Houston Astros Redesign

[mbannon92]

Well, I was watching my beloved Cubbies play the Astros this week, and I thought to myself, "man, the Astros unis are really bad." The red/orange color is inconsistent, there are too many shadows on the Astros script, and the pinstripes make the uniforms feel too crowded. So, I decided to take a whack at giving the Astros a new identity.

I took the team's original colors, orange and navy, and made a logo and wordmark with a modern, spacey feel (since they are called the Astros due to NASA being in the area). However, I did keep "Astros" on the two home unis and "Houston" on the roads. I think this is an improvement, but let me know what you think and/or what I could improve.

[Mac the Knife]

The "A" in Astros looks odd, but otherwise it's not too terrible.

[Lights Out]

The star/letter combinations aren't working for me - too little star in them, but any more would make the letter indistinguishable. The scripts are a bit "Communist China" for me, too, and that 7 is downright bizarre. I love the color choice and the italicized numbers though.

[kbaker19]

The "A" in Astros looks odd, but otherwise it's not too terrible.

That's about the only thing I think is wrong with this. Although, maybe one of the alternates should be blue, just to add more variety.

[loogodude90]

I don't really like the wordmark, it just doesnt "flow". It looks kind of awkward and unsmooth.

I also dont like the H-star too much personally... it also looks awkward to me.

The numbers look too eighties/faux-space age.

I do like the color scheme.

sorry, just my .02

If anything, i think that font and number style might work for some type of turn ahead the clock.

[mbannon92]

Here's an update. I took your guys' advice and scrapped the H-Star combo and made a modern version of their original logo. I took an orange H and put it over a blue star. I also fixed the A in Astros and the weird 7. I kept the font though, logodude, because I want a modern, space age font, since the Astros name came from NASA being in the area. Please let me know what you think!

[bohob]

Definitely an improvement over version 1, but the H in the logo is a little plain. You could try to add a serif or some kind of indent. Also, the secondary has too many outlines, which is caused by stacking two navy objects together. If the star or Texas were orange, I think it would help reduce the number of outlines. It's coming along, but it's not finished yet.

[Punch]

I do believe that this set is an upgrade over their current version. However, I think you can still make some changes.

The primary logo seems too simple to be a primary. I think the secondary you have should be the primary.

Also, the wordmark doesn't seem to work with the rest of the uniform. The "A" seems awkward, like it shouldn't be with the rest of the letters.

Just my opinion.

Punch9

[LetsGoOakland9]

I think the H on the logo would look better if it werent italicized

[mbannon92]

Definitely an improvement over version 1, but the H in the logo is a little plain. You could try to add a serif or some kind of indent. Also, the secondary has too many outlines, which is caused by stacking two navy objects together. If the star or Texas were orange, I think it would help reduce the number of outlines. It's coming along, but it's not finished yet.

Yeah, I agree on the secondary, but I wanted to keep the H and star the same as on the cap logo and I wanted Texas to be blue so it would stand out on the orange jerseys, but I'll look at it.

The primary logo seems too simple to be a primary. I think the secondary you have should be the primary.

Also, the wordmark doesn't seem to work with the rest of the uniform. The "A" seems awkward, like it shouldn't be with the rest of the letters.

By primary I mean the cap logo that will be used on most stuff, like their current partial star.

The wordmark is a font (Electric Boots), not custom, so it should go. Although I flipped it in this version because a few guys said it looked weird in the first version.

[kbaker19]

The A does look much better flipped. Nice update.

[Tanner1997]

i think its a good idea, but the primary is actually too simple. i think you should switch the alt. and primary, and make the alt. the primary.

Also, make the star jut out more, it just doesnt look right.

I do like the color scheme, though. nice mix of old and new.

overall, needs some tweaking, but definatly good potential!

[mbannon92]

i think its a good idea, but the primary is actually too simple. i think you should switch the alt. and primary, and make the alt. the primary.

Also, make the star jut out more, it just doesnt look right.

I do like the color scheme, though. nice mix of old and new.

overall, needs some tweaking, but definatly good potential!

I see what you mean on the star, but once again, by primary I mean cap logo, and most primaries in baseball are simple (Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Cards, Red Sox, etc. etc.).

[Punch]

i think its a good idea, but the primary is actually too simple. i think you should switch the alt. and primary, and make the alt. the primary.

Also, make the star jut out more, it just doesnt look right.

I do like the color scheme, though. nice mix of old and new.

overall, needs some tweaking, but definatly good potential!

I see what you mean on the star, but once again, by primary I mean cap logo, and most primaries in baseball are simple (Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Cards, Red Sox, etc. etc.).

The Yankees primary logo isn't the interlocking NY, its the bat n' hat logo. And that isn't as simple as your H in the star.

[scraw28]

I think we need a new name and number on the jersey since Berkman got traded to the bad guys!

[seancarter]

like second version of your houston astros concept,i wish they would get rid of current color scheme,its second worse pro sports color scheme right,i think the denver nuggets have the worse color scheme in pro sports right now

[mbannon92]

i think its a good idea, but the primary is actually too simple. i think you should switch the alt. and primary, and make the alt. the primary.

Also, make the star jut out more, it just doesnt look right.

I do like the color scheme, though. nice mix of old and new.

overall, needs some tweaking, but definatly good potential!

I see what you mean on the star, but once again, by primary I mean cap logo, and most primaries in baseball are simple (Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Cards, Red Sox, etc. etc.).

The Yankees primary logo isn't the interlocking NY, its the bat n' hat logo. And that isn't as simple as your H in the star.

I meant the NY logo, since that's the one used the most. If I make an update I'll change it to say cap logo to end the confusion.