Competition Merger Of The Week 2: West Coast and Richmond

[Smeagle]

24 hours left

Going to be touch and go, finally have MY PRECIOUS () compy back and running, just reinstalling all my program files as we speak.

I have a very busy day tomorrow, but I'll see what I can come up with

 

[Gibbsy]

Hard drive saved? No virus problems?

 

[coolknot]

Finally done:

 

[Willo #6]

I like what you did with the logo Coolknot

Even an EST 2022 date

 

[LiverpoolRed]

Where is smeagel? Is he gunna leave it till the last second to be a smart ass

 

[LiverpoolRed]

Oh no, looks like smeagle has missed the deadline onyacoxy.

 

[Ochre]

yep

comp closed

poll up soon

 

[Ochre]

**** me, 53 entries

polls will take a while

 

[Ochre]

Poll A up tonight

Poll B and Poll C up tomorrow

 

[Smeagle]

Sorry folks, took a bit longer than expected (who woulda thunk it?)

I was bamboozled this week trying to find a moniker for a West Coast-Richmond merger that is a reflection on both clubs, like Lion + Eagle = Sphynx, Demon + Hawk = Firebird.

Tiger + Eagle = ???

Then it came to me: The Perth Predators -with the eagle being the undisputed "bird of prey" in the air, and the tiger a feared omnivore amongst the land animals, this was the perfect marriage.



I decided to use the bad-ass colours of black (Richmond) and blue (WCE), with white, a combination I hadn't seen here yet. The eye motif seen on the logo was obvious to me - ever heard of the terms "Eagle Eye" and "Eye of the Tiger"? Inside the eye, you might notice some white detailing in the pupil: a wing shape, on the left, representing the eagle; and a tooth, representing the tiger.

The latter is used on the Home design to replicate the WCE wing on the left, with the blue iris from the logo forming a Richmond-esque sash (I decided to swap the front and back around this time to best show the continuity of the design).

The white away kit was chiefly inspired by the first Richmond jumper, featuring thick vertical stripes. I tied this in with a thinner white line down the middle ala West Coast's home guernsey, with the stripes separated from the white by the central eye logo.



I hope you can still count me in one of the last polls onyacoxy

 

[hack]

thats a ripper Smeagle ... a team sure to win the hearts of all Westerners when they run out onto the ground with Eye of the Tiger playing as their club song.

 

[Gibbsy]

Looks pretty great Smeagle. Still don't know how you can create those sort of logos from scratch in Paint

One gripe I have is the reversing of your guernseys - it's a bit harder to interpret with the back coming before the front - any reason behind that?

 

[Smeagle]

Thanks for the cooments guys.

One gripe I have is the reversing of your guernseys - it's a bit harder to interpret with the back coming before the front - any reason behind that?

(I decided to swap the front and back around this time to best show the continuity of the design).

What I mean is that the design looked kind of strange with the front on the left, as you can't really appreciate how the eye/sash continues onto the back. You're probably right though Gibbsy; just thought I might give it a try.

 

[Gibbsy]

Pardon me for glancing over your preceding spiel - my mistake. I think in all honesty that it would be best to leave it in the traditional fashion but I can definitely see what effect you're trying to convey.

 

[Smeagle]

Pardon me for glancing over your preceding spiel

Perfectly understandable

 

[Ochre]

I hope you can still count me in one of the last polls onyacoxy

yep

very lucky smeagle

 

[Gibbsy]

Perfectly understandable

I don't usually, should have been more attentive. I was in a bit of a rush

 

[jeddalenko]

Love creagus's with the claws