Opinion Adelaide Crows New Logo Discussion

[Mostyn]

Every time a logo comes out everyone jumps on AI and makes these terrible looking video game-esque "create a team" type logos, surely people don't actually think they look good do they?

"Look at what I can do in AI!"

(Insert photo of absolute rubbish)

 

[Mostyn]

I've heard this before and it's wrong. We have used black crows before and it looks good.

We are not limited to 3 colours, crows are black, it's completely fine to use it.

I absolutely agree.

Crows are black, FFS. It's absolutely fine to use black and white.

 

[WetCrow1991]

"Look at what I can do in AI!"

(Insert photo of absolute rubbish)

While wasting shitloads of electricity.

 

[Mostyn]

Nope.

 

[Mostyn]

Pardon the intrusion.

I think it’s almost there, the basic shape of the crow is fine. They’ve just butchered the area around the wing trying to integrate the red and yellow.

This is a crude edit but I think it looks miles better with the wing simplified like this.

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Just quoting to say - I REALLY like this.

It's a sensible and striking version of what they're going for and not delivering on.

 

[WeeBlake]

I just had a look at all 18 club logos:

1. The GC logo is hilariously bad. It hard to understand how that logo and the graphic design profession can both exist.

2. The logo Kornes floated, even after the worthy revisions floated on here, is the next worst.

3. Almost all club logos are between bad and blandly acceptable.

4. GWS is the best (imo)

5. It looks like most clubs are caught between pleasing kids (who like cartoons) and adults (who apparently like traditional designs from the 80s and before). Most settle for blandness.

6. It’s amazing (or not amazing?) how all the new powerful computer design tools seem to have made things worse.

 

[Scorpus]

Pardon the intrusion.

I think it’s almost there, the basic shape of the crow is fine. They’ve just butchered the area around the wing trying to integrate the red and yellow.

This is a crude edit but I think it looks miles better with the wing simplified like this.

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I don't mind this but there's something about it that reminds me of logos from the 1970s and 1980s

 

[Scorpus]

I just had a look at all 18 club logos:

1. The GC logo is hilariously bad. It hard to understand how that logo and the graphic design profession can both exist.

2. The logo Kornes floated, even after the worthy revisions floated on here, is the next worst.

3. Almost all club logos are between bad and blandly acceptable.

4. GWS is the best (imo)

5. It looks like most clubs are caught between pleasing kids (who like cartoons) and adults (who apparently like traditional designs from the 80s and before). Most settle for blandness.

6. It’s amazing (or not amazing?) how all the new powerful computer design tools seem to have made things worse.

I think the West Coast Eagles logo is probably the best

 

[El Doederino]

While wasting shitloads of electricity.

But you’re posting on here is peak usage?

 

[FR0GGY]

Also those logos trying to replicate the coast line can piss off.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Also those logos trying to replicate the coast line can piss off.

Imagine how bad that would look on actual merch. You need the logo to have a clean shape otherwise it's going to look like arse.

 

[FR0GGY]

I absolutely agree.

Crows are black, FFS. It's absolutely fine to use black and white.

Yes if you were drawing a picture of a crow.
No other afl logos and I will presume sport wide use the main colour that’s not part of the club colours.

 

[WeeBlake]

Also those logos trying to replicate the coast line can piss off.

I am open to it as part of an otherwise good design but flipped 90 degrees it is a pointless, even counterproductive, idea

 

[SugarShane]

I just had a look at all 18 club logos:

1. The GC logo is hilariously bad. It hard to understand how that logo and the graphic design profession can both exist.

2. The logo Kornes floated, even after the worthy revisions floated on here, is the next worst.

3. Almost all club logos are between bad and blandly acceptable.

4. GWS is the best (imo)

5. It looks like most clubs are caught between pleasing kids (who like cartoons) and adults (who apparently like traditional designs from the 80s and before). Most settle for blandness.

6. It’s amazing (or not amazing?) how all the new powerful computer design tools seem to have made things worse.

Decent take. Footy logos in general are just kind of shit for teams with animals.

The hawks are passable. The Eagles have always had decent ones. The rest are all ordinary.

 

[Crom1995]

I'm yet to see a design from anyone here or elsewhere that is better than the proposed logo. You lot will always find something to complain about and will probably accuse Nicks of designing it.

 

[WeeBlake]

Yes if you were drawing a picture of a crow.
No other afl logos and I will presume sport wide use the main colour that’s not part of the club colours.

It’s not exactly the same but the Rabbitohs have a thing with a black rabbit instead of a white one.

Also, it’s a rabbit, an unthreatening not angry looking rabbit, and it’s great. There’s no need to make a football team logo look aggressive and hardcore.

 

[Scorpus]

I'm yet to see a design from anyone here or elsewhere that is better than the proposed logo. You lot will always find something to complain about and will probably accuse Nicks of designing it.

That's a good idea. If we can link Nicks to the logo maybe we can get more fans on board to sack him

 

[Dc9798]

These are horrible, looks like they're from 1980-something

 

[Crom1995]

That's a good idea. If we can link Nicks to the logo maybe we can get more fans on board to sack him

Waiting for your design seeing as you're so happy to slander the leaked version?

 

[Mr_Moogle]

There is an interesting psychological component to logos. Like if you were to win a flag, any logo, even a bad one, could become good by association. Kind of like how Billy Frampton

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[FR0GGY]

Waiting for your design seeing as you're so happy to slander the leaked version?

So we can only have an opinion on the logo if we have a better version or agree with it?
Thats insane.

 

[Crom1995]

So we can only have an opinion on the logo if we have a better version or agree with it?
Thats insane.

Just complain and offer no solution, can never be pleased. Campaign against the current logo for 13 years and already moved onto the next campaign before anything has been announced.

 

[Scorpus]

Waiting for your design seeing as you're so happy to slander the leaked version?

I already made a revised version yesterday:

 

[Runnin Blue]

These are horrible, looks like they're from 1980-something

Hey.

I’m from 1980-something.

 

[Crom1995]

I already made a revised version yesterday:

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So you hate leaked version so much that the major change here is the beak? Pedantic.