Logoman. Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 As my favorite club in the EPL, I really want to do this one right. It isn't finished and I'm looking for some feedback. I love the current badge but it is indeed too simple. I kept the wolf head because even though it's simple, it does look menacing and does the job. So here it is so far: Β 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officeglenn Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Wolverhampton is a weird one to me. Like, technically, their name is Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, but they usually go by Wolves, their website URL is wolves.co.uk, and their crest is a wolf. So their crest just being a wolf by itself, without any words/lettering, sort of made sense to me -- or, at the very least, it didn't add to the confusion. By adding the "Wolverhampton" and "Wolves" text here, though, I think that does add to the confusion. The shape of the shield is nice, and the cross and even the "1877" would be nice additions, but other than that, I don't think any words are necessary. Β Commenting on what's here, though -- I can see you've distorted "WOLVES" a bit vertically. That makes the edge of the S not line up with the shape of the shield, which throws things off for me. I realize it's kind of a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't situation because of the angle of the W on the other side, but I think we're used to seeing the angles of Ws and filling in that space in our brains, so keeping it straight up and down would be less jarring than it is now.Β Β Another alternative would be to alter the shape of the shield to match the wolf's head more. Bring in the top corners so it tapers toward the top. It wouldn't have to be by much -- it wouldn't have to come to a point or anything drastic -- but it could help line things up visually. Then you could distort "WOLVES" to match that taper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 The wolf head stands on its own, except for maybe the 1877, no text is needed. Just make the wolf head bigger to fill the space where the Wolves script is and this crest would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logoman. Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 On 7/11/2022 at 1:09 PM, officeglenn said: Wolverhampton is a weird one to me. Like, technically, their name is Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, but they usually go by Wolves, their website URL is wolves.co.uk, and their crest is a wolf. So their crest just being a wolf by itself, without any words/lettering, sort of made sense to me -- or, at the very least, it didn't add to the confusion. By adding the "Wolverhampton" and "Wolves" text here, though, I think that does add to the confusion. The shape of the shield is nice, and the cross and even the "1877" would be nice additions, but other than that, I don't think any words are necessary. Β Commenting on what's here, though -- I can see you've distorted "WOLVES" a bit vertically. That makes the edge of the S not line up with the shape of the shield, which throws things off for me. I realize it's kind of a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't situation because of the angle of the W on the other side, but I think we're used to seeing the angles of Ws and filling in that space in our brains, so keeping it straight up and down would be less jarring than it is now.Β Β Another alternative would be to alter the shape of the shield to match the wolf's head more. Bring in the top corners so it tapers toward the top. It wouldn't have to be by much -- it wouldn't have to come to a point or anything drastic -- but it could help line things up visually. Then you could distort "WOLVES" to match that taper. Β I took your advice and this is what changes I made. Β 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officeglenn Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 I'm diggin' that. I thought maybe the angular wolf's head might not mesh well with the rounded lines and corners of the shield, but through some kind of alchemy it all works together. Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logoman. Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, officeglenn said: I'm diggin' that. I thought maybe the angular wolf's head might not mesh well with the rounded lines and corners of the shield, but through some kind of alchemy it all works together. Nice job! Β Yeah, I feel what you're saying. I really want to make this one special since I love Wolverhampton but this is a good start so I don't lose any ideas. Thanks for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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