Ben Rea

Graphic & Brand Designer: @Pacers + @IndianaFever

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@charliedraper_ Trying to find my favorite thing about this graphic but it's just everything

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

New visual center loading... 🎨

[Indiana Fever @IndianaFever]

and just like that, it’s preseason game one 🔥

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@designwithdan Color toning and lighting are perfection

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@SethR94 Those are probably my favorite part of the whole rebrand. They killed those.

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@graceeramsey Color toning and light treatment on point as usual 👏🏼

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@jayfawler @THEPLAYERS Beautiful 🤩

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@BMooreCreativ Love this. Brand Prix is amazing lol

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@BaileyMincer Gradient work and color toning is so clean 😮‍💨

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

This one hurt to make 💔🎨

I listened to sad songs the whole time. Best of luck in LA Benn

[Indiana Pacers @Pacers]

Grateful for it all.

Thank you, Bennedict Mathurin 💙

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

3pm - 5pm got a little hectic today lol 🎨

[Indiana Pacers @Pacers]

From the West Coast to the Blue & Gold.

Welcome to Indiana, Ivica Zubac 🔥

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@spencerhogan5 @kaydenxcreative Just a PERFECT throwback campaign. Well done!

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@JaydenBalwally @HeismanTrophy A great use of texture and color treatment! Well done.

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

I really appreciate how they started using color in 2022 to reflect the city. Will be interesting to see how they continue this system in the years to come.

[Sunday Night Football on NBC @SNFonNBC]

The evolution of the Super Bowl, one logo at a time. 🙌

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@zro__g @Giants @SmashMcCaff @BMooreCreativ @bgundell @SammySilv I thought that might be the case when I saw the fans!

Love the idea of building that connection between the players and the fans.

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@PhanaticPhan20 This is a valid point. The decline of people purchasing the physical edition has probably contributed to this.

Also, their art and design resources may have shifted from release cover art to season campaigns materials.

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

No disrespect to anyone who worked on this cover art, this is a fine design.

BUT, does it feel like we've lowered the bar when it comes to sports video game covers lately?

[MLB The Show @MLBTheShow]

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[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@SesoHQ That Logitech controller ad is one of my favorite pieces I've seen in awhile.

Do you have a link to all of these moodboards you create? Would be a goldmine.

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@fvckeIonmusk Exactly. It feels like the studios completely gave up on these covers having a "wow factor" and instead are just creating these to check off a box.

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@THEDavidMarcus I agree, The Show has definitely went with a more simplistic approach, aside from 23-25. But they still focused on great lighting, color grading, and photo selection. They didn't focus on any of that this year.

2K has had some of the best covers, but also some of the worst lol

[Ben Rea @thebenrea]

@jayfawler The treatment on the background of that bottom photo is NICE