Obscure College Football Concepts

[thespleenenator]

Well, I'm not one for introductions to concepts, so I'll just say that this is a concept thread with football concepts that have either not been done before, or are rarely done.

First up, we have the America East, specifically, the University of Albany Great Danes.

Now, with the Great Danes, I went with a classic look, with a bit of a modern flair. The look is pretty simple, the main different design elemetn being the shoulder stripes, based of the split colored A.

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Comments would be appreciated.

EDIT: I took these from screenshots because whenever I upload them from Inkscape, they dull the colors.

[Brave-Bird 08]

The only improvement here is the helmet, because the logo looks better on the white background. Other than that, this is extremely bland and aimless.

[drdougfresh]

Well, I'm not one for introductions to concepts, so I'll just say that this is a concept thread with football concepts that have either not been done before, or are rarely done.

First up, we have the America East, specifically, the University of Albany Great Danes.

Now, with the Great Danes, I went with a classic look, with a bit of a modern flair. The look is pretty simple, the main different design elemetn being the shoulder stripes, based of the split colored A.

Home

Away

Home Alt

Comments would be appreciated.

EDIT: I took these from screenshots because whenever I upload them from Inkscape, they dull the colors.

Change your color space from CMYK to RGB.

I agree with BB08-- it seems awfully generic. I like the white helmet, it shows off the logo better. But overall, this just feels uninspired.

[thespleenenator]

Thank you for the comments.

I agree, I'm really stumped on the jerseys. I like the pants and Helmet, but the Jersey does seem much more bland now that I look at it again. I don't want to go too crazy (I think Albany would benefit from a more classic look, and I don't want an LSU clone [which is what they have now]), but it does need to be better than that.

I'll keep it here for now while I work on Vermont, but I will revisit that in the very neer future.

[Brave-Bird 08]

Make sure you like your concept before you post it.

[thespleenenator]

I finally figured out what the problem was: the numbers. They were just so bland, and gave a clean uniform, no character. I finally changed that. I gave them a classier number font, and put gave them the same pattern as thier A, which i think is a defining feature in the Albany brand. Again, I didn't want to go crazy here, but I wanted to give them something unique.

EDIT: One last question before I start on Vermont: Would NOB help these uniforms? I still feel like there is something missing.

[Brave-Bird 08]

You didn't fix any problems. The numbers look worse now. The issues is lack of detail on the uniforms. There's no rhyme or reason to the concept. No continuity. TV numbers, better usage of both colors, etc. are all things that need to be considered.

[thespleenenator]

You didn't fix any problems. The numbers look worse now. The issues is lack of detail on the uniforms. There's no rhyme or reason to the concept. No continuity. TV numbers, better usage of both colors, etc. are all things that need to be considered.

Just out of curiosity, how do they look worse? I thought I gave them something unique, but wearable. I think TV numbers on this concept would be a bit overkill for the split numbers, and would clutter the shoulders. Also, I'm thinking about NOB and pants stripes. Would those be good? I want to become better at this.

[mbannon92]

You didn't fix any problems. The numbers look worse now. The issues is lack of detail on the uniforms. There's no rhyme or reason to the concept. No continuity. TV numbers, better usage of both colors, etc. are all things that need to be considered.

Just out of curiosity, how do they look worse?

Times New Roman.

[thespleenenator]

You didn't fix any problems. The numbers look worse now. The issues is lack of detail on the uniforms. There's no rhyme or reason to the concept. No continuity. TV numbers, better usage of both colors, etc. are all things that need to be considered.

Just out of curiosity, how do they look worse?

Times New Roman.

Really? I thought that font would be "classy", which is what I was going for here. What font do you think would be better?

[mbannon92]

You didn't fix any problems. The numbers look worse now. The issues is lack of detail on the uniforms. There's no rhyme or reason to the concept. No continuity. TV numbers, better usage of both colors, etc. are all things that need to be considered.

Just out of curiosity, how do they look worse?

Times New Roman.

Really? I thought that font would be "classy", which is what I was going for here. What font do you think would be better?

Times New Roman is not classy. It doesn't belong on any sports uniform.

For most sports, especially football, standard block is as classy as it gets.

[drdougfresh]

As a general rule of thumb, if it's acceptable to use in an academic essay, it's probably not going to look "right" on a uniform.

[Brave-Bird 08]

The numbers were not the issue in this first place. I guess that is what I also implied. The issue was the blandness and lack of continuity within the uniform elements.

[pianoknight]

As a general rule of thumb, if it's acceptable to use in an academic essay, it's probably not going to look "right" on a uniform.

Does that mean we can use Comic Sans?

[Raymie]

U Denver men's basketball is using Times this year on its new uniforms. What a poor choice of type.