johne9109 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Here is the next part of my four part series. So the 4 major American sport leagues (MLB, NHL, NFL, NBA) all feature a unique uniform program; MLB- City Connect, NHL- Reverse Retro, NFL-color rush, NBA- City edition.) I decided to swap them around between the leagues. The first of these that I did was the MLB getting Color Rush uniforms. This series will be the NFL getting City Edition uniforms Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills V2.0 Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Las Vegas Raiders Los Angeles Chargers Los Angeles Rams Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings New England Patriots New Orleans Saints New York Giants New York Jets Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers San Francisco 49ers V 2.0 Seattle Seahawks Tampa Bay Buccaneers V 2.0 Tennessee Titans Washington Football Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 Arizona Cardinals For the cardinals I didn't wan to to go the typical Sedona/grand canon aesthetic. Instead I took inspiration from the state flag. The Cardinals red gets slightly tweaked to match the flag and then yellow, orange and blue get brought in. The final little touch is the turquoise color used for the Nike logos to represent the turquoise reserves across the state and a nod to Native Americans within the state 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 Atlanta Falcons Went with something pretty different for the Falcons, but something that I think would go over really well with Atlanta. With this year being the 25th anniversary of Outkast's celebrated album ATLiens I decided to make the Falcons uniform based on the album's cover. I know it would only be good for the one year, but Atlanta is so rich in music history they could easily adapt it year to year. I thought about doing peach state/peachtree related or MLK Jr. related, but they've been done by the Hawks and couldn't come up with something that let it stand apart. Overall I'm happy with this and if this were to become a reality I would easily buy this as an Outkast fan. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 Baltimore Ravens I know I technically did 2 black uniforms in a row but I knew this was what I wanted to do for the Ravens. Baltimore get a Edgar Allen Poe inspired uniform. Poe lived, died and was buried in Baltimore and with the team name already being the Ravens; there was just great synergy there. I also borrowed from the NHL and put "quote the raven" on the back of the collar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Buffalo Bills For the Bills I drew upon nearby Niagara Falls for inspiration. The blues represent the water and then the white of the pants fading up into the jersey represent the mists from the falls 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Carolina Panthers For the Panthers I took inspiration from a couple places. First the gold is for the Gold rush that made the Piedmont area of NC a destination during the 1700's. The term gold rush also led me to making this a color rush of sorts with the jersey and pants being gold. The green comes from the city's official color. This color combination just so happens to be the colors of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; which also happens to be where I graduated from. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerws Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 22 hours ago, johne9109 said: Atlanta Falcons Went with something pretty different for the Falcons, but something that I think would go over really well with Atlanta. With this year being the 25th anniversary of Outkast's celebrated album ATLiens I decided to make the Falcons uniform based on the album's cover. I know it would only be good for the one year, but Atlanta is so rich in music history they could easily adapt it year to year. I thought about doing peach state/peachtree related or MLK Jr. related, but they've been done by the Hawks and couldn't come up with something that let it stand apart. Overall I'm happy with this and if this were to become a reality I would easily buy this as an Outkast fan. I’m not sure if this number font was the best choice. I know there’s other graffiti type fonts that may translate better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, walkerws said: I’m not sure if this number font was the best choice. I know there’s other graffiti type fonts that may translate better. It's not a graffiti font. It's the font off the album cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Well done for all but I'll be needing a sick bag for Atlanta. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, heavybass said: Well done for all but I'll be needing a sick bag for Atlanta. To each his own 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Chicago Bears For the Chicago Bears I took the opportunity to honor the USN and their connection to Chicago with Naval Station Great Lakes being just around the corner. The Bears uniform adapts it's striping on the sleeves as well as adding piping and stars on the back of the jersey to match the piping on the Navy Dress Blues. The blue is darkened to match the uniform as well. Orange gets swapped out for red; this was done to match the chevrons on an enlisted rank. I went enlisted red over NCO gold for two reasons; one Great Lakes is where Navy Basic Training happens so it is predominantly enlisted ranks. Two, I feel the media always uses officers and NCO's when they do military related things so I felt the enlisted who do most of the work deserved some recognition. As a Navy veteran myself this is another jersey I'd love to see actually happen 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 Cincinnati Bengals Ok time for another really drastic design. For the Bengals I took inspiration from two places. 1 is the use of the two shades of green which comes from the Cincinnati Zoo, The second was lederhosen. Why lederhosen? Well Cincinnati has the largest Oktobefest in the United States so I decided to use that as the main drawing point and then used the zoo's colors to keep the Bengal theming within. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSmith48 Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 8/29/2021 at 7:47 AM, johne9109 said: Buffalo Bills For the Bills I drew upon nearby Niagara Falls for inspiration. The blues represent the water and then the white of the pants fading up into the jersey represent the mists from the falls Having a gradient that far down on the jersey may be a problem, seeing as the jerseys are either tucked in or tailored around the waist. It would get lost pretty easily. If you want to keep the gradient, I would suggest moving it up a bit to become more visible. 1 Quote Visit my website at SSmith Designs (google.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDTrey4 Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Small nitpick but on Baltimore and Chicago you forgot to flip the logo on the other side of the helmet. It works with the other mascots bc there are no letters. Other than that, I really like what you've got so far 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 15 hours ago, SSmith48 said: Having a gradient that far down on the jersey may be a problem, seeing as the jerseys are either tucked in or tailored around the waist. It would get lost pretty easily. If you want to keep the gradient, I would suggest moving it up a bit to become more visible. I didn't even think of that good point. I'll have to update that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 18 hours ago, SSmith48 said: Having a gradient that far down on the jersey may be a problem, seeing as the jerseys are either tucked in or tailored around the waist. It would get lost pretty easily. If you want to keep the gradient, I would suggest moving it up a bit to become more visible. Here is the fix on the Bills 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 Cleveland Browns I think the Browns are the first team so far to keep their colors, albeit reversed. The inspiration comes from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The fret on the jersey comes from the organization logo and on the neck reads long live rock which are seen outside in front of the Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
⋔ 4 ℞ ℞ $ Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 On 8/28/2021 at 4:46 PM, johne9109 said: Baltimore Ravens I know I technically did 2 black uniforms in a row but I knew this was what I wanted to do for the Ravens. Baltimore get a Edgar Allen Poe inspired uniform. Poe lived, died and was buried in Baltimore and with the team name already being the Ravens; there was just great synergy there. I also borrowed from the NHL and put "quote the raven" on the back of the collar. Quoth* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys is another city edition that works on multiple levels. The biggest inspiration is Big Tex that stands outside the State Fair of Texas. This also connects to the team name Cowboys with Big Tex being dressed like a cowboy. Finally the colors used in the jersey are also inspired by the state flag. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Denver Broncos Denver gets a white out uniform with highlights of blue and grey. This represents the snow of Denver and also to invoke the city nickname of Mile High CIty. The city's elevation is also added to the back of the neck 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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