From the Sox Drawer - BC Lions

So for LITERALLY years, I've had an idea to rebrand the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. Look at animal logos in the Pacific North West. The Canucks and Seahawks both have sleek logos with references to traditional Native American, or First Nations art. The style is very straight with patterns and flairs that make it seem like it could be made of wood.

The BC Lions' logo isn't great. It's iconic, but not great. So I went ahead and made this yesterday. I went step by step, snapchatting the results. The first attempt was very blocky and hardly resembled a lion. I couldn't just take a lion from aboriginal art, well because, there isn't any. Not even mountain lions. So I looked at other animals, so eagles and wales. I picked up a few things from there. I went and looked at lion logos, so Detroit's came up. I realized that I may have to be sleeker than originally planned, but as long as it's bold and sharp. I did the head shape first, then added more details. The mouth is flat and angular, like the Seahawks and Canucks. I did a dark Shadow on the neck and jaw. Then white around the mouth (and has been nicknamed Colonel Sanders because of it). Eyes are one of my weak points, and I drew an eye after looking at some for other animals and came out with an eye that matched. I threw in a few shapes that I noticed in the art I saw, and I was done with the head.

The BC was the Baylor font that I really love. I wanted something that was different than the one they had, but could still be modern and evoke movement. I put the BC on the bottom of the head and placed it so the detail wold remain, and be as tall as it is wide. I may do some uniforms, but wanted to post these logos that I've had in my head for so long.

CFL Pro Combat Pt 1

You heard me.

I've done a NFL series before, and I thought it would be fun to do some CFL concepts. In alphabetical order...

1/8 BC Lions
I didn't want black to be a major part of the jerseys, like the all black alt. These two follow the home and road sets. I made a sleeve design complete with piping. I put the alternate claw logo on the sleeves, so there wouldn't be 3 BC logos visible from the side. Also, the logo when backwards would habe the letters backwards. The numbers are located on the sleeves. Lastly, the pants were meant to match the jersey.


2/8 Calgary Stampeders
This was the last one I did. I like piping, there I said it. But not just piping can be found, I put a shoulder stripe running front to back, studded with black circles making them seem like horseshoes, inspired by the unused alternate logo. I thought the numbers worked well with the set, and it just happened to be the Broncos' set. I decided to make another set with the nike triangle gradient on the sleeves. The gradients are also on the pants stripe.


3/8 Edmonton Eskimos
I changed the logo. NO BLACK. I didn't realize how bad the logo looked like that. I deleted all forms of black. One thing that works, is the Packers' yellow/green/yellow/green. I didn't like how they had green monochrome, so I matched it with the packers. The sleeve stripes remain the same, and I threw in piping to separate from the Packers. I also didn't put yellow outlines on the numbers.


4/8 Hamilton Tiger Cats
I decided that a yellow jersey would be very nice. I gave the set tiger stripes, giving it it's own feel. Tiger stripes should be prominent in this set. The yellow socks make the leotard look a non factor. On a unrelated note, I think the Tiger-Cats have the best logos in sports.

CFL Pro Combat Pt 2

5/8 Montreal Alouettes
A throwback. The current sets are a mess. Absolutely terrible. I did give them a similar look, with different sleeve colors and underarm/shoulder stripes. One thing you might notice, I changed up the logo set. I changed the colors to Canadiens' colors, cleaned the logo, and returned the AM logo. The helmets return to white, from silver. I chose not to have outlines to match the old sets.


6/8 Saskatchewan Rough Riders
I went modern with this set. The mesh cuts are black, with white trim balancing out the green. The under sleeves use the wheat pattern fond on the logo. I used the Miami looking two tone numbers on this set, because one team had to do it. The pants stripe matches the jersey pattern.


7/8 Toronto Argonauts
The jersey is fairly similar to the currents. The only difference is the Nike gradient used once again. I returned the Argonaut logo, which would be a good return with the right colors. I really like the two colors together.


