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[Modbury_Hawk_12]

Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles have had the same generic type baseball uniform for almost all of their history so I wasn't sure how to do them. The only design feature that had been common in most of their uniforms were the bands on the sleeves. I decided to make this the main feature of the home and away, only making them more prominent by using stripes. The Alternate was based off of this logo: http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/vi...v53g9kq/Baltimore_Orioles/2009/Alternate_Logo

Boston Red Sox
For a team with such a rich history and an iconic identity I really wanted to make the "Red Sox" an integral part of the designs. I figured the best way to do this was to keep the jumpers as plain and as simplistic as possible. Hence, the all blue guernsey with the Red Sox logo and the away, which I aimed to give a bit of a modern touch to. The alternate was based off of this logo: http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/view/7159/Boston_Red_Sox/1908/Primary_Logo

Chicago White Sox
I based the home and away kits off of a uniform that the White Sox wore once that featured a red and blue stripe. However, I kept the black and white and the monogram for the home but made the away white, red and blue stripes. The Alternate was based off of a alternate strip the White Sox wear (I think its a St. Pats day design) but I recoloured it and centred the monogram to footify it.

Cleveland Indians
I couldn't find much inspiration for what to do for the Indians as they had fairly plain designs throughout and I couldn't come up with a good, but reasonably traditional looking design using the logo. (I didn't want to do a logo with swooshy lines as a home considering the Indians are a fairly old club). I decided that with the recent logo change to an extremely simplistic design, I would do the same. However, unlike the Red Sox a simple background colour and logo didn't work as well so I added a yoke and I think it looks alright. The away is based off of the different colour sleeves style that some baseball teams, including the Indians have worn in the past. The alternate is a bit more modern but maintains simplicity, I took the colour from an old logo and the feathers from a logo I found on google images, so credit to whoever made that.

Detroit Tigers
As I was looking at the Tigers home strip I realised that it is very similair to what Carlton wear in the AFL. Although I'm not a big fan of the Detroit monogram I thought it would look alright isolated in a Carltonesque fashion and I turned out alright. The away uses the concept of tigers having stripes and the alternate takes that a step further and incorporates orange.

 

[Modbury_Hawk_12]

Constructive criticism, positive comments and ideas of what I should have done are welcome/encouraged.

 

[Cole Dammett]

Boston one is way cool! Especially the home!
Do a San Francisco Giants one next?

 

[Bryce_Jersey17]

Oh my, that Orioles Alternate looks oddly familiar

 

[WLD42]

Constructive criticism, positive comments and ideas of what I should have done are welcome/encouraged.

Ahhh, you're one of those, a constructive criticism junkie. Me too!

The only teams I'd have suggestions for are the two Sox...es. And even then I really like them for the most part, just have a few things I wonder. For Boston, I wonder if the home even needs the logo on the chest at all. (An aside: In fact, 4/5 in this opening post have logos or monograms on their home, and maybe it's just me, but I find the use of colors/patterns/designs rather than logos to identify a team to be the fun of making footy jumpers. Just something to think about, but using them doesn't really detract too much, either.) And I can't say I'm sold on the alternate. I get the thinking behind it, but I feel like it was one of those things that's a better idea than it actually turns out to be. I'd reckon you could turn the sock into another stripe and keep the "BOSTON" text inside it, though, and it'd look fantastic.

My only real suggestion for Chicago would be to go ahead and just give them plain white socks! I really like everything else about it, though; the black and white hoops look great.

I love your Cleveland set, probably my favorite of the lot, with the Orioles a close second. The Fitzroy/Brisbane yoke just works so well and I can't explain why! And the classic designs for the home and away give you the room to create that out-there alternate, in my mind. The Orioles just have great colors to start with, and the two stripes are a really good, unique look, at least unique as far as I know. (Even if it does make me think of suspenders! Or braces, as a quick Google search leads me to believe you'd call them.)

