Saturday, July 31, 2010

Adidas Championship Division: Part 3

Motor City FC
The first one I did, actually. I just kinda wen with what felt good here. I did a winged wheel here, with what looks to be an arrowhead design behind it. Motor City FC going across the top, also 2010 for good measure. I like the jerseys a lot more than the logo. Kind of based the piping off an adidas template, which I've done before. Then ran stripes down the back a la Germany from 32 in 32. Chevy is the sponsor, since, you know, they're black and gold.


Ottawa 1867
One thing across the pond that some soccer teams do, that we don't over here is have a year in their name. 1867 is the equivalent to 1776 here in America. Ottawa has a consistent colour scheme in black and red. Though the in-provence rivalry that'd be set up with Toronto FC, which use red and graphite as a scheme. I had to make it different, so I went the black route. Notice the nod to the Sens' stripes. The logo is a combination of a few things, such as a maple leaf... and a circle... Yeah. Instead of a sponsor, I put the team name on the stripes. THe only thing I really don't like is the black jersey's name across the stripe.


Tampa Bay Rowdies
My team!

Some things. I went back to the original set a few times. I did the original colours, with the original hoop sleeve shoulder designs. Then the original script is used in the logo. The logo, I wanted to make my own, but keep it simple. Green and yellow stripes, broken up by the crest, and script. Also, one star for the NASL Championship. I thought Outback Steakhouse would be a good sponsor, so thats cool. Hoop socks to throw a tie in with the sleeves. And thats really it.


St. Louis Olympic
This one really started out as a silly team name, but it works. FACT St. Louis hosted the 1906 Summer Olympics. St. Louis has French heritage, being a big port back in the day. There is a Fleur-de-leis in the city flag, so that explains my logo a little. It's a fleur with an Olympic flame on top. The words are the ones from the current AC St. Louis set. The colours are also Budweiser colours. I wanted to have some pin stripes in the league,and I used them here. I put them on the front, with piping running around. Comment!


Only 4 more, and no telling when that will get up.

Baltimore Orioles

14/30 Baltimore Orioles
I wanted to do a throwback to previous sets, and I think some new things, mixed with old would work. The orange is slightly lighter, I wanted a lighter set as a whole. I used a Oriole head logo instead of the full body. This was the one before the well known one, look it up. I like the Maryland flag logo as a sleeve patch. The primary is the same logo with the bird head on it. Also, I put the O's logo on the bird cap for effect.

I really like the O's jerseys now, but I'd make a few changes. The piping is the same, but the O's logo is on the cap instead of the bird. The road is the same, with the bird logo on the cap. I made an orange alt instead of a black alt. I went with white things, with black outlines instead of the other way around. Also made a concept cap to make it lighter.



And for all of you guys looking for the Adidas Championship, I'll have a new post up this weekend.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Los Angels Angels

13/30 Los Angeles Angels
No Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the California Republic. Simplify it down, and make it just Los Angeles. 2 things any LA team needs is an LA logo, and Los Angeles script. So I did do that. The A logo is the same, with a simple addition to the primary. I came up with the alt logo before the primary, and it seemed so simple after I figured out it looked good. FACT the Angel's vests are superior to the regular. I used them here. Nothing really else to say, just vests.


Sunday, July 25, 2010

Some Requests

Hello guys, I saw we have some new visitors here, and I wanted to keep up on the concepts. I have 2 requests to show you all. First, is for a team in my Minor League Football league. They moved to Lincoln this past season, and never had a logo set. I was asked to do it, since I haven't been that involved in the league. A thing about me, is that I love dual brown colours. I went with that here, somewhat tying into the Pioneer scheme. The logo I used d most is a covered wagon I traced. The secondary is a P over the shape of Nebraska. I wanted to go with a simple jersey, but have it modern at the same time. I put the scripts on the helmet just to be different.



This last one is for my friend's fantasy college basketball(?) team. His logo wasn't that good, and he knows it. I like to base sharks logos off the epic Clearwater Threshers logo. I changed it up though, to make the logo it's own. I did simple things for the alternate logos, too.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Florida Everblades

"I feel like working on a concept. A hockey one on my new temp. Oh sweet, the Everblades logo is in .svg on wikipedia" -raysox
"do it." -TC

And then it was born!

I think this team has one of the coolest logos around. They have navy home jerseys, a white road, and a green alternate. I think that a green home would fit so much better, since the mascot is a gator. I went with simple stripes, and an outline of a shoulder yoke. Then it hit me. I still have the pattern that I used on my Florida Gators concept last year. I vectorized that, made it dark green and it worked out great. Under each stripe I put the gator skin pattern not trying to overkill it. The white is the same as the home with the colours reversed. The third is a nod to the blue current set, with a classier feel.Here it is!


Hoped you like the concept dump! I have some more for tomorrow. Also, check out Stadia Arcadia.

USA Aussie Rules

I've never done one of these, but actually this was a request!

I was asked if i could take a shot at the US Aussie Rules team's jersey. Their jersey now is pretty weak, so I said sure why not. Aussie jumpers normally have stripes, and why wouldn't I use it on here? I used some stars and some stripes. I made a new logo for good measure.


If you haven't seen an Aussie Rules game, they're pretty cool. I looked up the rules, then started to get it.

Adidas Championship Division: Part 2

Indiana Premier FC
I found the lack of chevrons on the jersey/crest in the MLS kinda lame. I think that chevrons look really good if used right. There also is no purple in the league. I wanted to try new things, and new colours so this concept knocked out both of it. It had to be a darker purple so it would at least be a little bit fierce. The dark purple-Las Vegas Gold seems to pop. The name is somewhat based off the new name of my sister's soccer team. I thought the name Premier really was cool for a soccer team. I had to use chevrons on the front, the ones from the crest. Some designing went on to make a new adidas cut. The sponsor went on the back, simply because there was no place to put them on the front. With the removal of the sponsor on the front, I added numbers! Neat! How'd I do?


New York Cosmos
The LA Galaxy of their time, and one of the most successful soccer team in NASL history. There are talks of bringing a second team to New York, and this is the way to do it if they do. Plus, with a throwback 1970s team, it gives the hipsters a team to root for, because it's ironic.

I wanted to update the logo. But, I just can't. It's fantastic already, it truly is. The kits back then were pretty simple, so I had a blank set. Had to go with a collar too. I'd say this is one of my favorite concepts in this.


AC Phoenix
I really like diamond soccer logos, and wanted one in the league. Well, I got to work it in here. The top of the crest is the flag of Arizona, then on the bottom, the crest of the city of Phoenix. Normally, if someone sees Red/Yellow they go OMG MCDONALDS LOL. Try to see past that please, the colours fit really well. Off center stripe running down the right. I thought the adidas logo, and crest should go on the stirpe, with a sponsor. To balance it out, I put front numbers. A sublimated flag of Arizona. C&C


Minnesota Owls SC
This one was funny in it's planning. I had mentioned one day to TC how there should be more Owl teams. Then later I mentioned how "Super Bowl", can be turned into "Superb Owl". Then thought it would be funny if the Minnesota team were the Superb Owls, because there isn't any in Minnesota. And thus it was born! Brown/Yellow/Light brown= fantastic colour scheme. I went with that here, and it tied into the owls. I noticed I didn't have many crazy designs, and just simple cliche soccer ones. I remembered the breaks in adidas templates, and just kinda made up my own because I could! I went with a yellow clash instead of a white, just for personal preference.