Alternate History Sports / AltFL - Design Thread

**Posted by Gritty** 5/29/2020 6:35 pm

Hey everyone! Hope everyone has a great weekend. Uniforms for the SOUTH are going to be due on Saturday night. As of right now, Dallas and Miami have unopposed entries and Orlando has NONE. I'll end up putting some entries in if we need some. Looking forward to seeing what you all have in mind!

**Posted by Thehealthiestscratch** 5/30/2020 4:47 pm

Finally had time to focus on trying to play a part in this project. Can’t wait for these jerseys!

**Posted by Gritty** 5/31/2020 8:31 am

The AltFL SOUTH uniform poll!

I have to say I am impressed with the submissions. I also wanted to shout out everyone who worked on Orlando after I sent out the last post. Everyone stepped up and we ended up with more Orlando submissions than everyone else! Anyway, the poll will be open for the next day or so (since everyone votes really quickly these days). I will then reveal the teams two at a time moving forward. Should be an exciting week. AltFL NORTH submissions due WEDNESDAY.

Remember that the uniforms are designed so that the owner can mix and match as they see fit. So judge the uniform set as a whole and not necessarily the combination that is presented.

https://forms.gle/TNEZknpFGvVb5dsr6

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**Posted by Dan O'Mac** 5/31/2020 9:13 am

Some really great looks, I went back and forth on my vote for Birmingham and San Antonio, and the rest all had some really good options too. But the Vulcans and Phantoms was tough to pick one on.

**Posted by Stickman** 5/31/2020 9:14 am

I'll save my team by team analysis for tomorrow, as usual. However, I have to say this now as we are still designing team uniforms. I'd personally suggest is to keep the main color of the team's logo in mind when we are designing the helmets.

I've seen a few of these Alt South Division teams where the helmet and logo are the same color. This causes the logo to get somewhat lost in the helmet, (for example, both of the Copperhead options have copper helmets. Since the copperhead logo is also copper, that logo blends in with the helmet, especially if you are looking at it from a smaller screen). For reference, I'd suggest checking out the NFL team's helmets compared to the logos they use on the helmets. The logo on the helmet is almost always a different color than the helmet's color, which helps the logo stand out more.

EDIT: Since I forgot to bring this up earlier, outlines should be considered too in this argument. In Gritty's Thunderducks design above this post, the helmet is yellow, as is the duck. However, because it's in a navy circle with a white and a second navy outline surrounding that, obviously that's less of a problem that the helmet and logo are the same color. Just saying that part now because it'll probably be brought up otherwise.

Again, just saying this now as we are still in the design phase of these uniforms and this could help make what already are great uniforms even better! Contrary to what I just said, I do really like these a lot!

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**Posted by DireBear** 5/31/2020 12:48 pm

Really great designs all around! Birmingham, San Antonio, and Orlando were really hard to narrow it down to one design in my opinion. This should be a great group when the winners are revealed!

**Posted by NeoPrankster** 5/31/2020 1:59 pm

Option D is my favorite for Orlando because it reminds me of the Frankfurt Galaxy.

**Posted by ThisIsFine** 5/31/2020 2:32 pm

NeoPrankster wrote:
Option D is my favorite for Orlando because it reminds me of the Frankfurt Galaxy.

Option E is my favorite because of the helmet design and the alternate.

**Posted by Thehealthiestscratch** 5/31/2020 3:34 pm

As I look at all of these I wonder what the logo designer thinks of how people spun their look. Was it expected? Surprising? (In a bad or good way). Is there any you look at and go “yes that fits perfectly with what I made”.

**Posted by MyTeamIsDr.Pepper** 5/31/2020 3:51 pm

Don't want to sway votes or anything, but Orlando really surprised me, I had trouble coming up with stuff but it ended up becoming my favorite group, I think it does have a clear best design but each option was pretty good. Birmingham was good too.

Stickman wrote:
I'll save my team by team analysis for tomorrow, as usual. However, I have to say this now as we are still designing team uniforms. I'd personally suggest is to keep the main color of the team's logo in mind when we are designing the helmets.

I've seen a few of these Alt South Division teams where the helmet and logo are the same color. This causes the logo to get somewhat lost in the helmet, (for example, both of the Copperhead options have copper helmets. Since the copperhead logo is also copper, that logo blends in with the helmet, especially if you are looking at it from a smaller screen). For reference, I'd suggest checking out the NFL team's helmets compared to the logos they use on the helmets. The logo on the helmet is almost always a different color than the helmet's color, which helps the logo stand out more.

EDIT: Since I forgot to bring this up earlier, outlines should be considered too in this argument. In Gritty's Thunderducks design above this post, the helmet is yellow, as is the duck. However, because it's in a navy circle with a white and a second navy outline surrounding that, obviously that's less of a problem that the helmet and logo are the same color. Just saying that part now because it'll probably be brought up otherwise.

Again, just saying this now as we are still in the design phase of these uniforms and this could help make what already are great uniforms even better! Contrary to what I just said, I do really like these a lot!

I disagree about Tennessee, I think, much like the Houston Texans or the Atlanta Falcons, it's one of the few instances where a copper helmet works with a primarily copper logo. I do agree that it should be avoided but in this case I do like it. You can't not do a copper helmet for a team named the Copperheads.