Bay Area's ECHL Club Preps Unveiling
A big announcement is scheduled in San Francisco for Wed., March 7. No, I'm not talking about the iPad 3. It's the jersey unveiling for the ECHL's newest expansion franchice — the San Francisco Bulls.
The Bulls' new logo (left) was recently leaked on the team's Facebook page after a fan found it on the designer's online portfolio. Last September, we got our first glimpse at the original Bulls logo — which was downright awful.
The new logo is only a slight upgrade, but it's my understanding the team ran into some issues with the league over changing the design too drastically from that original mark. That's a shame, but it's not all bad news — especially if you're among the more creatively inclined.
For logo designers: I've been in contact with the San Francisco Bulls and I'm told they're willing to look at proposals from Icethetics artists for a secondary logo. Any artist whose work is used will, of course, be compensated. So here's what they're looking for:
- The Bulls "want to do something featuring an intertwined 'SF' akin to the 49ers and Giants for [their] shoulder patch." It goes without saying, but they need something original so don't copy either of those teams' logos.
- Also, the team owner is fond of the Golden Gate Bridge, particularly as viewed when one is driving across it. You can get an idea from this logo.
If you have a logo design, you'd like to submit, email it to me by clicking the red Gmail icon at the top of the page (beneath the Icethetics logo). I'll forward them on to the team and I'll post the good ones on the Concepts page.
At this point, no deadline has been set. It's kind of open-ended, but you're probably wise to shoot for the end of the month at the latest. Good luck!
Chris
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get a straight answer from this team and five months have past. So I'm going to post the entries here on Icethetics for all to enjoy. They'll go up on the Concepts page over the course of the next four weekends as part of a series called San Francisco Sundays.
Reader Comments (9)
Is there a particular due date for submissions?
Not at the moment, there's not. I'd just suggest you get your designs in sooner rather than later.
Any Idea what font the bulls are Using for their Main crest? Or is it an Original Team Font?
This is the website that the logo was on for people to check out:
http://digitalpaintjournal.blogspot.com/
Just saw them tonight promoting at the Sharks game, they had a table with a signs and stuff plus their mascot there. Nothing new really, just that current logo all over the place, and lots and lots of orange, it would lead me to believe that will be their primary color, so thinking orange jersey maybe.
I liked that logo better when it was created for the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL
The Bulls just released a teaser on their youtube page. Looks like red instead of orange? Interesting....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz1Z74pHzho&feature=youtu.be
it's not red it's orange....all of their merch is orange....saw the owner at the Sharks game last week he said they are orange too
good call scott. I saw a lot of red aswell. Should be interesting. I would personally preser orange rather than red because i think that red is too over used in designs.