FGM13 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Oh my goodness this is so awful. Good god. GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I think having a giant griffin destroying Grand Rapids is a pretty cool idea..."We agree." --people suckered in by Amway On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers6884 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I HATED the old logo, and adore the new one. The jerseys aren't quite that good though. Thank God the old logo is long gone now, because it was garbage.Cocaine's a hell of a drug, man.I'm Tigers6884, bitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 And here I was expecting something really bad, like original Phoenix Coyotes bad, but this has a special charm that people are missing. I think having a giant griffin destroying Grand Rapids is a pretty cool idea... If the execution of that idea didn't look like a bad high school art student's project, sure. But I just can't fathom looking at these two side by side and deciding that the new one is better. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJR Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 If the execution of that idea didn't look like a bad high school art student's project, sure. But I just can't fathom looking at these two side by side and deciding that the new one is better.This. There aren't enough likes for this.I get that there are some people who didn't like the old logo and like the new one. But it's pretty clear they're a minority. I have no idea how enough people in the Griffins offices said, "You know what, that new logo is really way better than the other one. We should replace it. Oh, squirrel!" (At least I imagine that's how the conversation ended.) FantasyHockeySim.com || DetroitHockey.Net || DetroitHockey.Net FHL || cjr.dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I HATED the old logo, and adore the new one. The jerseys aren't quite that good though. Thank God the old logo is long gone now, because it was garbage.The new logo looks like he's shrieking in pain after being shot in the back. Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I really didn't like the old logo, but the new one is somehow a major downgrade. At least the old one was competently executed. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xist2inspire Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The old logo's no prize itself, I like the concept for this one far better. That being said, the execution of this is ridiculously poor. The "wings" look tacked on, the arms/paws have strange proportions, the body looks bloated and cuts off oddly, the wordmark outline is unbalanced on the right side, and the city just looks thrown in. The head and the wordmark itself are the only competently-done parts of this logo. Tradition is the foundation of innovation, and not the enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midway Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The old logo's no prize itself, I like the concept for this one far better. That being said, the execution of this is ridiculously poor. The "wings" look tacked on, the arms/paws have strange proportions, the body looks bloated and cuts off oddly, the wordmark outline is unbalanced on the right side, and the city just looks thrown in. The head and the wordmark itself are the only competently-done parts of this logo.Couldn't disagree more. A wordmark this warped (it appears to be concave based on the red backdrop) does not necessitate that grey shadowing effect.And can anyone explain to me wtf is going on with that wing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling84v2.0 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Astonishingly bad.Most curious to me is this is not a team unfamiliar with what good or at least better work looks like. IF you take all the fan submitted one-offs that they've accumulated and then actually worn? You have at least 3 better options right there. Including one designed by Fraser F'ing Davidson. Right? So......holy cow. Call somebody guys; somebody already in your rolodex. There's no justification for this. NONE. Like a freight train with stickum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash61 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Why not this, Grand Rapids? WHY NOT THIS? On September 20, 2012 at 0:50 AM, 'CS85 said: It's like watching the hellish undead creakily shuffling their way out of the flames of a liposuction clinic dumpster fire. On February 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM, 'pianoknight said: Story B: Red Wings go undefeated and score 100 goals in every game. They also beat a team comprised of Godzilla, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, 2 Power Rangers and Betty White. Oh, and they played in the middle of Iraq on a military base. In the sand. With no ice. Santa gave them special sand-skates that allowed them to play in shorts and t-shirts in 115 degree weather. Jesus, Zeus and Buddha watched from the sidelines and ate cotton candy. POTD 5/24/12, POTD 2/26/17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Oh my god.... it's.. it's ... It's GRIFFINZILLA!! Run!!!In all seriousness, it's not a great logo, but somebody thought it would be a good logo. That's alright... Iowa will still beat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBLUEBEATMSU Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Everyone here in Grand Rapids hates the new logo and uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 It looks like something a Harry Potter nerd would doodle on the cover of their notebook. Straight awful. The old one was, at the very least, technically sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 It's hideous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJR Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Near-universally derided here, 4.2 rating on the mothersite... 75% approval rating on Winging it in Motown. FantasyHockeySim.com || DetroitHockey.Net || DetroitHockey.Net FHL || cjr.dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaha32 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Oh my god.... it's.. it's ... It's GRIFFINZILLA!! Run!!!Can we assume Griffzilla is there to protect Grand Rapids rather than destroy it?Anyway, you could write a book about what's all wrong with this, but beyond all the design flaws of this new logo, at the very least the previous full-bodied version of the griffin captured all the characteristics that make a griffin a griffin. This covers most of the lion half so we're left with a muscular-looking eagle. I'm just glad the Milwaukee Admirals got it right and went with Studio Simon so they didn't end up with something like this. DesignsByHahn.com Behance Dribbble Instragram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgthree Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Why not this, Grand Rapids? WHY NOT THIS?The Red Wings inspired logo with the GR city mark is AMAZING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 OHHHH that's what that is. I thought it was a Quidditch Snitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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