ToyFrisbee Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Any one of your renderings is far better than the current logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardTHEduck Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Sick design love the red in the eye, maybe just reduce all the purple feeling a bit to heavy on the purp maybe add some more white/gold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suplauren Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 I think the beak should be a different color, even a darker shade of the purple if black would be too much contrast for you.When the beak matches the head, it makes it look more like a dinosaur than a bird.Of course, this is nature's fault, not yours.that was the exact reference image I used, haha!Here's an update: Black beak! I also changed the eye to red, by popular demand.Edit: already tweaked a bit of the shading on the lower jaw and adjusted a bit of the highlights. laurenlogos.tumblr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worcat Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 perfect! Bleeding Blue since 1986 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claystation360 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Nice !!!! #DTWD #GoJaguars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Black beak worked. Thanks for considering my suggestion.Great work...much better than the current bird with e "B" tattooed on his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToyFrisbee Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I've always felt the Ravens and Jaguars have the most unnecessarily detailed helmet logos. You've done a nice job of "dumbing it down" -- for lack of better design terminology. Less feathers, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Too many white highlights in the latest version. It's a nice logo, but not sure it's NFL-ready quite yet.The shape of the head gives off a serious Southern Miss eagle vibe. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianVlietDesign Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Too many white highlights in the latest version. It's a nice logo, but not sure it's NFL-ready quite yet.The shape of the head gives off a serious Southern Miss eagle vibe.I agree, it still doesn't totally have that Ravens vibe yet. But, you're getting closer. NYCFC - MLS CUP CHAMPIONS - 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieMoon Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 As much as I hate that team, that is a good logo. Perhaps would look better white and gold instead of purple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suplauren Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 I'm working on trying to get a real NFL look, but it keeps feeling minor league to me. Suggestions?This time: -thinned out the highlights so there aren't big blocks of white-tweaked the pupil-touched up a bit of the black shading-black bg! laurenlogos.tumblr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suplauren Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 bump laurenlogos.tumblr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whittier S Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 The gold line is still inconsistent in two spots, both in thickness, and in how you create a point. I marked them here: Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 1. Most "menacing" mascot logos are going to look minor league, especially with exaggerated features like the beak. While technically it's not exaggerated, the way it's open so much and so prominent and attention-drawing gives it a cartoonish quality reminiscent of minor-league logos. Some of the few "menacing" logos that IMO look major league are the Eagles, Seahawks, and kinda-sorta the Rams. Your logo is very.... "dynamic" (for lack of a better term) as opposed to the more conservative poses in the logos I mentioned.2. The touching of the purple and black might add some realism to it, but again makes it look like a "portrait" or "picture" rather than a "logo". If you look at the Eagles logo, (which as I stated is a mascot logo that I feel has major-league qualities) there are a lot of "hard" lines, and clear color separation. It reproduces nicely in black-and-white, full color, two color, embroidery, etc. Your logo would struggle mightily there. That's something that needs to be considered when designing "pro" logos - ability to reproduce on various media. Minor-league and school logos have less stringent requirements for standardization - i.e. they may use one logo in one application, another in another, etc. It's not as consistent. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whittier S Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Another thing I noticed when I created the "fix" image above and ended up with a very small version of the file on my laptop: Those white streaks *really* stick out, to the point that they are the most prominent feature of the logo. I wonder how it would work to do them in black, grey, or a lighter or darker shade of indigo. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suplauren Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 The gold line is still inconsistent in two spots, both in thickness, and in how you create a point. I marked them here:Thanks for the visual, it helps a lot!1. Most "menacing" mascot logos are going to look minor league, especially with exaggerated features like the beak. While technically it's not exaggerated, the way it's open so much and so prominent and attention-drawing gives it a cartoonish quality reminiscent of minor-league logos. Some of the few "menacing" logos that IMO look major league are the Eagles, Seahawks, and kinda-sorta the Rams. Your logo is very.... "dynamic" (for lack of a better term) as opposed to the more conservative poses in the logos I mentioned.2. The touching of the purple and black might add some realism to it, but again makes it look like a "portrait" or "picture" rather than a "logo". If you look at the Eagles logo, (which as I stated is a mascot logo that I feel has major-league qualities) there are a lot of "hard" lines, and clear color separation. It reproduces nicely in black-and-white, full color, two color, embroidery, etc. Your logo would struggle mightily there. That's something that needs to be considered when designing "pro" logos - ability to reproduce on various media. Minor-league and school logos have less stringent requirements for standardization - i.e. they may use one logo in one application, another in another, etc. It's not as consistent.These are awesome points, thanks for the help. I think I may have to retire this logo as an attempt for the Baltimore Ravens, since I'd pretty much have to redo the whole thing to make it really look "NFL". I'm gonna look for some colleges that have Ravens as a mascot so I can mess around with a recolor. laurenlogos.tumblr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suplauren Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Recolored for a few colleges, and I think a high school:Benedictine CollegeAnderson University (I dunno why I did a black BG on this...)Waterford School laurenlogos.tumblr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianVlietDesign Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 It looks much better with different colors. NYCFC - MLS CUP CHAMPIONS - 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Make the beak a different color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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