New Fictional Logos

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by 20_range

Not sure if you are still working within the bounds of your original project (500+ teams representing all over the US), but if you went to Puerto Rico or the US Virgin Islands I'd certainly use those.

(I'm a superfan lol, my game has about 30 of your teams scattered around its minor leagues)

I'm pretty sure there are PR and US Virgin Islands teams in there, but they'd be under cities. I think there is a North Mariana Islands team too.



I'm done with all of the cities I originally planned on doing. These above are for my Franchise Hockey League game but figured I'd share them here.

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by 20_range

Looking through your drive again, the Fort Lauderdale Fear - I also found that clip art recently when I was looking for squid ideas

I'm hoping I can move past clipart in 2023, but yeah, that's a popular piece of clipart I think.

[20_range]

Originally Posted by hurricanekevin

I'm hoping I can move past clipart in 2023, but yeah, that's a popular piece of clipart I think.

Not a criticism! I will look through again for those places. It is an overwhelming corpus

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by 20_range

Not a criticism! I will look through again for those places. It is an overwhelming corpus

I didn't think it was criticism, but I do try to not use the obvious pieces and I try to "make them my own" to an extent. I'm taking Digital Illustration II this semester so I'm hoping I can start to draw my own designs. That's the goal at least.



You can organize the drive by alphabet so that might help you find stuff. I'm not sure the best way to organize it, so I've just left it as a big huge mess.

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by pauwoo

It's nice to see the 'Palm Springs of Washington" getting their just due... solid work here, huriicanekevin.

I'm trying to spread the love to all the cities!



Thanks!

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Mankato, Minnesota, is located at, or near, the bend of the Minnesota River, hk. Berserkers seems to fit rather well with the major cultural influence of Scandinavians in many areas of Minnesota, at least early in its known history, I believe, and especially when it comes to immigrants to Minnesota and certain nearby states, at least. IF you'd maybe want another good enough suggestion for Mankato that you could eventually use for another team of any kind that's actually based there, might I then perhaps suggest the nickname of Riverbenders for possible use, for example? CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

In fact, for a good long time, the Minnesota Vikings used to train in Mankato, and they were still holding training camp there for years after my family and I moved away from the Mankato area of Minnesota, just so you know. I could easily see at least one team named the Berserkers perhaps playing anywhere in or around Mankato, for instance, if not also elsewhere in Minnesota, no matter what sport they might play, in truth, as well. CD out.

[hurricanekevin]

Rockford (IL)
Chicago (IL)


This is a reboot of an early one. Figured I would make a Chicago version too. I'm (finally) moving away from only using clipart. Simple little airship. If it looks familiar its definitely inspired by some old Led Zeppelin posters.

[Eugene Church]

Wonderful work, hurricanekevin.

Love the font.

Being an old retired Disc Jockey... I noticed that the Gold logos with Blue trim really stand out over the less bright ones... the reason is the best color to use to stand out in billboard advertising for radio stations is Gold and Black... the Dark Blue is pretty much black... our station like to use Gold Letters on a Black background for the best contrast to catch the eye of the drivers passing by.

I think this color choice works for logos and jerseys, too.

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Wonderful work, hurricanekevin.

Love the font.

Being an old retired Disc Jockey... I noticed that the Gold logos with Blue trim really stand out over the less bright ones... the reason is the best color to use to stand out in billboard advertising for radio stations is Gold and Black... the Dark Blue is pretty much black... our station like to use Gold Letters on a Black background for the best contrast to catch the eye of the drivers passing by.

I think this color choice works for logos and jerseys, too.

Thanks EC! I like both versions for different reasons. The gold and dark dark blue is cool though! My graphic design classes have been diving deep into color theory lately and you are totally right about gold and black! I happen to still have Illustrator up so I can tell you the font! Ephemera Fascia

[20_range]

I agree these are really good. And the color scheme, like Eugene said, helps to make them look like metal medals.

I personally like the date discrepancies (like, it's a team that was established in 1988 but claims ancestry with a same-named semi-mythical/semi-pro 1898 team), but this may not have been your intention

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by 20_range

I agree these are really good. And the color scheme, like Eugene said, helps to make them look like metal medals.

I personally like the date discrepancies (like, it's a team that was established in 1988 but claims ancestry with a same-named semi-mythical/semi-pro 1898 team), but this may not have been your intention

The date thing was me trying to throw a bone to everyone on this board that loves to play 1800s OOTP saves. As I was creating new versions I thought this had a nice retro look and some people might be annoyed it had 1988 on it so I did one for them.



Thanks 20!

[Eugene Church]

Thanks for the name of the font.

[hurricanekevin]

Cleveland Quest


Just a quick one, I needed to practice a multi ink printing technique so I figured I'd practice on this one. The original logo I made for this team was always a bit too bright and clownish to me.

[hurricanekevin]

I keep thinking I'll let this thread fade into the OOTP forums sunset... Then I decide to impulsively share something new, I promise I'll let this little design experiment die a natural death soon.



Boston Terrors
Seattle Blue Rays

[Eugene Church]

I will miss it.

This is a special logo thread that is well-designed and thought out.

Logos created with meaning based on a town's history and culture.

This is a special thread to me.

Hope you will continue to share them with us at your convenience.

The Boston and Seattle logos are superb in design and color coodination.

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

I will miss it.

This is a special logo thread that is well-designed and thought out.

Logos created with meaning based on a town's history and culture.

This is a special thread to me.

Hope you will continue to share them with us at your convenience.

The Boston and Seattle logos are superb in design and color coodination.

I've enjoyed it but since I'm not that into making uniforms and hats I'm not really sure they get used that much.

[TC Dale]

I am going to miss this thread as well. Very enjoyable and man what a great selection of logos. Very talented. Hope to see more when you get the itch to create. Thanks so much for your work.

[hurricanekevin]

I'll still be updating my google drive, you can organize it by "date modified" to see the most recent additions.

[hurricanekevin]

I've started creating some logos with multiple cities... I thought this might be helpful for people who are creating leagues. They might be useful if you want to have minor league clubs with the same name and logo. It also provides more choices especially if you are creating completely fictional worlds or just trying to fill out minor leagues. I'll post some examples but there are a ton more available in the drive. Hope this is helpful to someone. There are now nearly 1,100 logos in the drive.



Fresno Bees
Asheville Bees*
Hampton Roads Corsairs
Orlando Corsairs
Berkeley Basset Hounds


*Evidently Asheville NC is the beekeeping capital of the US, but as a state North Dakota has the most bees. There are a few ND cities in the drive too!