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Anyone know why I can't post attachments? I had to resort to changing my avatar as a means to upload my little logo creation.
Either way, this is my vision for a Toronto Raptor logo -- incorporating the maple leaf, the Toronto skyline & the original raptor design (but removing the jersey ... which I thought was tacky).Last edited by torch19; Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:03 PM.“I don’t create controversies. They’re there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.”
-- Charles Barkley
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How about the Toronto Great Whites, it has duel purpose, the great white north and the great white sharks, who are a fierce creature!Whoever told you skies the limit is looking dumb because I'm 22 and i'm moonwalking on the sun.
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Here is some mascot inspiration for the graphic artists out there:
http://is.gd/0fqgAB
Only, as a Lion.
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torch19 wrote: View PostAnyone know why I can't post attachments? I had to resort to changing my avatar as a means to upload my little logo creation.
Either way, this is my vision for a Toronto Raptor logo -- incorporating the maple leaf, the Toronto skyline & the original raptor design (but removing the jersey ... which I thought was tacky).
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NoPropsneeded wrote: View PostThe Toronto Tigers. There simple and it clicks
Don't know if it'd be my favorite option, but I'm definitely ok with it being an option.
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One of Toronto's Australian Rules Football teams combines two of my proposals, called the "Toronto Rebels" using a Racoon logo, as I suggested for the Toronto Bandits:
http://work.michaelsheedy.com/core/u...s/rebels_1.png
http://work.michaelsheedy.com/core/u...s/rebels_2.png
Tigers seems totally random and generic to me. Upper Canada Rebels would be way better. Toronto Bandits with a Racoon mascot/logo is pretty cool too.
Orange County Rebels Lacrosse team has a pretty cool logo:
http://ocrebelslacrosse.com/wp-conte...go-620x350.png
Also, this very Canadian logo for this ball hockey team:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eed_VnT_7U...ebels+Logo.JPG
Upper Canada Rebels! Join the Rebellion!
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Tigers is a bit generic, but so is Rebels. And I really don't think it fits. Rebellious is not a word that describes Canada's past well. oronto Rebels could be in the discussion, but certainly not Upper Canada Rebels. Calling it Upper Canada doesn't make it more Canadian, it makes it more Ontarian...which may even be kind of annoying to some other parts. It should stay Toronto.
I strongly believe that it's almost always best to use the city's name. There are exceptions, but they usually make sense..
-Utah, Indiana are partly the city names are long, but it's also clearly partly because they're the only major cities in their states, and so it isn't pissing anyone off too much
-Golden State was taken to avoid any controversy when the team moved to across the bridge to Oakland. And I mean, now they're on schedule to move back to San Francisco.
Anyway, I would also take Bandits over Rebels. It doesn't seem to fit either, but hey, we stole half a continent from the native population, so Bandits fits better than Rebels. And nothing better symbolizes Toronto's wildlife landscape than the Raccoon.....for better or worse.
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I do think Upper Canada is more Canadian simply because it has the word "Canada" in it, and refers to Canadian history, but even if you don't buy that, it is, as you say, more "Ontarian" and so includes Ottawa, London, KW, Hamilton, etc.
In any case, I also think Bandits would be cool, especially because of the idea of a Raccoon mascot/logo, as you say, the Raccoon obviously fits Toronto.
Raccoon logos for teams called Bandits work well.
Here is a Boston girls softball team:
http://www.parkwayboston.com/wp-cont...ndits-Logo.jpg
and a Junior Hockey team, also from Boston:
http://jrbandits.goalline.ca/news_im...n_bandits2.jpg
Or this god-awful bit of work from a minor pro hockey team in LA:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/logos/n...ndits_1996.gif
I really like the more dramatic black and white Raccoon style used by the Toronto Rebels Australian Rules Football team way better than all of those though.
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