Potential CPL logo concepts

[Gopherbashi]

I've got to throw my hat in against the antlers as well.  Symbolism's a nice perk and all, but it has to look good first - and you really can't tell those are antlers unless you know they're antlers (and still, it clashes).

[grande]

I like the idea of the antlers... but I don't know, it doesn't quite jive yet... Can you try moving the antlers out a bit (ie, so they're attached to the logo, rather than being behind the logo)?

(PS - I really like FC Red Deer)

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

Okay. Lol yes I got it the antlers are not a favorite.  Hence why I included the other version.  

But I'm still going to pitch them, or at least the idea of them to anyone willing to listen lol.

It's like a crown guys!!

[Kent]

15 hours ago, GuillermoDelQuarto said:

B(R)AND TOGETHER, EXPAND TOGETHER!!!!

again, my personal preference is for the antlers, because they are somewhat crown like(a canadian version of a lions mane if you will) which distinguishes it as the top league.  

But I included the one without for those that prefer that

was tricky coming up with a supplementary symbol for the west because it's so big/diverse, but let me know what you think of the three I chose.  I'm not even sure if they need the supplementary symbols but I thought it was worth taking a look at.

 

I'm not sure how this would look, because I'm not exactly artistic, but would it work with the white symbols going below the acronyms? The "1" is already hard enough when you glance at it to not think of it as the letter i, having they symbol directly above the 1 makes me see "lio" and "lie" even more.

BTW, that isn't meant to be a criticism of your 1 in particular, it's something that pops in my head a lot when I see L1O mentioned.

And yes, no antlers for me either. You do great work, and I love coming back here to see what you've been cooking up, but I honestly thought the antlers were a joke when you first introduced them.

Keep up the great work!

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

slightly different version, still gonna try something that says "League One Ontario" etc, but generally thought these looked a bit cleaner.

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

heres one for @ironcub14

 

[yellowsweatygorilla]

12 minutes ago, GuillermoDelQuarto said:

heres one for @ironcub14

 

Woohoo! North York represent! 

 

As a sucker for minimalism though, I'd probably drop the circle and just have the flower as our jersey badge. 

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

Burnaby ideas.  Sent the crest to TSS Rovers and they seemed to like it haha

I think I might change the font.

colours and bird are from the city flag.

 

 

[Pqhbv]

Can you try down sizing the antlers and fitting them on the maple leaf similar to the L1O idea you got there but not in white. Stay gold.

[Tigers]

I'll throw an idea out there for a logo, Guillermo.

Say soccer takes off in Canada for the next 40 years, or magically overnight we had the pyramid of a more developed soccer country. Small cities would have their teams similar to junior hockey, but I think you'd also see county/country/regional/ teams in rural areas with spread out populations. 

I live in such an area, Norfolk County, and I think that's what would happen here. There is a strong county identity here that crosses the small-town divisions. Norfolk Tourism promotes it as "Ontario's Garden" due to being Ontario or Canada's leading producer of over 20 different crops, or "Ontario's South Coast" from the beach towns along Lake Erie.

County Flag, Logo, and Coat of arms write-ups: http://www.norfolkcounty.ca/visiting/about-norfolk-county/

Local soccer clubs Simcoe Youth, Simcoe Elite (the Lightning), and Norfolk Soccer (the Royals) all seem to use pretty generic soccer ball logos from what I can find. 

 

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

1 hour ago, Pqhbv said:

Can you try down sizing the antlers and fitting them on the maple leaf similar to the L1O idea you got there but not in white. Stay gold.

the problem would be that CPL won't show up with gold behind it as well.  not enough contrast.

lol not to mention everyone except you and me hate the antlers hahaha

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

If anyone else thinks of regional ideas like @Tigers, let me know.  

Lord knows drawing this stuff has been a welcome distraction

the more ideas the better.

I'm curious if theres anything like this on the east coast.  Out west here it's mostly fairly sparse.

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

@Tigers

that was fun.  Got any others?

 

edit: lol and because the bird is a hooded warbler, a slightly ironic nickname would be "the hoodlums" hehe.  Kinda contrasts with the feel of the crest.

[Tigers]

Looks awesome! And hoodlums is about perfect too, lol!

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

ignore this.  just need to upload it so I can recopy it somewhere.

 

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

thoughts?

[Shway]

On 1/15/2017 at 9:24 PM, GuillermoDelQuarto said:

Burnaby ideas.  Sent the crest to TSS Rovers and they seemed to like it haha

I think I might change the font.

colours and bird are from the city flag.

 

 

like the use of dryworld....hope we use our kit suppliers within the league and don't instantly resort to nike, adidas

[Shway]

1 hour ago, GuillermoDelQuarto said:

thoughts?

love the unified concept...i would change the gold to red though.

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

Anyone got ideas for potential cities in this new BC league?  

Color me inspired by all the recent happenings.  

[ted]

24 minutes ago, GuillermoDelQuarto said:

Anyone got ideas for potential cities in this new BC league?  

Color me inspired by all the recent happenings.  

The usual list would be something like:

Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Surrey, Kelowna, Penticton, Abbotsford and New Westminster. Give or take.

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

[Gopherbashi]

On 1/15/2017 at 9:24 PM, GuillermoDelQuarto said:

Burnaby ideas.  Sent the crest to TSS Rovers and they seemed to like it haha

I think I might change the font.

colours and bird are from the city flag.

 

 

Hey, that's nice and all, but could you make it look like a real logo (like the Juventus one)?

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

thought these might make a bit more sense to start off with.  CPL is good but I think it makes sense to have the actual words for the first little while so that everyone knows what its for.

Barclays Premier League used to say it, but now that it's world recognized it just has the lion.  Same idea here.

 

[Gopherbashi]

14 minutes ago, Gopherbashi said:

Hey, that's nice and all, but could you make it look like a real logo (like the Juventus one)?

Honestly though, if you're looking for ideas, maybe try some minimalist ones with the bigger cities and see what subtle references you can fit in.  It's one thing to throw them into a complex logo, but it would be a different challenge altogether to do it while limiting yourself.  Might take you out of your comfort zone in a good way.

Just a thought.

[GuillermoDelQuarto]

also, for the RT3 league in BC

aiming to make it sorta bronze-y