8/8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers
This is another return to retro set. I made the logo more retro, excluding outlines, with a new set of my own. This follows the Oregon State sleeve stripes, which would look very nice. The chest did seem rather naked, so I threw some piping on.... I have a problem.

CFL All-star jerseys

I was on the CFL website, and they had a link to the All-Star voting. Well as most of you might not know, the CFL doesn't have an All-Star game. They use to have games, but the last one was in 1988. So with that in mind, I wanted to make a jersey concept for the all-star game, if there was one. I thought, it should have the template of the home team, and since the Grey Cup is in Montreal, I based it of my Alouettes concept I posted a while ago, since the jerseys they use, well suck. Thats basically all I have to say about it. Hope you like.I didn't make a helmet, cause I think they'd use their respective teams helmets, similar to the Pro Bowl. That's all I have for now. I might get another this afternoon. Also since the Rays, BLEW IT last night, I might go to game 6 Saturday, darn. Stay tuned.

Alouettes Jersey Concept

Well the Alouettes jersey that they wear, is a piece of crap. So I wanted to make a better looking jersey. So I made the jersey look like most CFl jerseys. I also separated the blue, and red, two dark colours don't look good together. It looks a lot better.I changed the pants stripe too. Overall, it looks A LOT better. So tell me what you think. Sorry for no RtMLB post recently, I'm all out of ideas. So check in sometime this week, later.

CFL Expansion: 4 of 4

The Final Part of my series. A team from Victoria, called the Victoria Islanders. Im gonna cut the crap, and show you my stuff.I wanted to use a colour, no other team had. So I used purple. I also made a Jersey.This was a quick concept. I just wanted to post it, but i need to get to bed. I added some new cool sites. GO check them out

CFL Expansion: part 3 of 4

First off Happy Birthday to Kevin, his birthday was last Saturday, and I had fun at his party. Second, sorry we haven't had any posts for almost a week, I went to a lacrosse camp last week, from 8-12 and was tired the rest of the day, so that explains it. Well this expansion team is called the Quebec Harfangs. I found the logo in the concept gallery on sportslogos.net, it was made bye a person named Gordie. I thought it was really good, and since I needed a team to do, why not his idea. So here it is.Its in the shape of a fleur-de-lis. Good idea. I also made jerseysPretty neat. I have a IHA(icethetics project)logo set to post. Also I found a lacrosse jersey template, Ill have some art to post later. So come back later

CFL Expansion: part 2 of 4

They're back. The Ottawa Rough Riders are back...not really. They folded due to losing seasons, poor ownership, mismanagement, and decreased fan support. Ottawa Got a team back in 2002 called the Renegades(my fantasy team name is the Ottawa Renegades, lol), but they folded in 2005.Like I always do, I made a jersey. I used influences from the old Rough Riders(helmet, and pants), and the Renegades(jersey).The pants are really white, not light light grey. So tomorrow I'll have teams from Quebec City,, and Victoria. Also I got my Coloumbus Blue Jackets logo posted on Icethetics

CFL Expansion: part 1 of 4

I came across a topic about the CFL on the sportslogos.net message boards. They were discussing possible CFL expansion. I've had this idea for a while of a 12 team league with 6 teams in each conference. The CFL has 8 teams now, and a 9Th on the way(Ottawa), and so for my idea to work i need 4 teams. Ottawa, Quebec City, Atlantic Canada in the east. Victoria in the west(while moving Winnipeg to the west). So since I can, I made a Team. The Atlantic Schooners. They were originally going to be from Halifax in the 90's, but didn't have a big enough stadium. So I just brought back the logo.. With that, I made a home jersey. That's basically the standard for CFL Jerseys. I may be from Florida, but I follow the CFL. Every Saturday, a game is on, and I try to watch it. Also when I get older I want to move to Toronto, or Vancouver. This is Mykl btw. So that was my take on the Atlantic Schooners. Ill have new one tonight, or tomorrow. I plan on bringing back the Ottawa Rough Riders. Its funny, cause the CFL had 2 Rough Riders in the same League for 86 years. Nothing is better than a Rough Riders vs Roughriders game(they are spelled different.