Portfolio AFL Blueprint 2023: A National League for the Future

[jmac91]

Only very minor changes for West Coast, who were still enjoying the fruits of their re-brand in 2018. The wing tips on the back are now more in line with the original design, angling down sooner as to not be covered by the sponsors logo. The Eagles choose one home game per year against a suitable opposition to wear their alternate with royal shorts, as a nod to their inaugural uniform.

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The Eagles came up with a concept for their reserves uniforms of "earning your wings". To demonstrate this, a geometric pattern starting from the shoulders fades away before the full wing can be formed. The iconic "Eagles" wordmark from early West Coast jumpers is also restored on the AFL2 kits.

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No Ochre . Great Designs though. I've Really liked your work in this Portfolio. Keep it Up

 

[Red Crow]

No Ochre . Great Designs though. I've Really liked your work in this Portfolio. Keep it Up

Listen to the FJGD podcast and you'll see why there is no ochre...

 

[Red Crow]

Coming soon



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[jmac91]

Coming soon



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I have Sooo Many Questions!

• Free to Air Channel?
• Fox Footy Rebrand or Totally New Channel?
• Streaming Service?
• What Games would it cover? AFL? AFLW? AFL2? State Leagues?

But Most Importantly...

• Is It better than Optus Sport?

 

[Red Crow]

I have Sooo Many Questions!

• Free to Air Channel?
• Fox Footy Rebrand or Totally New Channel?
• Streaming Service?
• What Games would it cover? AFL? AFLW? AFL2? State Leagues?

But Most Importantly...

• Is It better than Optus Sport?

All will be revealed in due time.


And by due time, I mean probably at least a month away.

 

[AuntyBlindEye]

I had NT in originally, but to fit into my preferred 16-team structure, that would mean a fifth Victorian team had to go, and I wasn't overly keen on that. I fell back on the position that it would be even harder for NT to support its own team than Tasmania and left them out. Rest assured I did feel bad about it.

Yeah NT is a weird one. Had a massive ol footy following when I lived up there, sure it's bigger now, NT does struggle to turn up though so sales might be a problem.

Tassie would almost certainly be more successful.

Love ya work.

 

[Freshwater]

Yeah NT is a weird one. Had a massive ol footy following when I lived up there, sure it's bigger now, NT does struggle to turn up though so sales might be a problem.

Tassie would almost certainly be more successful.

Love ya work.

Agree the NT would struggle with numbers. The top end would be represented in a perfect world. Geographically on their own. Different part of Aus. Such a huge disproportionate contribution to the game with unique players over many years. Still my favourite, Michael Magic McClean.
Wyndham city, an outer western suburb of Melbourne, that has Werribee as its capital, has more people than the entire Northern Territory.
I agree though with Tassie, it needs to come into the AFL ASAP. Tassie needs that traditional ‘state of origin’ look to their jumper, without being the state jumper, similar to the Crows.

 

[BIGBOYmcevoy]

Only very minor changes for West Coast, who were still enjoying the fruits of their re-brand in 2018. The wing tips on the back are now more in line with the original design, angling down sooner as to not be covered by the sponsors logo. The Eagles choose one home game per year against a suitable opposition to wear their alternate with royal shorts, as a nod to their inaugural uniform.

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The Eagles came up with a concept for their reserves uniforms of "earning your wings". To demonstrate this, a geometric pattern starting from the shoulders fades away before the full wing can be formed. The iconic "Eagles" wordmark from early West Coast jumpers is also restored on the AFL2 kits.

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Earning your wings is a great idea. Love it!

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[pz5151]

Collingwood have made a return to their classic white based jumper as their primary uniform. The black stripes were widened to give an evenly striped design all the way around the jumper. The AFL's new uniform policy allows for the jumper to be paired with the traditional black shorts in approximately half of their home games, as well as a number of away games. The alternate is similar to recent home jumpers, but with slightly thinner stripes to make the whole uniform darker.

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The AFL2 designs were a source of angst for Collingwood, having almost never deviated from stripes in the past. They briefly flirted with the idea of recreating the 1982 Escort Cup jumper worn against Swan Districts, but after much haggling a design featuring narrow pinstripes fading away behind a central magpie emblem on either a black or white base was put forward, and ultimately accepted by the AFL.

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The final two, particularly the black one would solve the remaining clash with North Melbourne. You could also remove the magpie and link the pinstripes to satisfy the traditionalists.

 

[MasonD]

By far the biggest change for any existing club heading into 2023 is the complete re-brand of Gold Coast. Off the back of their maiden finals appearance in 2022, the Suns are looking to move forward into a new era with a new colour scheme, logo and uniform. The bright red so synonymous with the club in its formative years has been ditched, with a sky blue - unique in the AFL - adopted alongside a sandy gold and white. The new logo features a Sun behind the iconic waves of the Gold Coast beaches, while the primary guernsey design depicts the Sun above the sand and surf.

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While the Suns were keen to move forward with a new look, they took the opportunity with their AFL2 uniforms to pay homage to their inaugural AFL jumper.

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Love the light blue in this. It would really suit the suns imo

 

[Mr Eagle]

This nation has needed a team to embrace the Cockatoos name on the big stage for far too long. And Canberra would fall in love with a name like that. Bravo.

 

[Fizzler]

We never got to find out what AFLTV was

 

[RossFC]

We never got to find out what AFL2 was

I'm assuming it's the reserves. Like in the U23s in the EPL (English soccer) they call it PL2.

 

[Fizzler]

I'm assuming it's the reserves. Like in the U23s in the EPL (English soccer) they call it PL2.

Lol I just saw my post and realised I wrote AFL2 instead of AFLTV

 

[fumbler]

This nation has needed a team to embrace the Cockatoos name on the big stage for far too long. And Canberra would fall in love with a name like that. Bravo.

Even more so with the Countries Government being there.

 

[Red Crow]

We never got to find out what AFLTV was

I still intend to finish it one day. I actually still think about it fairly often and still design in my head, but getting time to work on it has proven difficult, and now with a three month old baby that has only gotten harder! I did get a fair bit of it done but I think I may have bitten off a bit more than I could chew. Might look at reducing the scale of it all somewhat.