Team Logos/Colors

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 09:09 AM

The logo side of custom leagues is one of my favorite parts of it. I like to play around and see what I can do, but my skills are somewhat limited.

So.. a few things..

1) Unless we have someone like cuervo in our midst and I don't know it, I'm guessing the logos are going to come from a mixture of people/sources. I think we need to get some standards for how we do this. Personally I was trying to start with a 256x256 square and then we can work down from there (this standard I pulled from what VPI has on the IHOF site).
2) We need to start setting colors. I dont' thinkw e want to have a bunch of teams with the same colors.
3) Anyone have advice on making logos? My biggest problem is getting them as "crisp" as cuervo does. They always just seem to look amateurish.

Anyway.. I'll put a spreadsheet together to start tracking colors, etc...

Ok - going to keep a running list of the current working logos... They're not necessarily finals, but it's a good one-stop shop..

Tentative Logos:

Camargue Flamingos:

Wilkes-Barre Coal Miners:

Lowcountry Gators:

Atlantic City Gamblers:

Jacksonville Admirals:

Lappland Fightin' Reindeers:

Portsmouth Spartans:

Rusholme Ruffians:

Charlottseville Jeffersonians:

Scranton Steam Engines:

Stuttgart Stallions:

Las Vegas Ballas:

Kaiserslautern Wolves:

Mexico D.F. Chilangos:

Bozeman Kodiaks:

Raleigh Recalcitrants:

Copenhagen Great Danes:

San Diego Sandsharks

stevew · 11-30-2006, 09:13 AM

We're going to run with a red/green/white color scheme for Mexico DF.

RedKingGold · 11-30-2006, 09:31 AM

Red-pewter-gold

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 09:32 AM

This logo?

RedKingGold · 11-30-2006, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

This logo?

Yep, I would like the helmet a darker yellow for more of a gold appearence. Here is what the potential helmet would look like:

RedKingGold · 11-30-2006, 09:43 AM

Dola, the helmet on the coalminer within the logo. Not the actual football helmet (pewter on the football helmet is fine)

Eaglesfan27 · 11-30-2006, 10:29 AM

This was probably my only hesitation about joining the league. I'm not nearly as artistic as some of the people on here, and I'm going to be looking for some help in designing my logo or bastardizing an existing logo. As far as colors go, my primary preference would be crimson and gold but I'm not locked into that by any means.

cartman · 11-30-2006, 10:32 AM

My colors will be burnt orange/white/black.

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

This was probably my only hesitation about joining the league. I'm not nearly as artistic as some of the people on here, and I'm going to be looking for some help in designing my logo or bastardizing an existing logo. As far as colors go, my primary preference would be crimson and gold but I'm not locked into that by any means.

I'm more than willing to try and help anyone.

I just ask that anyone I help does not feel obligated to use anything I do because I know that it's not the BEST all of the time... So I don't want people feeling guilty cause I did work, I want them to be happy.

3ric · 11-30-2006, 10:35 AM

Blue/red/yellow is the colors of choice for the Fightin' Reindeers.

Eaglesfan27 · 11-30-2006, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by wade moore

I'm more than willing to try and help anyone.

I just ask that anyone I help does not feel obligated to use anything I do because I know that it's not the BEST all of the time... So I don't want people feeling guilty cause I did work, I want them to be happy.

Thanks. That is very kind of you.

cartman · 11-30-2006, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

This was probably my only hesitation about joining the league. I'm not nearly as artistic as some of the people on here, and I'm going to be looking for some help in designing my logo or bastardizing an existing logo.

Same here. I have Photoshop, but I use it almost exclusively for photos, not creating custom content. Here is the logo upon which I'd like to build.

Ben E Lou · 11-30-2006, 11:03 AM

http://www.sportslogos.net is a GREAT starting place.

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

Same here. I have Photoshop, but I use it almost exclusively for photos, not creating custom content. Here is the logo upon which I'd like to build.

Colors?

cartman · 11-30-2006, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

Colors?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

My colors will be burnt orange/white/black.

.

digamma · 11-30-2006, 11:30 AM

Navy Blue, Orange, White

Logo will either be the front of the nickel with Jefferson's profile or Monticello on the back.

