Wednesday
Jul032013
0501: Beware the Penguin
Rarely do we get really neat concept logos on this page. Most folks just put together jersey designs. But Rudolf Vychovaly has a really superb Pittsburgh Penguins logo here. Can't say the same about the jerseys, but definitely a cool bird.
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Rudolf Vychovaly
Rudolf Vychovaly 
Reader Comments (20)
My God. The jersey looks awful. The logo looks like the robo-penguin had a stroke after being in an horrific accident.
yes, the jersey leaves something to be desired, but the first thing i said when i saw that logo was "wow."
the more i look at it, the more i think it is a very depressing looking logo, but i still like it. maybe they can use this for the image when mario lemiaux dies.
Once you figure out what it is it's pretty cool. But I had to do a triple take before I saw a penguin in that logo. At first look I thought it was some crazy motorcyle helmet wearing robot. Or add a plume to the top and you've got the Pittsburgh Knights. Robo-penguin is the best logo that team has ever had, it needs to come back along with a proper gold colour.
It's a neat penguin ... once you look at the logo for 10 minutes to actually find it (and the hockey stick that it is holding.) I mean both of those: it is actually neat and it is actually hard to see at first. Not sure that I'd want it as the Penguins actual logo, but it is, well, neat.
It's extremely hard to see the Penguin and the hockey stick, unfortunately. Making the head bigger, the gold/white chin spot smaller, and a more obvious shape to the shoulder and fin (perhaps make the Penguin grip the stick?) would go a long way.
With so many entries that are barely even concepts, I hate to see something swing and miss so hard. I'd love to see an edited version.
That logo has a lot going on. I see a helmet, stick, and Penguin. Actually reminds me of the late Atlanta Thrashers logo. Pretty good. However, the jerseys are really, really bad
Its cool but i keep seeing a motorcycle helmet with the stick tape being the face mask. Is that just me?
I love the Logo! Its different and new. The colors of the Uniforms are terrible though if you changed those I would really get behind this.
The jerseys definitely need work. But that is a dandy looking logo. Id love to see it applied on a current or newer design. As far as jersey colours go, I think you need a white and a black/dark, so a white jersey should be included. And if you were to make a yellow jersey, I'd use the other yellow colour used in the logo, and not the "dark gold". But just my thoughts. Definitely would keep the logo. :)
Ohhhh! It's a hockey stick. It looked like a Knights mask to me until I saw the penguin. Then it looked like a penguin with baleen hanging inexpicably from its chin before I realized that's the tape job on a hockey stick.
Despite all that, it's still really cool. And certainly better than I could ever do!
Logo is freaking epic! Gold jersey could use be white and both could maybe have a yoke, but otherwise, I love 'em
@ Frank ,sorry dude but ummmm NO, the PIGEON is dead and needs to stay DEAD! To those of us that are long time die hard Pens fans ('79/'80 season for me, I was 6yrs old then), the PIGEON logo sucks and it represents everything that was Howard (Howard The Duck, Sudden Death, Mystery Alaska) Baldwin. I keep saying it over and over and over again! Funny how once the PIGEON logo was taken off of the uniform for good, the Pens got back to the Cup Finals! The Skating Penguin is on all 3 of the teams Stanley Cup banners, just sayin!
"With so many entries that are barely even concepts, I hate to see something swing and miss so hard."
Oh no, I actually LOVE a big swing. Home run? Strikeout? It doesn't matter. A big swing is better than a lot of these concepts that add a curve or widen a stripe - just too safe, like walking up to the plate and standing there hoping to be walked.
Big swings: Vancouver's Flying V, Burger Kings' thirds, Dallas' s big star, Ottawa's barbershop pole...even the Gordon's fisherman jerseys. Outside of hockey, Astros tequila sunrise or Baltimore Bullets big stripe in the early 70s.
For this logo, I would add an eye. Aside from that, the head, chest, stick, flipper (anyone see that?) are genius.
Even after reading all the comments, I still don't see anything recognizable.
This might work in 100 years. A futuristic version of the NHL
Kill with fire
Looks like a full-face motorcycle or race car drivers helmet. Doesn't work for hockey, even with visors being grandfathered in.
I respect his hard work and effort and superb creativity here with the blade of the stick finishing the face of the penguin but it just doesn't work. It looks a bit too messy and imo would almost be impossible to identify from a great distance.
It's a very interesting and cool logo once you realize what you're looking at. Unfortunately, it took me way too long to figure out what i was looking at. The base is there, but that logo needs to cleaned up and simplified. i would think about morphing that logo into a triangle some how, if the designer can pull that off then hes got something.
Honestly, I couldn't tell that was a penguin