whitedawg22 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Old cat and new cat:Old UH:New UH:My thoughts? The new cat is an improvement, if only because the old cat looked like Wilford Brimley in cat form. The "cat within an oval" is a little overused - e.g. Penn State and Missouri - but the simplicity works pretty well. The new UH, however, is a disaster. The old one wasn't that great, but all the unnecessary beveling looks busy. In addition, crazy amounts of beveling look dated as of the mid-2000s (Atlanta Hawks rebrand, Milwaukee Bucks rebrand, Texas Tech, Texas A&M). oh ,my god ,i strong recommend you to have a visit on the website ,or if i'm the president ,i would have an barceque with the anthor of the articel . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Is it me or do I get a little bit of a ThunderCats vibe from the new cat logo there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFB Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 It looks real good to me. I like it and think its a pretty great upgrade.#non-typicalCCSLCanswertonewdesigns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Ha yea it does look Thundercats esque, kinda like Penn State's too.....but it's an Upgrade for Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 A great redesign, hopefully this one sticks for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcb05 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 At least from initial logos, it looks like they're using a much darker shade of red on the oval cougar logo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Ha. 'It's a disaster'. Brilliant. Not all opinions are born equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Just for shiggles, I decided to do a few mock ups with the new UH without the bevels.Had they come out with this, I could easily see a lot of complaints about how it was too generic and that they look like a D3 team. Even though part of me wishes they would've just brought back the old, thinner UH, I can't complain about the route they went.As far as the cougar... nothing is wrong with it per se, but as I pointed out here, the aggressive-animal-in-an-oval thing has been done to deal, especially with cats.Overall, though, I'd have to say solid upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red&Blue Crew Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 It looks real good to me. I like it and think its a pretty great upgrade.#non-typicalCCSLCanswertonewdesignsGreat hashtag lolOh yeah and good job Houston, really solid upgrade Nobody ... I mean nobody ... circles the wagons like The Buffalo Bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raysfan12 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 The logos beat the living daylights out of the old ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk36 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Well done. Looks similar to Penn State, Mizzou, and Kansas State. Not so similar as to be a problem and I guess there are only so many different ways to illustrate a cat but that was my firm thought. Design Hovie Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29texan Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I think 'disaster' is a bit overly dramatic.... but I agree that they shouldn't have used the beveling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 The new UH is okay, but I'm LOVING this. Sleek, refined, works in black and white?really makes me wish Bethune-Cookman had come out with this. *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Is it me or do I get a little bit of a ThunderCats vibe from the new cat logo there?Definitely my first thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arts11 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Is it me or do I get a little bit of a ThunderCats vibe from the new cat logo there?Definitely my first thought.Ditto. Was there a cougar Thundercat? I guess the closest might by Panthro haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meetthemets Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Love it. Old cougar was an abomination. Another Phoenix mark bites the dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Posted this in the other thread, I'll just add it here.Excellent upgrade for Houston.Their interlocking UH was a ripoff of the already bad interlocking UK that Kentucky uses. Now they've got a unique (though interlocking block letters will never be THAT unique) version AND a pretty badass cougar head.I'm a fan. JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlyKBMT Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I'm tired of the bevel look too (aTm, Tech, Ok St and now UH.)First thing that popped in my head was a logo of a local HS that was forced drop the Penn State logo and created this.Buna (TX) Cougars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Looks great, but why even more blue? When I think of U of H, I think red. I recall getting a whole history of UH when I went to school there but don't recall mentions of blue. But, hey, that was two logos ago. And I found this on their websiteThe UH Color PaletteUniversity of Houston?s primary color is red, PMS 186, sometimes known as ?Cougar Red?. Secondary colors are black, white and silver/grey. These colors should comprise the UH Brand Color Palette. As with all graphic elements, these school colors have a rich historical tradition and are immediately identifiable amongst internal and external audiences.The Pantone PMS (Pantone Matching System) numbers are: 186 red, black and white Red RGB colors: 204 (red) 0 (green) 0 (blue) Silver RGB colors: 153 (red) 153 (green) 153 (blue) To provide greater flexibility in designing materials the PMS color 877 silver has also been added. Silver is 60% of black Red CMYK Formula: C=0, M=100, Y=81, K=4The RGB color combinations are: Red HEX color #CC0000 Silver HEX color #999999 Where the hell did the navy come from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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