Rebranding the Toronto Raptors (Updated designs on p. 7)

RxOxP · Post #41 » by **RxOxP** » Sun Jun 9, 2013 5:55 am

The logo is ugly but the skyline idea is brilliant.

onions17 · Post #42 » by **onions17** » Sun Jun 9, 2013 9:30 am

nice work man. i agree that the face could use some work. we need some crazy ideas - like the skylines in the mouth - to be able to come up with some innovative designs.

RINSE · Post #43 » by **RINSE** » Sun Jun 9, 2013 3:59 pm

Toronto Aliens?

babysham · Post #44 » by **babysham** » Sun Jun 9, 2013 5:41 pm

Good effort. The skyline idea is sick. I have to agree with most of the other posters though....the face looks like an alien, not a Raptor.

Hit Em Up · Post #45 » by **Hit Em Up** » Sun Jun 9, 2013 6:08 pm

Hyperglide · Post #46 » by **Hyperglide** » Sun Jun 9, 2013 6:42 pm

Skyline looks cool but the logo looks like it's from a YTV cartoon and is to bland and boring . The nose is wrong and it doesn't look menacing at all. I would rather keep the original logo over that one.

Again good idea with the skyline though.

VC-INJURY · Post #47 » by **VC-INJURY** » Sun Jun 9, 2013 10:05 pm

looks like an alien/10

The current raps logo sucks because it's basically 2 colors. No need to reinvent the wheel here people. Just bring this back.

TorontoRapture · Post #48 » by **TorontoRapture** » Sun Jun 9, 2013 10:24 pm

VC-INJURY wrote:looks like an alien/10

The current raps logo sucks because it's basically 2 colors. No need to reinvent the wheel here people. Just bring this back.

Purple fever forever.

Thelonious · Post #49 » by **Thelonious** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:12 am

My 2 cents: Bottom teeth need a visual separation from the bottom gum/jaw, so the buildings/bottom teeth would need to be white, or to start white from the bottom turning red at the top end (like dripping blood for example)

Troubadour · Post #50 » by **Troubadour** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:32 am

N1QUE24 wrote:
Troubadour wrote:"Bags under eyes because we can't take losing any longer."

Horrible logo

Thanks, what would you say needs improving?

A good starting place would be not consciously making the logo to reflect a losing history

RoLo · Post #51 » by **RoLo** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:50 am

Troubadour wrote:
N1QUE24 wrote:
Troubadour wrote:"Bags under eyes because we can't take losing any longer."

Horrible logo

Thanks, what would you say needs improving?

A good starting place would be not consciously making the logo to reflect a losing history

Could you be anymore of a dick? If you've got nothing nice to say..

N1QUE24 · Post #52 » by **N1QUE24** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:58 am

Troubadour wrote:
N1QUE24 wrote:
Troubadour wrote:"Bags under eyes because we can't take losing any longer."

Horrible logo

Thanks, what would you say needs improving?

A good starting place would be not consciously making the logo to reflect a losing history

lol it was a poor joke, nothing more and nothing less.

ballislife · Post #53 » by **ballislife** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:22 am

Thelonious wrote:My 2 cents: Bottom teeth need a visual separation from the bottom gum/jaw, so the buildings/bottom teeth would need to be white, or to start white from the bottom turning red at the top end (like dripping blood for example)

That's exactly what needs to happen.

MkDon · Post #54 » by **MkDon** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:51 am

VC-INJURY wrote:looks like an alien/10

The current raps logo sucks because it's basically 2 colors. No need to reinvent the wheel here people. Just bring this back.

My thoughts exactly. Why would anyone change a thing of beauty like this in the first place? Some say it's cartoonish, but so is the Celtics logo, yet no one is thinking about changing it or taking it of from the floor at the Garden.

And about the idea of changing the name, i want this team to win championship some day as Raptors not some other name.

N1QUE24 · Post #55 » by **N1QUE24** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:52 am

I appreciate the feedback everyone, I've tweaked the design and here are the results. (thanks especially to __venom__ for his alternate version of the logo I've incorporated some elements of his design).

I've added a sharp boomerang shape just above the snout of the Raptor to add some much needed depth. Most of the feedback I received was people thinking it resembles too much like an alien, I think now it looks more like a Raptor (added pupils to the eyes as well). Also tweaked the skyline and removed some buildings so it's less congested. I'm thinking about adding a basketball outline as a backdrop to the skyline similar to the old Supersonics logo, what do you guys think, would that work (?).

To those who are not big on the cartoon look, this redesign is unlikely to change your mind and I apologize for that.

TdotRap4Lyfe · Post #56 » by **TdotRap4Lyfe** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:34 am

I like the skyline in the jaw feature, but frankly the "Raptor" head looks like a Lizard. Keep working on it, overall good design.

VC-INJURY · Post #57 » by **VC-INJURY** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:34 pm

Logo just looks soft. The skyline in the bottom of the mouth is not subtle. It makes the Raptor look less fierce because the tower is so thin.

Like the poster above said, it still looks like a lizard. It looks like it would be the child/baby of the raptor used in the current logo.

whysoserious · Post #58 » by **whysoserious** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:25 pm

I do like where you're going with it Nique. As a few people mentioned, the simplicity of the Raptor head tends to make it look more like other animals and not definitively a Raptor.

I do like how you incorporated the skyline. I think you'll always need a 3/4 or side profile of the Raptor to make it work.

YoungD23 · Post #59 » by **YoungD23** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:53 pm

whysoserious wrote:I do like where you're going with it Nique. As a few people mentioned, the simplicity of the Raptor head tends to make it look more like other animals and not definitively a Raptor.

I do like how you incorporated the skyline. I think you'll always need a 3/4 or side profile of the Raptor to make it work.

This. The Skyline idea is very nice. I'd tweak the head around a bit to make it look more like a Raptor.

TheRealBlizzy · Post #60 » by **TheRealBlizzy** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:04 pm

If anyone sober or non sober thinks any sort of logo looking like the OP's would IMPROVE our team branding, LOL.

Keep the raptor claw we have now, that **** is **** Alien Vs Predator Ugly.