Darth Brooks Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 A while back I did some concepts for defunct NFL teams. I didn't do a team called the Buffalo All-Americans because they didn't have an authentic logo anywhere online, at least what i could find. The two images featured on the Sports encyclopedia are wrong. (http://sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/buf20/allamericanbisons.html) The one on the left is from a different Buffalo team and the one on the right was draw by Bob Carroll, the late Executive Director of the Professional Football Researchers Association, who felt the team should have a proper emblem to represent it. A couple of weeks ago I saw this: Which was posted on a Facebook page devoted to the team. The page manager verified that Buffalo had used the image on their letterhead, which made it the most authentic logo out there. I wondered where the image came form and spent some nights searching through old illustrations before finding this, Which was drawn by an English minister named Samuel Morrison for this book, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t8gf0nk9n&view=1up&seq=42 i did some redrawing of the logo, increasing the size of the head to correct the proportions and to add character. Which got me here: I had previously made an "AA" logo and posted bout it here: I did a couple of concepts and would like to know what you think. The team's official colors were black and orange, which is where the color scheme comes from. I came up with two different versions. Please tell me what you think of them. First goes off the name All-Americans, second goes off Buffalo. Edited to add: I will add the uniform(s) later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalErnst Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 The bull head itself looks real old school and that may be the vibe your going with so I dig it. Looks like something you would have saw in the 70s. btw do you have a template for those helmets? Those are nice THE Xtreme Fantasy Football League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Brooks Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 Yeah, I made one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Brooks Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 Edit: I wonder why that went away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalErnst Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 9:00 AM, Darth Brooks said: Yeah, I made one. Any chance you would want to share the template? It’s pretty slick THE Xtreme Fantasy Football League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Squared Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I know it defies the standard conventions of sports logo design, but to hit the effect at play, I think it would make sense to maintain the high level of detail from the reference picture, so long as it could be simplified for small-scale application. This is a rare case where simplifying the design strips away the majority of its charm, IMO. My TeePublic Shop My Instagram Art Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Brooks Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 7 hours ago, BengalErnst said: Any chance you would want to share the template? It’s pretty slick Which part? The uniforms and helmets are two different templates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalErnst Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 7/16/2019 at 4:43 PM, Darth Brooks said: Which part? The uniforms and helmets are two different templates. The helmet template would be appreciated. The uniform template I haven’t seen yet. THE Xtreme Fantasy Football League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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