Niagara Stompers

[epper]

I posted this in our league's forum, but I thought I'd post it here as well to get a little more C&C. Haven't posted a concept here in years.....here goes:

The identity of this team revives the history of the Stompers name in the Niagara. The name dates back to the Blue Jays former Single-A afffiliate, the St. Catharines Stompers, which the primary logo is definitely inspired by. The team nickname comes from the region's world-famous wine industry.

Special thanks goes to Logoman, for the awesome secondary logo/patch. The credit is all his for that one.

[Drew22]

Wow. That's awesome. I really like the grapeball. The purple jersey is nice.

[SG30]

I like it a lot, it's very clever.

[Shumway]

Wow, I'm diggin' these. I thin my favorite part of the whole concept is the sleeve patch. Part of me wants to see an alt logo with the feet, something similar to the UNC Tarheels' alt. The only thing I'm not really feeling is the alternate cap. I like the look of the hat, but it doesn't seem to fit nicely with the uniform. It seems like it might better fit a white jersey without pinstripes. Then, maybe have a purple cap with the grape (basically your BP cap) with a purple road alt. For the home script(maybe road as well), it seems like an outline of some sort might help. Also, on the road set, I'd either match up the numbers, or use the sleeve patch. The green number just looks out of place. Just a side thought, but with the khaki color in the logos, what about a khaki road uniform?

[epper]

Great feedback, thanks!

The only thing I'm not really feeling is the alternate cap. I like the look of the hat, but it doesn't seem to fit nicely with the uniform.

I've always loved white panel hats, and i don't know why there isn't a single one left in the majors today. My fantasy team had to have one. Inspired by my favourite hat, ever.

For the home script(maybe road as well), it seems like an outline of some sort might help.

I tried it, but i found it made the scripts look too thick, kinda like this. I also wanted to try to keep a classic, old-school feel to the whole set, like the Dodgers scripts, new Boston road script etc.

Also, on the road set, I'd either match up the numbers, or use the sleeve patch.

Yeah, good call, I'll change it to purple. I've always loved how the Phillies have their numbers on the sleeves. It's a unique, subtle touch that keeps the front of the jersey from getting cluttered.

Just a side thought, but with the khaki color in the logos, what about a khaki road uniform?

Tried it. Wasn't really feeling it. Plus I hate how khaki pants look with alternate uniforms.

[JayJaxon]

I love the logo set and the alternates. I think the white panel hat is a nice touch. Well executed and very clever.

[DelayedPenalty]

Adorable!

Seriously though, very nice concept! The S in the primary logo/wordmark is verging on hard to read, almost looks like a very stylized f. Perhaps simplifying that would correct the problem.

[logoman]

Very good set. Much different (and much better) than the approach I was taking. To be fair, I shouldn't get full credit for that patch. It's quite different than the one I sent to you.

[DelayedPenalty]

Very good set. Much different (and much better) than the approach I was taking. To be fair, I shouldn't get full credit for that patch. It's quite different than the one I sent to you.

That logo looks incredible! Is that with the tackle-twill wallpaper tutorial that p.stic posted a while back?

[logoman]

No, it isn't. It's my trade secret.

[joshhockey]

I think that the home jersey looks kind of weird with the front script being green and the numbers and name purple. It just kind of looks really weird to me.

[logocruncher]

I think you have to give some kind of nod to this:

All jokes aside, this is an excellent concept. Simple, great logo, nice design, unique colors; just change the sleeve numbers on the roadies to match the chest and back numbers and you're perfect. Nice work.

[TalktoChuck]

These are amazing! Great job Epper.

[aci]

From a fellow St Catharinian, nice work on these! Good to see I'm not the only one who remembers the Stompers.

[AsM29]

No, it isn't. It's my trade secret.

I'm pretty sure colorwerx posted a website a while back that does that same exact thing.

[logoman]

I was joking. It is an embroidery plug- in for CorelDRAW X3. It's as easy as having CorelDRAW X3 and downloading the plug-in.There is no trade secret and I'm sorry that I missed the post by ColorWerx. I would venture that it wasn't this, though. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[AsM29]

Oh I know you were. I didn't mean to make it sound like I was calling you out or anything. I was just saying I remembered him posting a link to something that did the same effect to an image. I can't remember if it was an online service, or a downloaded program though.

[Burmy]

EXCELENTE!

Let's hope baseball comes back to St. Catharines in one way or another (Can-Am league, perhaps?)

[logoman]

I did a search for his thread and found it was an evalution for DRAWings. It has since been changed to Wings and is a full blown embroidery software.

The Pro version is a $12,000 piece of software. What I use is a plug-in that works within CorelDRAW to preview the embroidered effects of images. I like to throw one out every once in a while because I think it's pretty cool. It didn't take any offense to your comment I just wanted to clarify.

[AsM29]

Wow that's some serious coin for some software. I guess it's not meant for a casual embroiderer. I can even see most mom and pop shops having a tough time putting out that kind of money.