Vote for the new OKC Thunder logo

[Rover]

I guess anyone who likes it and can't bring themselves to complain and don't feel miserable just is lacking in taste. Why can't we let all these internet posters choose. Who needs professional artists when we have all these self proclaimed gurus of marketing.

[Platemaker]

One of things that bothers me the most about the logo is it wan't even designed on a computer. It was done with sticky tape from an art store. If you take the logo into photoshop and zoom in you can actually see the edge of the adhesive tape around each item.

AHHHH c'mon Kerry! ! don't believe that for a second!

What electronic copy of the logo do you have... obviously not one from a press kit or anything!

[Kerry]

Platemaker - I will need to go back and findout where I got my electronic copy from but in Photoshop you can clearly see the ditortion caused by the clear adhesive around every object. You can even see where the name THUNDER was spelled out and the mylar was cut at the top to create the curved effect. Heck, you can even see with the naked eye that the "R" at the end isn't even linning up with right side of the logo. No way you could be that far off with a computer.

[Platemaker]

The image you have has to be a copy of a copy... suggesting they didn't even use a computer is just silly.

If it's a bad copy it's a bad copy... Photoshop doesn't increase the resolution on images.

As far as the "hanging R" thing. The cross on the T hangs off just as far... even centering things with a computer doesn't eliminate optical illusions.

[Kerry]

The image you have has to be a copy of a copy... suggesting they didn't even use a computer is just silly.

If it's a bad copy it's a bad copy... Photoshop doesn't increase the resolution on images.

No, but it does let me select pixels by color and what might appear solid white to naked eye is really two different shades of white.

[jbrown84]

How about still repping OKC at your gigs by using the black practice t-shirts that were launched this summer? They are much more respectable and closer to what I think most of us were expecting.

Hmmmm.

A generic logo with a basketball and the name Oklahoma City

vs.

A generic logo with a basketball and the names Oklahoma City and Thunder (in the same exact font).


I MUST BE MISSING SOMETHING.

[jbrown84]

Hmm. (1)Generic logo with a basketball. (2) much better Generic logo with a basketball.

What are we complaining about here?

[bwana_bob]

The native file is a vector graphic - infinitely scalable with clarity. The JPG logo files that most people are passing around use lossy compression - meaning that the quality is diminished in the compression process and cannot be restored. Each successive save typically reduces quality. JPG files can always be scaled down but never up (in terms of maintaining the visual quality of the original JPG file). JPG compression is widely used because it produces less perceivable distortion of images than comparable methods while achieving up to a 10x file size reduction. It is certainly possible that an art department might use tape and film for some form of mock-up but rest assured that the archetype file for all licensed uses is digital and in vector format.

[edcrunk]

Sorry 'bout ya.... way to promote. If they saw that shirt I'm sure it would be "oh wow... OKC has an NBA team... " not "OH MY GOD, BECKY! LOOK AT THAT GUY'S T-SHIRT!!! THAT LOGO IS NOT PHAT!"

if you only knew how incredibly judgmental these hipsters / nu-raving, dance party goers are. for instance... they would say "OMG, did that plate guy just say PHAT? IDK anyone who even says phat anymore... WTF, that's so 1990's".

(btw, sometime in the twentyteens that term will probably come back into vogue)

however, i would rock this shirt for sure!



it should say oklahoma city on it tho...

What a hypocrite! You're arguing a point in the same basic way I did! Aren't those people that brought umpteen Barry Manilow albums and gave him hit records that you have such a low opinion of the same people that will..... oh never mind.

touche.

[edcrunk]

Hmm. (1)Generic logo with a basketball. (2) much better Generic logo with a basketball.

What are we complaining about here?

side by side... i do like ours better.

i'll concede that much, jbrown.

[betts]

If you go to nba.com and click on "store" on the right, you can see a lot of logos that look like ours. But, if you scroll over each logo, you can see that a lot of the teams have at least one other that is more elaborate (or in Detroit's case, even simpler). I'm sure we'll have at least one more logo soon that is more representative of our team/city/state soon. The Hornets have multiple logos: the regular Hornet logo, the hexagon with an "H" and the "fleur-de-bee". We can too.