MIJB#19 · 11-30-2006, 11:37 AM

I'm working on a logo for my team.

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 11:40 AM

EF27 - I've been playing around a bit... Let me know if you like the direction I'm heading...

One thing to note... one of the talents I lack is when taking something that's shaded like this is, I often have a difficult time changing the colors and making it look good. SO I may need to either learn better how to do that (may be useful for other logos) or if you really like it how it is you could consider this color scheme (although it's very similar to what is often a popular color scheme of red, white, blue)...

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 11:59 AM

Made a minor change... I could do "AC" instead of "G" but it doesn't seem like it would fit as well..

Maybe if the Reds were "A" and the Blacks were "C"?

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 12:00 PM

Also.. just for a gauge of what I am/am not able to do I thought I'd show you guys the original image... I'm completley not able to "draw" things... what I can do is move things around, cut things, etc... the other thing I can do is change colors, but like I said, it's much harder for me when it is shaded...

fantastic flying froggies · 11-30-2006, 12:04 PM

a simple, yet effective, logo done by Cuervo for Atlantic City Gamblers was this:

He also had these alternates:

(quality of the last image isn't so good but I'm sure we can get the original if need be)

miked · 11-30-2006, 12:05 PM

I'm leaning towards 2, but not sure how to make a helmet out of one (if that's what we have to do).

Or this last one for the helmet, maybe a white helmet with black trim/lines whatever.

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 12:05 PM

Well hell..

If you like cuervo's, I can get the original from cuervo and adjust the colors or cuervo might be willing to do it.

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 12:06 PM

Mike - I personally am not a fan of the first one, but I like the other two.

fantastic flying froggies · 11-30-2006, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

Well hell..

If you like cuervo's, I can get the original from cuervo and adjust the colors or cuervo might be willing to do it.

I love Cuervo's set actually (as will soon be made even more obvious)!

Yours have looked great so far though, Wade and I was only throwing it out there as another option

Northwood_DK · 11-30-2006, 12:10 PM

http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?lo=2428

I plan to use the logo from “Albany Great Danes”. If someone with Photoshop skills can help I want the following change made.

- Change “University of Albany” to Copenhagen
- Remove the A
- Change the colors to red and white (Danish flag)

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Northwood_DK

http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?lo=2428

I plan to use the logo from “Albany Great Danes”. If someone with Photoshop skills can help I want the following change made.

- Change “University of Albany” to Copenhagen
- Remove the A
- Change the colours to red and white (Danish flag)

Looks like I need to get better at changing colors

...

Flasch186 · 11-30-2006, 01:40 PM

these are the colors i want, and the idea (naval) behind the team but the logo below has that "L" as a hockey stick which would need to be changed.

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 01:54 PM

You like the Norfolk Admirals one, not the Milwaukee one? Or the milwaukee one with the norfolk colors would be fine?

gstelmack · 11-30-2006, 01:56 PM

My start for the Raleigh Recalcitrants:

fantastic flying froggies · 11-30-2006, 01:58 PM

Camargue Flamingos will use black / white/ pink.

Black is for the bulls.
White is for the horses.
Pink is, well, you guessed it, for the flamingos.

Helmet will look something like that:

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

We're going to run with a red/green/white color scheme for Mexico DF.

This may be a bit of a cop-out, but I was looking at the sportslogos website and saw this one..

It's from the World Baseball Classic...

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantastic flying froggies

Camargue Flamingos will use black / white/ pink.

Black is for the bulls.
White is for the horses.
Pink is, well, you guessed it, for the flamingos.

Helmet will look something like that:

I'm so envious of cuervo.

fantastic flying froggies · 11-30-2006, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

This may be a bit of a cop-out, but I was looking at the sportslogos website and saw this one..

It's from the World Baseball Classic...

Link doesn't seem to be working, Wade.

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 02:10 PM

Weird, shows on mine...
http://www.sportslogos.net/team.php?t=1820

stevew · 11-30-2006, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

This may be a bit of a cop-out, but I was looking at the sportslogos website and saw this one..

It's from the World Baseball Classic...

