Sellout

[Edgy MD]

Loving the aura around the skyline in the blue night in the bottom left version. Hard not to love the cityscape reflected in the water as well, much as I doubt represents a phenomenon that's ever been experienced ever in New York City ever.

[Zvon]

Slight delay of logo. I'm trying to cut the bridge out better and I made it worse. Gah.

[Zvon]

Bridge still needs work. Looks good shrunk small. Full size, not so much.

[Lefty Specialist]

Ironic thought.

If you had the view of the UN from the other side- not edge-on, but angled as you have it, the silhouette of the roof would look similar to the Citicorp building that precipitated this whole hoo-hah.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Zvon wrote: Bridge still needs work. Looks good shrunk small. Full size, not so much.

Brilliant!

[Guest d'Kong76]

You should really try to sell that to them somehow. I have
no idea how one would go about that. I would prefer at least
a tinge of blue in the sky, but that's just spectacular!

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, that midnight blue sky in the lower lefthand sample gave the whole thing a life and depth that stood out for me among all the excellent samples, even if that meant keeping the buildings greyscale for contrast. The buildings are also more distinct from one another in that rendering.

[seawolf17]

On Darren's site:

http://www.the7line.com/contact/

I�M A GRAPHIC ARTIST AND HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SHIRT. DO YOU ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS?
Yes. We are always up for hearing new ideas. There are plenty of creative Met fans in The 7 Line army and we would love to work with you. Email your ideas to info@the7line.com and we can get the ball rolling. You will be compensated for your work and will get credit in the item description.

[Lefty Specialist]

Images of the Empire State Building need to be licensed and approved. Don't know about the others. Just saying.

[Zvon]

d'Kong76 wrote: You should really try to sell that to them somehow. I have no idea how one would go about that. I would prefer at least a tinge of blue in the sky, but that's just spectacular!

I really wanted some blue up there too. I tested it with the B&W cityscape, but when I went blue tint I went all out for reproducing the logos correct colors (the initial sky was a white/blue but I changed that to pure white). I will create a sky blue layer see how the sky looks with different shades of blue.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Images of the Empire State Building need to be licensed and approved. Don't know about the others. Just saying.

Appreciate it. It's something I would need to know.

If I wanted to market this there are so many factors that would have to be considered. I may approach The7line and Darren because they have more than a foot in the door these days.

This logo work is a spinoff from another project which involves the 2015 Mets and my proposition for a 2015 team slogan. I started that before the Mets Realogo.

I collected cityscape pictures for that project and found the B&W one that inspired using photo images of the buildings for the Mets logo. The slogan work also involves use of the Empire State Building, and I wasn't thinking of image rights or anything. Just creating something from a vision. Probably couldn't use it w/o proper licensing and allAdat. That sucks, but I just make the stuff. The marketing part has always been alien to me.

[G-Fafif]

Thinking a Metsian-script take on "Ours" or something of that nature (as in Our City) might help you work around name issues.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: You should really try to sell that to them somehow. I have no idea how one would go about that. I would prefer at least a tinge of blue in the sky, but that's just spectacular! I really wanted some blue up there too. I tested it with the B&W cityscape, but when I went blue tint I went all out for reproducing the logos correct colors (the initial sky was a white/blue but I changed that to pure white). I will create a sky blue layer see how the sky looks with different shades of blue. Lefty Specialist wrote: Images of the Empire State Building need to be licensed and approved. Don't know about the others. Just saying. Appreciate it. It's something I would need to know. If I wanted to market this there are so many factors that would have to be considered. I may approach The7line and Darren because they have more than a foot in the door these days. This logo work is a spinoff from another project which involves the 2015 Mets and my proposition for a 2015 team slogan. I started that before the Mets Realogo. I collected cityscape pictures for that project and found the B&W one that inspired using photo images of the buildings for the Mets logo. The slogan work also involves use of the Empire State Building, and I wasn't thinking of image rights or anything. Just creating something from a vision. Probably couldn't use it w/o proper licensing and allAdat. That sucks, but I just make the stuff. The marketing part has always been alien to me.

This is just a hypothetical question I'm about to ask, for which I don't have an answer. I wouldn't expect you to actually do it. But ... what if you used your own photographs of the Empire State Building and other landmarks? If you used photos you shot, wouldn't you be steering clear of copyright issues? I dunno and I don't feel like googling the answer just yet. I could see a rationale for fair use and also, against fair use.

[Zvon]

Hey guyz, since the Citi building version surfaced I've been web surfing looking for more info and ran into a blog or a site that put a name on the unnamed building below. It might have just been speculation. I can't remember where I saw it or what the name was. Have any of you guyz seen a name for this building anywhere?


I also read that Lon Keller, the guy who supposedly designed the Yankees top hat and bat logo, should be given partial credit for the Gatto logo design because he made some contribution(s) to it. Is this true? Have you any info on this story?

[Fman99]

For those of you into the whole "Facebook" scene, I Warhol'd the two best ones into some dandy cover art, feel free to use it if you like.

[Zvon]

Wow. Looks kool.

I expect you guyz to throw stuff at me when you see my future Mets logo.

[ashie62]

Fman99 wrote: For those of you into the whole "Facebook" scene, I Warhol'd the two best ones into some dandy cover art, feel free to use it if you like.

The would make terrific coins.