of the shorts, as well as on the left sleeve. The primary logo is on the left chest and right shorts leg, and the secondary logo gets a spot on the right sleeve.
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No it's all good, the ideas are good to help get a design to the best place it can get to be. I'll admit I was feeling really good about that last one but it's always good to improve if able so its appreciated. I've been playing with a few different tweaks of varying degrees from where the primary logo currently is so I'll probably post a few options at once for the primary at some point to get opinions on the best way to go.
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Before doing the People's Flag inspired interior I actually did experiment with a full cream brick interior and trying to put something over it, but the iterations I tried were feeling too busy. If what I came up with isn't working (I thought it is, but that's why we share designs to see if others agree haha) I may give it another try. Something I hadn't tried yet was a CC monogram; I'll give that some thought. I'm also giving some thought into possible uniforms based on what I have so far so I may have some of those to share soon too.
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Thanks for the feedback so far! I took both comments in and decided to streamline the primary logo concept. While the museum, beer industry, cream bricks are all related to Milwaukee they aren't related much to each other, which I agree cluttered the identity a bit. I took NicDB's suggestion on focusing more on the cream bricks that the Cream City nickname came from, and created an homage to that People's Flag that is popular in the area, using the bricks as the stripes in the bottom half of the circle and the soccer ball for the top half. I kept my concept for the secondary logo, but did some adjustments to try and make the 4's and the 1 a bit more pronounced and smooth it out a bit. I think it's an improvement, but I'll wait for you all to tell me if it's working better (my brain knows what it's meant to be so its harder for me to see why it doesn't work haha).
