- Dan O'Mac
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Re: World Baseball Classic by Sky
The updates for the US feel better. The "United States" word mark makes it feel generic, so I prefer the updated "USA" mark.
As for Mexico, no notes. I like it across the board, especially the emphasis on green.
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Re: World Baseball Classic by Sky
You knocked these updates out of the park! (lame pun fully intended)
Starting with Panama, yeah that's some tasty ish. Giving Braves/Nats but also just a really sharp look. Prob my favorite so far.
Primary green with red is such an underrated combo so I'm happy that you've leaned that direction with Mexico. It's a solid set!
Muuuuuuch better for USA! Fantastic improvements. It feels like a much more cohesive set. I do also prefer the USA set but even though you're not doing alternates, the cream United States set would be pretty bangin' for an alt jersey. I especially like the new number font, feels much more freedom.
I like the update for DR. I think the flat look with alternating colors suits this much better and also helps it stand more unique among the surplus of R/W/B.
Great work, Sky. Really cool to see you taking feedback and applying it to hone things even more. Keep it up!
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Re: World Baseball Classic by Sky
Dan O'Mac wrote:
The updates for the US feel better. The "United States" word mark makes it feel generic, so I prefer the updated "USA" mark.
As for Mexico, no notes. I like it across the board, especially the emphasis on green.
You knocked these updates out of the park! (lame pun fully intended)
Starting with Panama, yeah that's some tasty ish. Giving Braves/Nats but also just a really sharp look. Prob my favorite so far.
Primary green with red is such an underrated combo so I'm happy that you've leaned that direction with Mexico. It's a solid set!
Muuuuuuch better for USA! Fantastic improvements. It feels like a much more cohesive set. I do also prefer the USA set but even though you're not doing alternates, the cream United States set would be pretty bangin' for an alt jersey. I especially like the new number font, feels much more freedom.
I like the update for DR. I think the flat look with alternating colors suits this much better and also helps it stand more unique among the surplus of R/W/B.
Great work, Sky. Really cool to see you taking feedback and applying it to hone things even more. Keep it up!
Thanks so much! I agree that the new USA set is a huge improvement. I think I might end up doing a few alternates for the winners of the WBC and I'm keeping a cream throwback in mind.
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Re: World Baseball Classic by Sky
Taiwan, competing as Chinese Taipei, is another stalwart of the WBC. After a disappointing 2023, the team is facing another tough tournament, losing their captain in the first game of the WBC and in a killer pool with Japan, Korea, Australia, and a gritty Czechia. The 2023 Chinese Taipei look was excellent, I felt. All I needed to do was switch the font to a simple block and remove the strange pink baseball stitches from the logo.
I've also made a version with a proper Taiwan wordmark, as the "Chinese Taipei" compromise seems silly to me, although I understand why it happened. Initially I intended to go with a set based around the "Blue Sky with a White Sun" canton of the flag, but apparently that symbol is controversial in Taiwan due to its origin with the Kuomintang, so I simply made a new Taiwan wordmark with a script T cap logo.
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Re: World Baseball Classic by Sky
Venezuela stands out in a sea of pan-Colombian colors in South America by using a beautiful maroon and gold. Unfortunately, in recent years, blue has started to become the dominant color, even being their primary trim and road jersey color this year. I've completely cut blue out of the picture here and focused on that gorgeous maroon. The jerseys use contrasting colors for a unique look that compliments their iconic colors.
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Re: World Baseball Classic by Sky
I think Chinese Taipei is a solid look. I've never liked their CT logo, it gives GT to me, but that's not your fault. I would vastly prefer your Taiwan set. I too was recently reading about some of the politics and cultural issues involved over there so I get it. No quibbles either way.
Going back to maroon and gold for Venezuela is the way. Excellent choice. I think the set looks really good minus the super heavy strokes on the back numbers. Just seems inconsistent with the rest of the set but it's a really sharp look that they should use IRL.
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