Once Jason and I finish branding a team the work rarely stops there. And one reason we love working with teams like the Spokane Indians, besides they’re all really fun great people, is that they understand a brand needs to be treated like a living breathing organism. Even a brand like Spokane’s, which has a very classic look, needs to constantly be evolving to stay fresh.
When Otto, one of the ringmasters up in Spokane, asked us if we wanted to take a crack at 3D-ifying their logo we were pumped. Spokane has helped us create countless new services that we now regularly offer all our clubs. Keep on inventing guys! I became obsessed with mesh gradients in Adobe Illustrator a few years back. The Clink Room’s site is almost entirely designed using them. If you don’t know what they are or how to do them here is a link to 20 tutorials.
What’s great about this type of file is that it can be scaled and printed to the size of the State of Washington without changing the resolution. Just like all Illustrator files but with shading! All of you entering Clink Room collaboration contests in Photoshop, get on the Illustrator wagon. I’m talking to you T.J.
LoL Yessir. The time has come to leave my old photoshop self behind. This looks so crisp.
— T.J. on April 27, 2011
Friggen awesome. Looks like I have a new skill to learn this summer in preperation for next hockey season.
— David Streeter on April 27, 2011
Those are great results. Classic look.
— Eric W on April 27, 2011
It looks really great. Where is the team planning to use this 3D logo?
— Tom Richards on April 27, 2011
It’s great for online and print. Embroidery is probably the only place it won’t work.
— casey on April 27, 2011
Thats awesome….I think it’s time I learn to gradient mesh
— Samm McAlear on April 27, 2011
I’m new here, where can i see contest postings or when is the next contest?
— Chris A on April 27, 2011
- Chris A
A contest just ended so you can just scroll down on the home page to see the entries/winners.
— jesse v on April 27, 2011
Aww crap. One more thing to learn before I win.
But I will win … eventually.
— Jeff Crupper on April 27, 2011
Thank you Jesse,
Yeah I saw those entries and the winners. Quite impressive entries, all of them. I’m not in it to win it, it’s just the aesthetic value of participating in contests, you learn and you get to see other peoples works! :]
— Chris A on April 27, 2011
Nice, ive been looking to learn this. Thanks as always for the inspiring stuff boys!
— TajMcCall on April 28, 2011
Since Spokane is my favorite MiLB team, let me know where and when I can cop that on a T-Shirt, Hoodie, Jacket……
— Juan Carlos Strickland on April 28, 2011