Yeah, I was going to run with something like that.

stevew · 11-30-2006, 02:46 PM

I like the M Logo on the hat on the bottom. That on a white helmet or a red one would be cool(just to compare). I'll get the actual red and green shades needed, i have them somewhere.

wade moore · 11-30-2006, 02:50 PM

So essentially you'd just want the oval and the stars created? That seems manageable.

TroyF · 11-30-2006, 03:04 PM

haven't even thought about a logo yet. I want something mean looking though, not the sissy Toronto Raptors logo. Sissies. I'm thinking about an Pewter/Maroon type look like the Bucs have now.

If anyone wants to help or give suggestions on a logo, I'm all ears. I suck at photoshop as well. (see my papa smurf thread in the main forum)

Ben E Lou · 11-30-2006, 03:45 PM

Ben E Lou · 11-30-2006, 03:46 PM

All credit goes to wade for that. We're green, gold, and black.

fantastic flying froggies · 11-30-2006, 03:51 PM

Nice! Me likey...

gstelmack · 11-30-2006, 04:38 PM

I'm getting close on my Raleigh logo. Updated in the first post above. Colors pretty settled (green/gold/white).

Flasch186 · 11-30-2006, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

You like the Norfolk Admirals one, not the Milwaukee one? Or the milwaukee one with the norfolk colors would be fine?

either or, the milwaukee one would be easier to work with since there is no "L" and im even ok with their colors. Blue and gold would be preferable but the ease of which to just stick with the Milwaukee stuff is fine, although one of the European Football League's teams is the Admirals, so they may have lots of stuff too. Im pretty open.

Ben E Lou · 11-30-2006, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TroyF

haven't even thought about a logo yet. I want something mean looking though, not the sissy Toronto Raptors logo. Sissies. I'm thinking about an Pewter/Maroon type look like the Bucs have now.

If anyone wants to help or give suggestions on a logo, I'm all ears. I suck at photoshop as well. (see my papa smurf thread in the main forum)

Just found these:

http://63.111.197.58/media/Raptors%2...Background.jpg
http://www.dubuque.k12.ia.us/Rooseve...t378pixels.jpg
http://www.eteamz.com/sandiegoraptor.../SP05no002.JPG

TroyF · 11-30-2006, 05:33 PM

Can I change my team name? I thought of a great logo that rocks. It's a minor league team I used to do some things for called the Silverbacks. I loved the logo. My team colors would be red, black and silver.

Does anyone mind?

I'd clip out the wording there and just go with the silverback.

TroyF · 11-30-2006, 05:35 PM

dola,

I typed this before I saw SD went to the trouble of looking up some logos.

I kind of like the claw one, that's pretty cool.

Ben E Lou · 11-30-2006, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TroyF

dola,

I typed this before I saw SD went to the trouble of looking up some logos.

I kind of like the claw one, that's pretty cool.

It wasn't a difficult task. I just did a quick Google image search. Just let me know, in the "Claim Your Team" thread, so I can update the spreadsheet again if need be.

JeeberD · 11-30-2006, 05:40 PM

Bright red and white for my colors, with maybe a touch of black. I'll see if I can find an old Suttgart American High School stallion logo somewhere on the net that can be worked with...

Eaglesfan27 · 11-30-2006, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

EF27 - I've been playing around a bit... Let me know if you like the direction I'm heading...

One thing to note... one of the talents I lack is when taking something that's shaded like this is, I often have a difficult time changing the colors and making it look good. SO I may need to either learn better how to do that (may be useful for other logos) or if you really like it how it is you could consider this color scheme (although it's very similar to what is often a popular color scheme of red, white, blue)...

That looks great. Definitely in line with one of the ideas I was working on for a logo.

11-30-2006, 10:29 AM	#7
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	This was probably my only hesitation about joining the league. I'm not nearly as artistic as some of the people on here, and I'm going to be looking for some help in designing my logo or bastardizing an existing logo. As far as colors go, my primary preference would be crimson and gold but I'm not locked into that by any means. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

11-30-2006, 10:32 AM	#8
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	My colors will be burnt orange/white/black. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

11-30-2006, 10:35 AM	#10
3ric College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sweden	Blue/red/yellow is the colors of choice for the Fightin' Reindeers. __________________ San Diego Chargers (HFL) - Lappland Reindeers (WOOF) - Gothenburg Giants (IHOF) Indiana: A TCY VC - year 2044 - the longest running dynasty ever on FOFC!

