Seattle Pilots

[TwoRsAndTwoLs]

So, there was a term for this, but I never want back to check the name of it. Basically, since reading Ball Four last year, and because I'm from Seattle, I've been wanting to make some "updated" Pilots stuff. Anyway, here's a couple ideas.

Comments are awesome. I hope to actually get on making a logo for this, too. The vision I keep having for it is much like the current KC Royals logo.

Font for the wordmarks is Sad Films.

[deucedwo]

Couple of questions/suggestions...is the first jersey supposed to be a vest or does it just have colored sleeves? If it's not a vest, then maybe I'd do white sleeves with yellow stripes and a thin blue outline. I like the stripes on the sleeves (seems very naval/nautical). I would definitely lose the Sox number font. When I look at the home jersey, I keep thinking of the Red Sox.

For the logo itself, it may be difficult to do, but what if you made an "SP" within a waving nautical flag? I have an idea in my head but don't know If I could describe it well enough. I got the idea from taking the "s" from your wordmark and connecting the top of the "s" to the bottom of the "p". If you connect the two, they seem to be in motion, almost like a flag in the wind. Like I said, it'd be hard, but could look really good if done right.

[TwoRsAndTwoLs]

I was thinking sleeveless, but I'll look into it otherwise, because that sounds interesting.

I think the Pilots originally used that font for numbers... I have to say I've had kindof an addiction to it lately, because it's distinctive, but in a rather classy way. I'm not so sure if I liked the italics on the other jersey, though.

And I'm not sure entirely what you mean with the nautical flag, but hopefully I'll have time to come up with something within the week.

Thanks for the comment.

[deucedwo]

I tried to display what I was talking about in paint, but it's not that good. In the upper left corner, you can see what I mean about the s & p connecting. To me, when connected, it almost reminded me of a flag in motion. I just tried a lame attempt at drawing a flag and just sticking letters inside. Hopefully, you can do better.

[TwoRsAndTwoLs]

How's this? It's in part stolen from the 1995/6 League Championship Series' logos, but what do ya think?

Aside from some cleaning up, of course.

[GeneralW91]

I like your ideas, though I think the jerseys would be coolerif they had more of an "airline pilot shirt" look.

[DarthMan]

very nice unis

[TwoRsAndTwoLs]

Ok, I got through some of my papers and I took another shot. I still don't like Sad Films as the number font... I'm ambivalent about having an alternate, unless it's a vest.

[Thad]

Those look great. They really look like something you'd see a pilot wear when your walking on the plane.

However I think powder blue is dead in the Major Leagues and the Mariners would be hesitant to go back the the colors of the 80s when they weren't all that great then

[PilotsGuy]

I like your new unis for the Pilots...I would like to see the real scrambled eggs on the brim of the hat again. I wouldn't mind seeing the bands on the road uniform sleeves too.

[TwoRsAndTwoLs]

Those look great. They really look like something you'd see a pilot wear when your walking on the plane.

However I think powder blue is dead in the Major Leagues and the Mariners would be hesitant to go back the the colors of the 80s when they weren't all that great then

I was shooting for something of a blue-gray. Some teams have a really gray color of gray and some have a gray with a little bit of blue in it, which I like more... only trouble is that sometimes my laptop colors don't turn out exactly how I want them. I think this was a 200-200-255 color.

Thanks for the comment!