Everyone, thank you for your comments. I absolutely agree on all fronts, the Sens and Carp will receive changes soon. The Carp in particular will begin to use white on the away jersey. 

H-Town, I'd like to go a little more in-depth on your comment because you took the time to explain. I wanted to use some national imagery and as of now only I really only have the rising sun (which I should rectify soon), so both the team and the league leaning into it made sense to me. I don't see myself changing it, with all things said, most likely the league's logo will be revised. I hadn't thought about potential league/team collaborations, but that's a clever idea and I might utilize it later. As for the overlap, you're 100% correct and it completely slipped my mind. I'd done some work to try and make this close to historically accurate and managed to screw up one of the most basic things! That'll be fixed really soon. As for the number font, again, you're correct, I'll find some new block fonts to work with for now. As for the vest, I'm actually using the vest option, maybe I wasn't doing it properly? I'll take a look at that as I make the updates. With the Carp, I think I'm gonna have to keep it that color despite historical inaccuracy. The color is important to the province and I think it looks awesome. The logo will also see some touch-ups over time, but it's another thing I like and will stay around in some for or another. Thanks for the comments and I'll get started on some updates that should fix these issues!

Quick Edit: If you have suggestions for specific fonts, I'd love to hear them. I don't have the money to buy certain fonts, but for whatever reason I'm having trouble finding new classic block fonts. Thanks in advance!

That said, I do have another team for you guys while I update the Sens and review my other teams to fix some issues. The "Second City" of Robin Island, Shinōsaka!



About Shinōsaka:

Shinōsaka is the second-most populous city in the country (after Shinkyō) and is the center of Japanese culture in Robin Island. Shrines and torii gates dot the landscape and often one can see people in kimono headed to a festival to play games and decompress after a long work day. Many Robin Island movies are filmed in studios found in and around Shinōsaka and it hosts Universal Studios Robin Island. Every sport is popular in Shinōsaka and it hosts the league headquarters of the Kurotorijima Pro Football Association (KPFA), the highest league of soccer in the country. 

About the Identity:
Formerly known as Shrike Baseball Club (after the auto company Shrike which owned the team), when the team relocated to Shinōsaka for the RIBF, they took on the new name "Shinosaka Shrikes" to comply with the government's request that teams take their name from the city. The logo itself is a colored version of the auto company's crest, with colors taken straight from a shrike. As the only other team to utilize pinstripes, Shinosaka is unique even then by placing them on the away jersey as well. The home uses black pinstripes and the logo on the chest, similar to Aorin. The away jersey is tan (also with black stripes) with "Shinosaka" in arched text across the chest. The cap is tan with a black bill (like a shrike) with a solid-color version of the logo. The pants are a clean white with black stripes and the socks are tan stirrups.

About the Team:
Ryota Fujimori is the son of Masato Fujimori, the owner of Shrike, the foremost auto company in Robin Island. He's received his father's blessing to invest in the team and league and is passionate about the team. They will play in Shinosaka Memorial Field, a 27,650-seat stadium built to help revitalize the economy after World War II. It was opened in 1948 and is one of the larger stadiums in the league. The two top players on the Shrikes are CF Michito Suzuki and P Kiyoshi Abe. Shinosaka is expect to be average this year, with preseason predictions placing them at an even .500.

Last edited by QCS (6/09/2020 7:36 pm)

Hell yea on the updates! I love how you created in-character explanations as to why you made these changes, and the changes you made were extremely solid. The new shade of blue is great and doesn't compromise design while also being probably a color closer to real-life production standards of the time period.

Shinosaka is really great, and although I'd hope for a bird more aligned with the birds on uniforms at the time (Orioles and Cardinals), the current look will suffice. I would say that the cream/sand/whatever color away uniform is good, but would be much better with corresponding color pants.

I see where you've run into the problem of "not enough block fonts" with Joestar. My suggestion: just make em up and hand align them! This process, although more tedious, allows for a more classic feel. You can use a current NOB font as the base and play with it from there, or just start with a modified grid type thing and go from there. Hell, you could just use an NOB font for just about any MLB team (there are a bunch made from the mid aughts easily downloadable online, but you know that. I can share a file I got from SFG58 is you need it.) As for the design itself, I once again think the color is too saturated, I'd suggest something like either #443384 or something extremely dark. It's more realistic to the types of purples produced during the period without becoming extremely desaturated or bleh. Also, if you have the time or energy, I strongly suggest working on script logos by hand instead of just going to a font. It takes practice, but right now I have a bunch of concepts for my Association project that look so much better because I drew them out first and cleaned em up in a vector program.

