SydneyCity Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Recently, there's been a bit of conversation on here about the club badge; and what it should (and should not) be. As expected, there were very different opinions floating around. Broadly speaking they were: Robin, bridge and football. The Bristol coat of arms. Something simple like Brentford's. At the time, I wondered if there was an option that could keep "everyone" happy. Today I got home from work, stopped wondering and set out to create the most Bristol City / OTIB community / Crowd pleasing badge I could think of. This is the first (and most likely last) draught of where I got to. The overall design of the badge is a shield. It's shape and colour represents a robin's chest. Inside the shield there is a coat of arms that takes the meaning of the original - a ship and castle to signify a strongly fortified harbour - but updates our strongly fortified harbour to include the SS Great Britain and the Suspension Bridge. Above the Suspension Bridge there is a robin in full flight. The robin was created by repeating the shape of Concorde's nose over and over again. The SS Great Britain is facing forwards, never retreating. The unicorns are still there, as unicorns will only do homage to men of virtue. The helmet/arms/scales/serpents from the original coat of arms have been removed. The meaning given to all of those elements was that "good government depends on wisdom and justice and these are divine gifts from above." They've been replaced with a representation of our own wise, just and noble gift from above… a gold crown with eight marks on it - one for each of the Ashton Gate Eight. The font is Gill Sans Bold which was created in 1926 for the signage of a Bristol bookshop. The design is pretty simple but still needs quite a bit of work to tighten it all up. To be honest, it's probably not going to happen because it's 1am here, the missus thinks I'm mad for doing it in the first place, and I have work again tomorrow morning. For what it's worth, I'm firmly from the robin, bridge and football era; and am a big fan of the screeching robin on a football badge that someone on here created not so long ago. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Good or bad, it doesn't really matter as I had fun doing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Controller Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 I am a staunch defender of the current badge whenever I discuss this subject with anyone but I have to say I really like your design. Of course it is in essence a new coat of arms so probably more pleasing to people like me than fans of the robin designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 12 minutes ago, SydneyCity said: Recently, there's been a bit of conversation on here about the club badge; and what it should (and should not) be. As expected, there were very different opinions floating around. Broadly speaking they were: Robin, bridge and football. The Bristol coat of arms. Something simple like Brentford's. At the time, I wondered if there was an option that could keep "everyone" happy. Today I got home from work, stopped wondering and set out to create the most Bristol City / OTIB community / Crowd pleasing badge I could think of. This is the first (and most likely last) draught of where I got to. The overall design of the badge is a shield. It's shape and colour represents a robin's chest. Inside the shield there is a coat of arms that takes the meaning of the original - a ship and castle to signify a strongly fortified harbour - but updates our strongly fortified harbour to include the SS Great Britain and the Suspension Bridge. Above the Suspension Bridge there is a robin in full flight. The robin was created by repeating the shape of Concorde's nose over and over again. The SS Great Britain is facing forwards, never retreating. The unicorns are still there, as unicorns will only do homage to men of virtue. The helmet/arms/scales/serpents from the original coat of arms have been removed. The meaning given to all of those elements was that "good government depends on wisdom and justice and these are divine gifts from above." They've been replaced with a representation of our own wise, just and noble gift from above… a gold crown with eight marks on it - one for each of the Ashton Gate Eight. The font is Gill Sans Bold which was created in 1926 for the signage of a Bristol bookshop. The design is pretty simple but still needs quite a bit of work to tighten it all up. To be honest, it's probably not going to happen because it's 1am here, the missus thinks I'm mad for doing it in the first place, and I have work again tomorrow morning. For what it's worth, I'm firmly from the robin, bridge and football era; and am a big fan of the screeching robin on a football badge that someone on here created not so long ago. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Good or bad, it doesn't really matter as I had fun doing it! Should be 1894! But not bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 50 minutes ago, SydneyCity said: Recently, there's been a bit of conversation on here about the club badge; and what it should (and should not) be. As expected, there were very different opinions floating around. Broadly speaking they were: Robin, bridge and football. The Bristol coat of arms. Something simple like Brentford's. At the time, I wondered if there was an option that could keep "everyone" happy. Today I got home from work, stopped wondering and set out to create the most Bristol City / OTIB community / Crowd pleasing badge I could think of. This is the first (and most likely last) draught of where I got to. The overall design of the badge is a shield. It's shape and colour represents a robin's chest. Inside the shield there is a coat of arms that takes the meaning of the original - a ship and castle to signify a strongly fortified harbour - but updates our strongly fortified harbour to include the SS Great Britain and the Suspension Bridge. Above the Suspension Bridge there is a robin in full flight. The robin was created by repeating the shape of Concorde's nose over and over again. The SS Great Britain is facing forwards, never retreating. The unicorns are still there, as unicorns will only do homage to men of virtue. The helmet/arms/scales/serpents from the original coat of arms have been removed. The meaning given to all of those elements was that "good government depends on wisdom and justice and these are divine gifts from above." They've been replaced with a representation of our own wise, just and noble gift from above… a gold crown with eight marks on it - one for each of the Ashton Gate Eight. The font is Gill Sans Bold which was created in 1926 for the signage of a Bristol bookshop. The design is pretty simple but still needs quite a bit of work to tighten it all up. To be honest, it's probably not going to happen because it's 1am here, the missus thinks I'm mad for doing it in the first place, and I have work again tomorrow morning. For what it's worth, I'm firmly from the robin, bridge and football era; and am a big fan of the screeching robin on a football badge that someone on here created not so long ago. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Good or bad, it doesn't really matter as I had fun doing it! Nice job , well done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 I like everything but the shape of the crest and the sizing of the words, other than that, it's ******* magnificent. The central crest is gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 52 minutes ago, SydneyCity said: Recently, there's been a bit of conversation on here about the club badge; and what it should (and should not) be. As expected, there were very different opinions floating around. Broadly speaking they were: Robin, bridge and football. The Bristol coat of arms. Something simple like Brentford's. At the time, I wondered if there was an option that could keep "everyone" happy. Today I got home from work, stopped wondering and set out to create the most Bristol City / OTIB community / Crowd pleasing badge I could think of. This is the first (and most likely last) draught of where I got to. The overall design of the badge is a shield. It's shape and colour represents a robin's chest. Inside the shield there is a coat of arms that takes the meaning of the original - a ship and castle to signify a strongly fortified harbour - but updates our strongly fortified harbour to include the SS Great Britain and the Suspension Bridge. Above the Suspension Bridge there is a robin in full flight. The robin was created by repeating the shape of Concorde's nose over and over again. The SS Great Britain is facing forwards, never retreating. The unicorns are still there, as unicorns will only do homage to men of virtue. The helmet/arms/scales/serpents from the original coat of arms have been removed. The meaning given to all of those elements was that "good government depends on wisdom and justice and these are divine gifts from above." They've been replaced with a representation of our own wise, just and noble gift from above… a gold crown with eight marks on it - one for each of the Ashton Gate Eight. The font is Gill Sans Bold which was created in 1926 for the signage of a Bristol bookshop. The design is pretty simple but still needs quite a bit of work to tighten it all up. To be honest, it's probably not going to happen because it's 1am here, the missus thinks I'm mad for doing it in the first place, and I have work again tomorrow morning. For what it's worth, I'm firmly from the robin, bridge and football era; and am a big fan of the screeching robin on a football badge that someone on here created not so long ago. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Good or bad, it doesn't really matter as I had fun doing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider-Head23 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Wow that's very nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Notgetinya Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Looks fantastic, excellent job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggersno1Fan Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 I just don’t care about the Badge tbh, I even grown fond of the # on last year shirt. if you got time in your day to be upset about a badge then fair play your life must be pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fuber Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Very good effort. Id argue a few tweaks tho. - If the badge is symbolic enough. It makes the need for words null, as currently they make it sightly cluttered. An example of which is Burnley's badge, or Fulham. - Getting rid of the words means it could be possible enlarge, making it more of the focal point. This also means the retaining border could be made shorter so that there isnt such an excess of jjust colour. Outside of that I wonder if it would be possible to make the SS Great Britain landscape in style more reminiscent of the new Man City badge. That way you may be able to have the Robin more central. I believe a recent badge post on another thread had a fairly aggressive robin with wings outstretched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 No need to change the current badge imv. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furious Custard Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Please stop asking to change the badge. I've been a supporter since 1999 and all my memrobelia has the current crest on it. Does anyone know why we are called the Robins ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley is our king Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 11 minutes ago, Robbored said: No need to change the current badge imv. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Damn, never thought I would ever agree with RR.... But I have too. Sad day indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman85 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Juan Kerr said: Should be 1894! But not bad! Pretty good but keep the badge as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 This is the first alternative design that I’ve liked enough to be happy if the club actually announced it will be appearing on next season’s kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 While I like the 70s Robin/bridge (I have the tattoo to prove it) I really like that the Bristol crest is associated with us, Bristol is ours after all. I would , however , love to see the Robin and bridge badge on the back of the shirt and used on stuff like training kits and leisure wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Good work mate. I like it. Only thing I’d say though - if there were no words on there, how would we know it’s for the football club. The robin/bridge design had the robin standing on a football. Is there any way you can include a football or Ashton Gate into it, to really symbolise the football theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Fuber said: Very good effort. Id argue a few tweaks tho. - If the badge is symbolic enough. It makes the need for words null, as currently they make it sightly cluttered. An example of which is Burnley's badge.... Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Nice badge. Just to tidy it up a bit for me would be to add the suspension cables each side of the towers. Put them in and the bridge would look proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 I've always been happy to have the Bristol coat of arms as our badge - although I'd rather it looked like the one on the kits below rather than the current cartoon-ish version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 13 hours ago, ZiderEyed said: I like everything but the shape of the crest and the sizing of the words, other than that, it's ******* magnificent. The central crest is gorgeous. I don't disagree with anything you've said there. The crest was proving to be difficult with the unicorns and it was getting late, so the words just kind of got slapped on at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 12 hours ago, Cheesleysmate said: That's unfair. You're asking me to compete with perfection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 11 hours ago, Fuber said: Very good effort. Id argue a few tweaks tho. - If the badge is symbolic enough. It makes the need for words null, as currently they make it sightly cluttered. An example of which is Burnley's badge, or Fulham. - Getting rid of the words means it could be possible enlarge, making it more of the focal point. This also means the retaining border could be made shorter so that there isnt such an excess of jjust colour. Outside of that I wonder if it would be possible to make the SS Great Britain landscape in style more reminiscent of the new Man City badge. That way you may be able to have the Robin more central. I believe a recent badge post on another thread had a fairly aggressive robin with wings outstretched. Yep, agree with your first two points. It was getting late and the unicorns weren't playing nicely with the shield. The words aren't sitting that pretty in their current format. I did try the SS Great Britain in landscape but it's a bloody long ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 8 hours ago, Harry said: Is there any way you can include a football or Ashton Gate into it, to really symbolise the football theme? Glad you like it! I did try incorporating Ashton Gate, but the new non-symmetrical stand wasn't working for me at the time. Everything else was balanced along the centre vertical line and the pointy top left bit of the stadium (sorry I've been overseas for the last 15 years and don't know its official name) was throwing everything else out. Trying to incorporate it did lead to me turning it upside down, which inspired the design of the crown with the eight marks. I didn't try footballs so I'll try out a few options over the weekend. In keeping with the robin badge, I'll aim for the black and white panel style of ball instead of the older strip panels that feature in a lot of other badges. Thanks for the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Thanks for all the feedback. Based on everything that's been said, I'll tinker with it for another hour or so over the weekend to include: More subtle, less cluttered wording. A more effective outer crest/shield/shape. A football(s). A proper looking bridge. 1894. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 1 hour ago, SydneyCity said: Thanks for all the feedback. Based on everything that's been said, I'll tinker with it for another hour or so over the weekend to include: More subtle, less cluttered wording. A more effective outer crest/shield/shape. A football(s). A proper looking bridge. 1894. Some sort of tribute to me would be good too. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TETBURY MASSIVE Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 29 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: Some sort of tribute to me would be good too. Cheers. Why would we want a snake on our badge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeCiderRed Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 While the SS Great Britain is symbolic to Bristol and of course Brunel. For me, the nautical look on the badge is just too close to the blue few and their w@nky little pirate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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