11-30-2006, 11:03 AM	#13
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	http://www.sportslogos.net is a GREAT starting place. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

11-30-2006, 11:37 AM	#17
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	I'm working on a logo for my team. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

11-30-2006, 09:13 AM	#2
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	We're going to run with a red/green/white color scheme for Mexico DF.

11-30-2006, 09:31 AM	#3
RedKingGold College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002	Red-pewter-gold

11-30-2006, 09:43 AM	#6
RedKingGold College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002	Dola, the helmet on the coalminer within the logo. Not the actual football helmet (pewter on the football helmet is fine)

11-30-2006, 11:30 AM	#16
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	Navy Blue, Orange, White Logo will either be the front of the nickel with Jefferson's profile or Monticello on the back.

11-30-2006, 12:04 PM	#21
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	a simple, yet effective, logo done by Cuervo for Atlantic City Gamblers was this: He also had these alternates: (quality of the last image isn't so good but I'm sure we can get the original if need be) __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

11-30-2006, 12:05 PM	#22
miked College Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Dirty	I'm leaning towards 2, but not sure how to make a helmet out of one (if that's what we have to do). Or this last one for the helmet, maybe a white helmet with black trim/lines whatever.

11-30-2006, 12:10 PM	#26
Northwood_DK College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Back in Norway	http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?lo=2428 I plan to use the logo from “Albany Great Danes”. If someone with Photoshop skills can help I want the following change made. - Change “University of Albany” to Copenhagen - Remove the A - Change the colors to red and white (Danish flag) Last edited by Northwood_DK : 11-30-2006 at 12:56 PM.

11-30-2006, 01:40 PM	#28
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	these are the colors i want, and the idea (naval) behind the team but the logo below has that "L" as a hockey stick which would need to be changed. __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL Last edited by Flasch186 : 11-30-2006 at 01:41 PM.

11-30-2006, 01:56 PM	#30
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	My start for the Raleigh Recalcitrants: __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

11-30-2006, 01:58 PM	#31
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	Camargue Flamingos will use black / white/ pink. Black is for the bulls. White is for the horses. Pink is, well, you guessed it, for the flamingos. Helmet will look something like that: __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

11-30-2006, 02:46 PM	#37
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I like the M Logo on the hat on the bottom. That on a white helmet or a red one would be cool(just to compare). I'll get the actual red and green shades needed, i have them somewhere. Last edited by stevew : 11-30-2006 at 02:47 PM.

11-30-2006, 03:04 PM	#39
TroyF Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	haven't even thought about a logo yet. I want something mean looking though, not the sissy Toronto Raptors logo. Sissies. I'm thinking about an Pewter/Maroon type look like the Bucs have now. If anyone wants to help or give suggestions on a logo, I'm all ears. I suck at photoshop as well. (see my papa smurf thread in the main forum)

11-30-2006, 03:45 PM	#40
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	__________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

11-30-2006, 03:46 PM	#41
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	All credit goes to wade for that. We're green, gold, and black. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

11-30-2006, 03:51 PM	#42
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	Nice! Me likey... __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

11-30-2006, 04:38 PM	#43
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	I'm getting close on my Raleigh logo. Updated in the first post above. Colors pretty settled (green/gold/white). __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

11-30-2006, 05:33 PM	#46
TroyF Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Can I change my team name? I thought of a great logo that rocks. It's a minor league team I used to do some things for called the Silverbacks. I loved the logo. My team colors would be red, black and silver. Does anyone mind? I'd clip out the wording there and just go with the silverback.

11-30-2006, 05:35 PM	#47
TroyF Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	dola, I typed this before I saw SD went to the trouble of looking up some logos. I kind of like the claw one, that's pretty cool.

11-30-2006, 05:40 PM	#49
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Bright red and white for my colors, with maybe a touch of black. I'll see if I can find an old Suttgart American High School stallion logo somewhere on the net that can be worked with... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

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