Sean McCarthy

Nora’s dad. Independent designer. Ohio Bobcat.
Clients Include: NBA, MLB, NHL, CFL, KBO.

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Alright let's go.

What is this? Sean's NFL. It's 32 concepts for 32 NFL teams.

Goals:
- Capture the essence of each team's brand while imparting my own personal style and technique.
- Try some new approaches that haven't been done before.

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@BaileyCarlin The best part is every subsequent moment and milestone is the same feeling.

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7 years.

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@CarolinianDawg @mattkauzlarich I don’t care. This may be hard to believe, but you were not my concern when I threw this thing together X number of years ago. Enjoy your mute.

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@CarolinianDawg @mattkauzlarich I took a logo of theirs and modified it to match the style of their existing logo so it’d be an accurate hurricane warning. If you got a problem with it take it up with the original designer from 1998.

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@CarolinianDawg @mattkauzlarich

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@CarolinianDawg @mattkauzlarich Settle down. I didn’t conceive it. It’s the Hurricanes own logo.

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@mattkauzlarich I added a flag to a logo the team themselves used for like 20 years. It’s not a new creation whole cloth.

Also, the triangle is the local reference! You don’t need to hide the state outline in every sports logo, people. You’re falling for cheap, easy tricks!

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@Buccigross Because he’s really stupid and not a journalist, John.

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A few notes:

1. Logos are not intended to beat or replace existing logos. They're just alternate ideas I thought would be fun.

2. If you don't like your favorite team's logo it's because I hate your favorite team and you and you should take it extremely personally.

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NBA and Stanley Cup Finals concept logos

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@krapporoi Pigeons are everywhere in NYC and they’re big fearless bastards.

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@AaronFlynn Cool. Have a nice night.

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@studiocrewco You know they probably didn’t.

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Would it make my friends who work for NFL teams feel less nervous about today if I told you that yours truly is not concerned in any way about which team has the best schedule release content?

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@MichaelDanger19 “Cincinnati’s airport is in Kentucky! Hurrrrr” yeah and it’s fifteen minutes from my house in Ohio. We have these things called bridges.

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@elias_stein Thank you! I wanted to avoid using the space needle or city skyline and every other trope you see with Sonics concepts while still making it feel Sonicsy.

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Tinkering with an old Sonics concept logo.

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Tinkering with an old Sonics concept logo.

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Twitter turns 20.

What is your favorite tweet of all time?

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@MichaelDanger19 “So clean!” on the least clean piece of design you’ve ever seen.

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@KVanValkenburg It's not the biggest problem with gambling, but the complete crybabies it creates on social media are one of them.

Gamblers need to learn there's no such thing as a bad beat. A WD was always a possibility. That's the risk you take when you hand over your money.