Last edited by H-Town1141 (6/10/2020 1:22 am)

Excellent updates, particularly to the Carp. I still think the Senators script could be thickened, but the Yankees vibe is still there so it works.

I like the Shrikes. Very unique color scheme. I think the logo could use a black outline, and I wished the full logo was on the cap instead of the single color version. Could be future changes. 

Joestar looks good. I tend to agree with H-Town on the color hue. I think it's too bright. Something a little softer and darker might lend more toward the era.

Nice work!

H-Town1141 wrote:

Hell yea on the updates! I love how you created in-character explanations as to why you made these changes, and the changes you made were extremely solid. The new shade of blue is great and doesn't compromise design while also being probably a color closer to real-life production standards of the time period.

Shinosaka is really great, and although I'd hope for a bird more aligned with the birds on uniforms at the time (Orioles and Cardinals), the current look will suffice. I would say that the cream/sand/whatever color away uniform is good, but would be much better with corresponding color pants.

I see where you've run into the problem of "not enough block fonts" with Joestar. My suggestion: just make em up and hand align them! This process, although more tedious, allows for a more classic feel. You can use a current NOB font as the base and play with it from there, or just start with a modified grid type thing and go from there. Hell, you could just use an NOB font for just about any MLB team (there are a bunch made from the mid aughts easily downloadable online, but you know that. I can share a file I got from SFG58 is you need it.) As for the design itself, I once again think the color is too saturated, I'd suggest something like either #443384 or something extremely dark. It's more realistic to the types of purples produced during the period without becoming extremely desaturated or bleh. Also, if you have the time or energy, I strongly suggest working on script logos by hand instead of just going to a font. It takes practice, but right now I have a bunch of concepts for my Association project that look so much better because I drew them out first and cleaned em up in a vector program.

I'm glad you like the updates! Almost every "production issue" color will get changed back to its original shade later in the timeline, but for now realism wins out. The Shrikes will eventually get matching color pants (the color is tan, by the way) and the bird will also be touched up down the line as well. I just realized that the first 5 teams have all used the same NOB font, which is both a problem and also a little quirk I kinda like. The remaining 5 shouldn't have these issues. As for the MLB NOBs, I'd love to have those. It was common for Japanese teams to copy MLB teams and I think that would obviously translate to Robin Island as well. I'll PM you for them. You'll begin to see more scripts later on as well. The Carp in particular will receive a script mark, but I expect for most teams to utilize them eventually. 

Section30 wrote:

All the updates look great, the Carp somehow got even better.

Joestar looks good, I like the bright color scheme and the logo has a classic feel to it.

Thanks! The changes to the Carp's logo applications really elevated the set in my opinion.

Steelman wrote:

Excellent updates, particularly to the Carp. I still think the Senators script could be thickened, but the Yankees vibe is still there so it works.

I like the Shrikes. Very unique color scheme. I think the logo could use a black outline, and I wished the full logo was on the cap instead of the single color version. Could be future changes. 

Joestar looks good. I tend to agree with H-Town on the color hue. I think it's too bright. Something a little softer and darker might lend more toward the era.

Nice work!

Thanks! I'll definitely touch up the Sens' script. The Shrikes will be getting changes down the line to separate them from the car company, and that includes the logo. Hopefully the Joestar changes worked out. 

Thanks for the feedback, everyone! I actually have every team done, but I wanted to space out the reveals a bit. However, the feedback I've been getting has made me go back and fix the rest of them, as well! These issues shouldn't happen again. I'm excited to keep this league going!

Nice work so far! I'd say my favorite so far is the Crusaders, as the darkened purple really made the set for me (or the fact I appreciate the JJBA references  )

The Tigers' mismatching wordmark and numbers are pretty unique. The only thing I have is that the logo kind of gets lost on the cap color-wise. Besides that minor thing it's a great look.