TalktoChuck Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 EDIT-------->Here are the full stlye guides for all of the teams so farNew Orleans Admirals Complete Style Guide (MLB)Port Gibson River Sox Complete Style Guide (AAA)Silver Springs Navigators Complete Style Guide (Rookie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 It's a little too static, I guess is the word I'm looking for. I think you're general idea (wheel/ball) is solid, I think it could just be a lot more lively and exciting. It's really hard to catch the details in the steering wheel(is that what they're called on a ship?) as well. Either use a darker red as an accent for the wheel, or work the blue in a bit more. I think exploring different fonts, maybe a nice script, would work here. Maybe look into working some water/waves in under the wordmark a bit, not entirely unlike the Connecticut Defenders' logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAB Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 It's a little too static, I guess is the word I'm looking for. I think you're general idea (wheel/ball) is solid, I think it could just be a lot more lively and exciting. It's really hard to catch the details in the steering wheel(is that what they're called on a ship?) as well. Either use a darker red as an accent for the wheel, or work the blue in a bit more. I think exploring different fonts, maybe a nice script, would work here. Maybe look into working some water/waves in under the wordmark a bit, not entirely unlike the Connecticut Defenders' logo.I agree. You have a good idea here, but you gotta find a way to make the wheel stand out more, give it more detail. Maybe try a different font also or a new color scheme. There is just too many red and blue teams in the MLB. Perhaps purple? Or gold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliott Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 The font is too Microsoft Word for me, if you want it to look more professional I would go with a different typeface. The one you are using now just has no life IMO. I think the best look would be an script slanting upward. I can see blue as a color because of the water theme, but why not try purple along with it? Purple is a solid color for NOLA, and it looks excellent with sky blue. That's the direction that I would go. Dribbble ... Behance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Thank you guys for the comments. I'm going to go with Cab_22 and Elliott's suggestion of replacing red with purple. I'm also going to lighten up the blue so it'll work better with the purple. And I'm working on a new wordmark, I tried to add some water into it like Shumway had said, but it wasn't working at all. An update should be up in the next day or two. Thank you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 Ok so I've decided on a purple to use, but I torn between two blues. Which do you guys prefer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Definitely the top one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAB Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Ok so I've decided on a purple to use, but I torn between two blues. Which do you guys prefer?I think you should go with the darker blue, although I am not sure how it would look with the purple in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJaxon Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I would go with the top blue. I don't think it would be a bad idea to use the same color scheme as the Hornets. But that's just my opinion. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsox Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I would also go with the top blue. The bottom one is too dark to be paired with the purple you have selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 I added a new font, better worse? And before I decide on a color, I thought I'd give you guys a full view of the colors in action on the first draft of the logo. I used both the blues.Color Option 1:Color Option 2:I took Jay's advice and used the New Orleans Hornets colors as well.Color Option 3 (With Yellow):Color Option 4 (Without Yellow):What color scheme do you guys prefer, and do you like the font? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliott Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Getting better. I don't think the yellow fits, first of all. Color options 1 and 4 are the best. The shading on the wheel looks nice. The new orleans wordmark looks slightly out of place to me, what if it ran parallel to Admirals, below it? Ok the font is moving in the right direction but is that some font that comes with MicroWord? Some generic script, it doesn't look terrible, it's just not very original. I've noticed that you use a lot of generic scripts. Go to dafont.com or 1001freefonts.com, browse around especially looking at scripts, and I think you will be better off. Dribbble ... Behance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 Getting better. I don't think the yellow fits, first of all. Color options 1 and 4 are the best. The shading on the wheel looks nice. The new orleans wordmark looks slightly out of place to me, what if it ran parallel to Admirals, below it? Ok the font is moving in the right direction but is that some font that comes with MicroWord? Some generic script, it doesn't look terrible, it's just not very original. I've noticed that you use a lot of generic scripts. Go to dafont.com or 1001freefonts.com, browse around especially looking at scripts, and I think you will be better off.I downloaded some new fonts, how do I go about putting them into Illustrator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAB Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Now that I see it on the logo, I think you should definately go with the top blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorade09 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Getting better. I don't think the yellow fits, first of all. Color options 1 and 4 are the best. The shading on the wheel looks nice. The new orleans wordmark looks slightly out of place to me, what if it ran parallel to Admirals, below it? Ok the font is moving in the right direction but is that some font that comes with MicroWord? Some generic script, it doesn't look terrible, it's just not very original. I've noticed that you use a lot of generic scripts. Go to dafont.com or 1001freefonts.com, browse around especially looking at scripts, and I think you will be better off.I downloaded some new fonts, how do I go about putting them into Illustrator?You have to install them, go to Control Panel and then into fonts and transfer the files into the fonts folder. When I do this I usually have to put the fonts on the desktop first and then put them into the fonts folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCScout76 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Color option #3 -the gold adds a nice touch. Makes the workmark stand out of the darker colors.Very nice! :  Kansas City Scouts (CHL) Orr Cup Champions 2010, 2019, 2021     St. Joseph Pony Express (ULL)  2023 Champions   Kansas City Cattle (CL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgnmrwrw Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I don't like the gold. I'm going to go with option 1. I'd really like to see the blue from option 1 paired with and even darker purple. Right now, they're still too close to each other for my taste. HURRICANES | PANTHERS | WHITE SOX | WOLFPACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 I decided on option 4. And selected a new font. Here is the update.Elliott said to move the New Orleans down from the spot it is in now. He suggested running along the bottom of the Admirals script. I tried that but it didn't look good. If you guys think it would look better in another place, I am open to suggestions. C&C please.EDIT: Updated. Made the Admirals script bigger and changed the New Orleans font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Updated above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsox Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I feel like the wordmark on the latest update could be just a little bigger and I don't think the Patriots' font works for the city name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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