new 'walking cy' logo concept
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Haha. It's called passion. Many of us have it, you included?
If amestoplease had any ulterior motives, they were dashed years ago. But I don't think he ever did.
He is a great Cyclone!
This is extremely well done. As a fellow Cyclone graphic artist this is the best ISU fan graphic I've seen on here (and there have been some great ones). Even love the choice of putting it on that faded canvas color background.
Does Cy look a little small to you? Like this kind of looks like mini-Cy to my untrained eye.
But it is a very good attempt. Much better than some stuff our AD has paid for
Is anyone else bothered by the "Vintage 1978" or whatever other applicable year the logo is from that all ISU past logos contain?
I have some really nice Nike hoodies with classic Cy on them and that little logo with the year bugs the crap out of me.
I have some really nice Nike hoodies with classic Cy on them and that little logo with the year bugs the crap out of me.
Please don't hate me, I have a couple of suggestions, and then I tried to illustrate them on your template. // I think the cardinal is just a tad too dark (it should be darker than our cardinal, yes) so I lightened it just a bit The gold is far too dark. I don't think that dark of a gold will ever have a chance of seeing the light of day being this dark, and this effort deserves that! It is really good! The mouth and teeth don't look quite right to me, so I made some slight changes there. I added just a touch of gold in the eye, like we've had in the past with some of the Walking Cy's. I like how you shortened the body/trunk of Cy, horizontally, as opposed to the vintage Cy's! Great job amestoplease!
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So many talented people on here. Wish the AD would utilize the homegrown talent and the branding we have already.
100x cheaper than paying an outside firm
100x cheaper than paying an outside firm
Just a layman's perspective, but I prefer a few things in the version by @amestoplease.
I prefer the right "hand" arm having a forward-facing fist rather than a back-facing odd-looking wing.
Also, I prefer the less frilly "pant leg."
Definitely not questioning his passion.
Love his work, sorry to mention royalties. Many schools/employees/alumni jump on money (hawk).
Me, to the bone - even here in NC. Some years back when attending games - I had made a beautiful large Cyclone stained glass hanging. Some #^€ fan stole it from a tailgate. It was a gift presented to another loyal fan. Should not have left it hanging on their tent during game
Agree. I showed the other one because I had it sitting, nearly completed, when ames posted his new version of CY. I went ahead and completed it, and posted it for comparison sake. His version is better, quite a bit better. I hope it can be adopted as an Alt Logo!
I went back and removed the gold from the eye (like ames had it).
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Besides, there is nothing too original with Kagavi's creation (or mine), below. It is just switching body, arms, legs, feet to the particular vintage CY you prefer. In the end, it is 'different', but not really that much.
maybe i should have specified; the point of this was wasn't to design something that would have the best chance of getting implemented by the athletic department. this is entirely based on my own selfish preferences of color etc. basically i just wanted to make something that i thought would look cool. i spent a lot of time going back and forth on every small element, trying to determine where to draw the line between what felt necessary and what felt like clutter. this was all for the purpose of landing on a clean design that looked like it was made with intent, all while maintaining a retro vibe with a longer shelf life. i could tweak this design infinitely, and i knew i would unless i forced myself to call it 'done' and just post it.