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Just curious, did you come up with the idea for Dukes? First time I read of it was yesterday on this forum and I'm loving it. In my opinion we have few opportunities to tie in a unique name with the city that isn't the same tired stereotypical forced stuff. To me Dukes is up there with 76ers for Philadelphia. It takes very little research to understand the connection. For now, all it lacks is the design and time. I still contend that just as people adopted the use of Saints for football (which now makes perfect sense but probably didn't to so many back then) so too could Dukes gain similar traction. I wish more could see what I and a few others on here see.
Arc Angela and Bounce are the top two worst names of all time.
FYI Charlotte's AAA baseball team is the Knights. We need to shake free of that city.
If we stick with the Knights, we'll have to get Bow Wow
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Oh, how did I come up with it.
Looking at the Royalty aspect, first I was with Monarchs, but then Dukes just made sense. I could see the tie in with the jazz music (Dukes of Dixieland), Mardi Gras, and the fact that the city was named after the Duke of Orleans just locked it up.
Hmmm I could work with this cleaned up and spun for the NBA...
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Hey, to ramsters60.....thanks for calling me experienced, but the reality is: College budget + Average computer = Hand-drawn art (though my awesome scanner makes up for that somewhat). I feel so embarrassed.....
Here's the first version of the logo. I'm probably going to redo this tons of times, though. Stay tuned for updates and other stuff, I've got a lot of ideas. What I lack in professionalism, I think I make up for in imagination.
That sword look's awfully familiar!
Yeah, I know, it's a remake of your Arcangels Logo (which is awesome, by the way). I just flipped it to help form a fleur-de-lis symbol.
Honestly, I'd love to get some feedback and ideas from you, I've seen your work, and it's really, really good. As an old Charlotte Hornets fan (I remember being so happy when they moved here), your Charlotte Hornets redesign is amazing.
I've always been a fan of rebranding, going back 10 years now. Since before Benson bought the team I wanted either Krewe or Brass.
Since the purchase it seems like there have been hundreds of names thrown out here...and the VAST majority of them suck.
Outside of impossible ones (Jazz) and obvious ones (VooDoo and Pelicans) the only one that I would be happy with is Dukes. I'd still prefer Krewe or Brass, but Dukes works on many levels (though not Duke Ellington, he wasn't a New Orleanian).
- As mentioned the city was named after a Duke. It was also founded by French nobility, although the Le Moyne brothers were Sieurs not Ducs.
- Most Mardi Gras krewes have dukes.
- The colors of Mardi Gras were chosen by...the Grand Duke Alexis Romanov of Russia.
- It's also unique as a sports name. A defunct minor league baseball team were the Albuquerque Dukes and only two universities use Dukes as a name, neither "big" schools (James Madison and Duquesne U).
I do like the notion of the flipped sword. Be even better if you had a knight doing the Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword bit right under neath it.
Still like my Reapers though.
It's a good start! I see something that could have been done. I'll wait to see if you see it as well. In the meantime...I accept the challenge!Yeah, I know, it's a remake of your Arcangels Logo (which is awesome, by the way). I just flipped it to help form a fleur-de-lis symbol.
Honestly, I'd love to get some feedback and ideas from you, I've seen your work, and it's really, really good. As an old Charlotte Hornets fan (I remember being so happy when they moved here), your Charlotte Hornets redesign is amazing.
Charlotte's baseball team being the Knights should absolutely eliminate that from consideration.
I once had some of the worst grits and drippings in the Queen City
Yes sir. Any notion I may have had of coming around to Knights is gone with the knowledge that it belongs to Charlotte's AAA team. Nothing is as good as Dukes to this point. I can't see Benson hiring a firm to have them come up with Krewe. So I want to believe we're safe from that abomination. Now, if only we knew how to bend this "firms" ear to embrace Dukes???? Mr. Panic Hoops, all props go to you. You may have saved us from a crappy name. Did I mention that Dukes works and I like it?
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