[angel27]

All right all you guys who would have done better -- draw up your designs and post them or send them to Clay so he'll have the benefit of your expertise!

[Doug Loudenback]

Hmm. (1)Generic logo with a basketball. (2) much better Generic logo with a basketball.

What are we complaining about here?

I'm coming around to liking it as the news settles. I particularly like it on a black background:

Larger: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...underlogo2.jpg

[Rover]

When the hysteria and all the "I could have done better" bravado passes, this design will grow on everyone. When you see it compared to almost all the other NBA logos you will appreciate it more.

[edcrunk]

i don't think it's bravado when i overhear a girl at sidecar talking about how horrible it is. or when i read mild mannered people who always seem to be positive on myspace and facebook expressing dismay at the design. sure, you can chalk up the nation wide dissing to the typical okie bashing and bitter sonics fans. however, i don't believe berry would write a story about it if there wasn't some merit to the overwhelming dislike of the design.
this is something i don't believe clay can ignore. just read all the comments on newsok.

btw, if miami has a bad logo... it doesn't affect them as adversely due to the fact that they are appreciated and respected in so many other ways. all we are known for is a dustbowl, a bomb and for being continually mediocre. it's understandable that so many people are let down... since so much was riding on that design.

[jbrown84]

however, i would rock this shirt for sure!

Perfectly viable alternative for those who don't like the logo.


I agree that Clay can't ignore the criticism. I'm sure the subsequent logos will feature more "Thunder". I wouldn't expect the colors to change though.

[kevinpate]

.oO(a little less orange, that's all I ask, just a wee less orange)Oo.

[metro]

I agree, I think it too looks better on the black, but I still don't get how cheery colors display Thunder. I also think the shape of the logo looks like an acorn.

[Luke]

My theory...




Thunder + Bird = Thunderbird

[bwana_bob]

I'm ready for two new polls:

POLL #1: Which is more disappointing?

A) The new Thunder logo
B) The first time you eat Goobers Peanut Butter & Jelly and realize "it's not all that"
C) Falcone's Bricktown location
D) Osama B. L. still at-large, living in a cave and probably watching the NFL ticket on DirectTV
E) (Insert name of announced but never started Bricktown development)
F) Brett Favre leaving the Packers


POLL #2 : Which do you hate more?

A) The new Thunder logo
B) Metro's incessant droning about the bad logo

After a few days, I'm over it. I didn't buy the team so I can't expect them to follow my advice on a logo, no matter how prescient that advice may be. I'm ready for the season to tip-off, plan to buy some gear in the next week and want to get my butt in a seat (Loud City, of course).

BTW, Metro, I'm just gigging you. You have been prolific in the 200+ threads on this board about the Thunder and you haven't exactly been shy with your feelings. Free speech is exactly that - available to all and open to the controversy that comes with it.

Go Thunder!

[okcsince1987]

[IMG]thunder[/IMG]


how cool would this have been?

[jbrown84]

POLL #1: Which is more disappointing?

A) The new Thunder logo
B) The first time you eat Goobers Peanut Butter & Jelly and realize "it's not all that"
C) Falcone's Bricktown location
D) Osama B. L. still at-large, living in a cave and probably watching the NFL ticket on DirectTV (would I be un-patriotic if I didn't vote for this one?)
E) (Insert name of announced but never started Bricktown development) (dishonorable mention)
F) Brett Favre leaving the Packers


POLL #2 : Which do you hate more?

A) The new Thunder logo
B) Metro's incessant droning about the bad logo

[OkieHornet]

it should say oklahoma city on it tho...

those are shirts that every NBA team has and none of them have the city name on them...

[jbrown84]

I don't think this is official, but it gives you just an idea of what can be done. Found it on the official Thunder page on Facebook. It think it's official, that is...

[UnFrSaKn]

I saw that one a few days ago. I never did join that group though.

BTW, there's also a "OKC Thunder Haters" group based in Seattle (surprise surprise) with 49 members. Mostly crybabies. Their group image is a picture that says "I love OKC" with the 'love' crossed out and "hate" written above it.