I'm planning to start a new league and I'll be posting some logo requests sometime soon. I'll be using myths and folktales as the inspiration for the teams and localities and I thought about using the following format to request the logos.
* I'll post either the story or a link. For example, this Chinese creation myth.
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Chuang-tzu, a philosopher of the 3rd century BC, relates how the Emperor of the Northern Sea, Hu, and his southern counterpart, Shu, used to meet in the realm of Hun-tun, Emperor of the Center. Hun-tun, whose name means Chaos, was most hospitable, but lacked the seven bodily orifices which other men have. To repay his hospitality, Shu-Hu (which means lightning) decided to bore holes in Hun-tun, at the rate of one hole a day. On the seventh day, when they drilled the last hole, Hun-tun died, and simultaneously the world as we know it came into existence.
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* The design elements (name, colors, etc.) would be left up to the designers. So, in the above example, you could focus on the emperors, the faceless Hun-tun, the lightning or any combination; whatever you think the most evocative image is.
* I'd prefer that no city names are used as I'm not sure yet how I want to handle them.
The stories will either be short or well known, e.g. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, if longer. I plan for this to be a small league; so, there will be no more than 12 teams.
At this point, I'd like to get some opinions on the format. Would the extra creative freedom be cool or would the lack of concrete direction be a pain in the neck?