A few months ago, Phil Hecken from the website Uni Watch put out a call for readers to reimagine what the XFL would look like today if the #XFL hadn't folded. This was also a contest, in part, to the rumors (which are now true) that Vince McMahon was bringing the XFL back to life.
Well, I entered the competition with a concept that mixed both the Letter Fronted uniform concepts with pattern sublimation. It is a simple/clean look yet didn't push many boundaries and didn't gain much traction among readers.
There were some realllllly awesome concepts which you can find here (Part I) and here (Part II) with the winner determined here (THE FINALS).
To be honest, I was a big fan of the Geometric patterns applied to Aaron Jaffe's design.
Here's my entry:
Now, I was fairly disappointed that I kept it so safe. That is my M.O... but I decided to go back and give it another whirl. I went into unsafe territory. I tried to design some patterns which all turned out bad. Then I realized I had downloaded a cool design called Shiny Red Wave Background from Freepik by concepter Harryarts. I then went to Spoon Graphics and found some awesome Topographical patterns to add a... LendaSport feel to the design. I also found some inspiration looking through the Paladin Sport catalogue. I also used a base from #GarbAthletic for all of my designs since they are the ones who partnered with #UniWatch for this contest.
Yeah, I am admitting my sins which doesn't absolve me of anything. Yet my finished product is part curiosity and part... WHY DID YOU DO THIS?!?!?!
The Font I used is from PixelSurplus called Ridgeline with some spurs thrown into the Numbers from the Rebel Bones Font.
Futbol as Football Series: #KhanResearchLaboratories of the #PakistanPremierLeague (now defunct) of #Pakistan
This is a big #ThankYou to all the folks who have visited the blog from #Pakistan over the past few months.
Many thanks to all of you!
I chose #KRL because I could barely find any up-to-date photos of other clubs on the web and they have won the league several times. So I chose #TheKhans as my squad to cross over from #futbol to #gridiron #football.
They have a pretty cool square pattern on their current (?) jumpers that I wanted to keep for the #AmericanFootball jersey. I decided to make an approximation of this pattern into a "rhomboid" stripe in the vein of #Northwestern's and the #USNavalAcademy's 2016 around-the-trunk design. I also did a "reduced" concept using this rhomboid stripe as #IndianapolisColt stripes on the shoulders. I used this stripe as side panels on the "reduced" concept of the "Generic Template" and not on the "Real World". Plus, I incorporated this design into the squads' helmet.
I decided to use BodyHype's, a #Quebec, #Canada outfit, Bruzier template for my "Real World" concept. They outfit a few squads in the #FFFL, such as the #ThononPanthers, and are quite good masters of sublimation. (Love the #ThononPanthers' kits).
Fonts used - Numbers - Boxise, Names - Berg Regular
