RedEye Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 One thing about the shark fin...and about designing for sports teams in general.The elements you decide to include MUST relate to the team, fans, area and such.Including an obscure reference to some shark that was sighted umpteen years ago means nothing to hockey fans in the midwest, west coast, etc. A logo needs to represent the essence of the team and it's fan base. One thing some designers forget is that they are actually designing for the fans, not necessarily the owners. The design must resonate with the fans in order to be considered a success.Who buys the merchandise? Fans. I have purchased numerous hockey jerseys from the NHL and AHL based solely on their design integrity and by integrity I mean that when I look at that team's jersey I get the sense that I "know" what the team is about. One thing to consider is that the fans identify with their team through their clothing, it is their way of belonging, of being "a part of" the club. You wear their "colors" both metaphorically and literally. If the fans feel a logo doesn't represent what they perceive their team to epitomize then the nicest, most clean and pretty design is a failure.I think you alienate too many Islander fans by including a reference to a shark in the team's crest.Otherwise it has improved since it's early drafts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.I.L.L. Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 had turned the fin into a wave" of sorts, but it just wasn't working... so, inevitably, it was squared off, as many had pleaded for. update w/ other edits is coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Braden Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I've seen all your updates and they look pretty good.But what separates good from great IMO is the logo. There's too much of everything going on. Too much modernization, too many colours... I'd try to tone it down.Keep it up though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 The only shark related things about Long Island I can remember and I grew up on the South Shore are the Shark Tournament in Freeport every year and hearing about sharks being caught and brought into Montauk. I'm also a lifelong Isles fan and while I never liked the fisherman style jersey i like the logo as it's more modern but not the dramatic shift the Fisherman was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.I.L.L. Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 I truly appreciate the diehard Isles fans that have chimed in w/ CC... sometimes it takes a while for me to detach. anywayyyyy, the colors may still need some work... but the logo's done, as far as I can see. Hopefully their ownership is into it as much as the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.I.L.L. Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 after looking at it several thousand times, the N/Y is "back in black" , as the contrast is most effective... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mings Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 after looking at it several times, the N/Y is "back in black" ...as the contrast is most effective... and still extermely too busy, the outlines are doing it in. make the leg of the y a continuous hockey stick, and make the ny smaller as well as the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.I.L.L. Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 and still extermely too busy, the outlines are doing it in. make the leg of the y a continuous hockey stick, and make the ny smaller as well as the island. thanks Joshua... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Brilliams! LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.I.L.L. Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 um, thanks Joel... I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiznit1083 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Brilliams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paynomind Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Indeed, by far... brilliams! NCFA Sunset Beach Tech - Octopi  ΓΔΒ!  Going to college gets you closer to the real world, kind of like climbing a tree gets you closer to the moon. "...a nice illustration of what you get when skill, talent, and precedent are deducted from 'creativity.' " - James Howard Kunstler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmee Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Agreed. It's more Brilliams! than ever. Â Â The world's foremost practitioners of professional tag-team wrestling. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.I.L.L. Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 cool... one less logo to obsess over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffles Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I think it's Brilliams! enough as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltravisjr Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Ding ding ding - you have a winner!LT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 i like how you took the old logo, changed it ever so slightly, and made it look Brilliams! LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltravisjr Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Ding ding ding - you have a winner!LT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.I.L.L. Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 i like how you took the old logo, changed it ever so slightly, and made it look Brilliams! "ever so slightly"... welllll, let's just say Mr. Papadopoulous would definitely take issue w/ it.gracias senors... sadly, there's no hockey right now... but it's just a matter of time... hopefully the same can be said w/ this one, although I'm not 100% happy w/ it... CC is still appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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