JPDesign Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hey everyone, this is my first concept on the boards! I'll be taking NBA uniforms and creating them as football teams. I know I'm not the first to do so, but it's been fun for me so far.A couple standards I'm following:I try to best depict each team's current uniforms as football uniforms. So I won't be fixing any teams' identities. (There are a couple exceptions where I used previous sets...more on that later.)I'm not worried about basketballs being in the logos that are on these. I didn't want to go into each teams' logo and try to remove basketballs, especially in the NBA where they're everywhere.I'm doing home, away, and one alternate.No team can have more than two helmets. I started off by having a different helmet for each set, and it got out of hand.I'll be going through this by division.Hope you guys like it!First up is the Oklahoma City Thunder. I thought their side panels translated really well to a traditional football stripe. This concept was the first one I did and what inspired me to try it with other teams. Again with the alternate I thought the simple two white stripes look they use translated really well to a football uniform.Edit: Click here for updated OKC Thunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Solid first attempt JP! Well done.Glad to see that you put some work into it before starting the topic.(I wish everyone would do that).All 3 are good lookin' unis.Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raysfan12 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Great job! The color scheme lends well into a football uniform and I'm glad you're taking time on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyolaProp1 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 That alternate is greatness. Not sure if the pant stripes are supposed to be gray, but it would look better if they were white. You have my attention, can't wait for the Mavs concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Their logo works so much better on a helmet than a basketball uniform.Great color scheme for football too. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 the only real gripe i have and it's usually when people do these x-over concepts is when logos with sport specific details are used. In this case, the OKC logo with the basketball. it just looks odd seeing a logo for a football team that features a basketball. in this case you almost could get away with editing the basketball out and using a solid color. other than that the logo makes a good helmet logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFuture Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Wow! I'm really impressed. I'd recommend a few things for the helmet logo though. First off, remove the basketball from the shield and replace it with maybe a football, some grass, or maybe leave it blank. The second thing I'd recommend is that you make the logo larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyolaProp1 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 the only real gripe i have and it's usually when people do these x-over concepts is when logos with sport specific details are used. In this case, the OKC logo with the basketball. it just looks odd seeing a logo for a football team that features a basketball. in this case you almost could get away with editing the basketball out and using a solid color. other than that the logo makes a good helmet logo. I never even thought about that, but its a good point. That will be a big problem with the NBA. I feel like they have basketballs in so many of their team logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsim1 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 the only real gripe i have and it's usually when people do these x-over concepts is when logos with sport specific details are used. In this case, the OKC logo with the basketball. it just looks odd seeing a logo for a football team that features a basketball. in this case you almost could get away with editing the basketball out and using a solid color. other than that the logo makes a good helmet logo.I never even thought about that, but its a good point. That will be a big problem with the NBA. I feel like they have basketballs in so many of their team logos.You realise that he typed some stuff before showing the concept, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDesign Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Yeah, I definitely debated trying to remove the basketballs from every team's logos, but I felt that overall it made the logos worse (ex: the Utah Jazz just had a big music note). So for the sake of this concept, I'm leaving them in. Like Kevsim1 said, as I worked through these I tried to operate on some basic guidelines to make them consistent in how I translated them from NBA.Oh, and the pants stripe on the alternate looks a little gray-ish because of the mesh pattern on the side panels. It's white though. The mesh doesn't affect the color as much on the other colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 It really would add a lot if you changed the basketballs - I know you said you're not worried about it, but it's that kind of subtle editing that really makes crossovers awesome.That said, I don't think there's a much better way to translate the Thunder uniforms to football, so great job. Very clean and well-executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyolaProp1 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Whats the next team up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FALCON6 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Great thread! Your stripes and blue look very sharp on the home and away. As for the midnight blue, which is fantastic, the blue is a great idea and looks great on the uniform. It also blends well with white. Very simple, very stunning. May I see the template? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS729 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I must say, Great start to the thread! I'll be following closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadojoker Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Incredible 9/10 easily! !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandMooreArt Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 realy good stuff man. i dont have any issues with the Thunder concept but your template could use a bit of tweaking. if its NFL, then you should use long socks. would also provide that option of using some interesting stripe patterns on them. and the mesh area of the white jersey is too dark of a gray, it looks like its colored differently as part of the graphic design. go a shade or two lighter there (or lessen the opacity %) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDesign Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Thanks again everyone for the feedback. Here's an updated version with a lighter color for the chainmaile mesh as well as NFL-style socks. The sock striping on these mirrors the numbers' color pattern.I'll put up the Timberwolves a bit later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I like the subtle updates. However, thee white stripe on the home sock just looks out of place. I'd make that sock a solid blue instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragone Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Yeah as Griffin said the white stripe looks out of place. Maybe just make it orange or another color. Great concept although. I absolutely love the alternate one. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDesign Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Next up we have the Minnesota Timberwolves. The home and away are pretty self explanatory. I thought the tree design worked really well as a sleeve design. I also liked using the black pants on the home set, instead of white. For the alternate, I went with their crazy, recently-revealed sleeved set. Since it's a pretty wild design, I decided to go ahead and give in to all the modern uniform trends: oversized logo on the helmet, monochrome, leotard socks (though I did have to add a teal stripe to settle my conscience). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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