Oh my, that Orioles Alternate looks oddly familiar

You know, I thought them same thing when I saw it! I think it's just coincidental timing, though, since Modbury Hawk's design really is just an enlarged portion of that logo he linked to, and by extension of the Maryland state flag. That jumper would actually work great for a state team, too, now that I think about it!

 

[Modbury_Hawk_12]

Oh my, that Orioles Alternate looks oddly familiar

Sorry if its similarities to a design of yours

 

[Modbury_Hawk_12]

WLD42 Thanks for the ideas.

Firstly, I'll think I'll just scrap the Red Sox alternate altogether and come up with a completely new design (at the moment I'm thinking a regular sash. Also, I thought about leaving the logo out of the home and away and using the Norwood jumper but I wasn't sure if it would work the same way as it does for them. I'll give it a go and see what people reckon.

Secondly, I didn't really mean to make the logo the centre of all the jumpers but it kinda turned out that way.

 

[WLD42]

Secondly, I didn't really mean to make the logo the centre of all the jumpers but it kinda turned out that way.

Had a feeling that it might have just been a coincidence with small sample size of these first five. Looking forward to the revisions and to the rest of the teams!

 

[Modbury_Hawk_12]

Boston one is way cool! Especially the home!
Do a San Francisco Giants one next?

San Francisco Giants
Unlike the other teams where I put a lot of thought and a little bit of research into their designs these ones just sort of popped into my head and I really like how they look. Again, i didn't mean to include a logo but it just sorta worked out that way. (It was far too plain without it). However, I think it's a good design because it will last for a long time and won't become dated which was my worry with the Red Sox design and to some degree the White Sox.

 

[Modbury_Hawk_12]

OK, so here are a couple possible changes to the Red Sox.
First up for the home. I took WLD42 advice and gave it a plain, Norwood-esque jumper. this could work because of the Red Sox, Redlegs thing but I still would prefer the original. What do you think I should do?

Now for the alternate. As I mentioned earlier I wasn't happy with the original one and this one will definitely turn some heads. I took the colours from this: http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/view/2908/Boston_Red_Sox/1950/Alternate_Logo and the sash was a bit of a mention to the original alternate and also, it looked cool. Again, what do you guys think?

 

[WLD42]

Still looking good! Love the Giants alternate; the black and muted orange always look good together, but I think they're even better when white's added to the mix. I reckon you're right that the Red Sox home looks good both ways, and that alternate... wow! I wasn't sure at first, but the more I look at it, the more it grows on me. I suppose something wild like that's sort of the point of a third jumper, especially when what you've designated as the "away" is able to function as a clash.

If you're using requests to determine the order, I'd be interested to see Toronto next (or soon, if you've already got other teams in the pipeline). Keep it up!

 

[Modbury_Hawk_12]

Toronto Blue Jays
I really like the Blue Jays logos and I love how they have a sort of swooping feel. Especially this one: http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/view/82vfhup2nflrbcogo4bubyq8e/Toronto_Blue_Jays/2004/Primary_Logo and I really wanted to incorporate that as part of the design. Unfortunately, this wasn't really practical to use the actual logo as a home design as it could become dated in 20 or so years time and it is highly unlikely that it'll still be their logo so I decide to use a hoop to replicate a "swoop". The diagonal split was partially because that's the sort of look I imagined the logo to give and also because it just made it a bit more interseting at nice to look at. The alternate was based off of the Canadian flag for obvious reasons.

And here is the update Red Sox. I decided to stick to my original home.

 

[Modbury_Hawk_12]

Houston Astros
OK, so it's been a while but I'm gonna get through this. The Astros have just recently redone most of their logos, uniforms etc. and I personally love it, it is a brilliant mix of modern design and older simplistic components. So that's the look I was going for with the home. Initially the idea was based off of their new home uniform but after large amounts of tweaking it ended up what it is now. I wanted to avoid using orange as the main colour as I've used it a bit already, and I used grey instead of white because it looks a lot better. I'm a little unsure about the away and alternate as I don't think a wordmark is really very "footy jumper-esque" but I gave it a go but let me know what you think.

As always, comments, especially constructive critcism or ideas are encouraged.