This summer I have been super busy busting out some great logo design projects. I hope to share them all soon and this particular project I have been very stoked to post about. I was approached by Bah-Pna Dahane, owner of BP Consulting Limited, to design three different logos for three different Angola professional basketball players. For those of you that don’t know I am quite the sports nut with a special heart for hoops, so this was a complete thrill. I had a great time learning about each of the players while designing logos that best suit them. Here is the logos and a little bio of each player.
Eduardo Mingas:
Professional basketball power forward from Angola. 6′7″ 235 lbs. in weight and has represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2002 World Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Championships.
An initials logo type with “EM” and 15 incorporated, was designed for Eduardo. I custom lettered these initials in a thick modern style with subtle ornaments that gave the mark an action/motion feel.
Carlos Morais:
Professional Angolan basketball shooting guard. 6′3″ 200lbs. He represented Angola at FIBA Africa Championship 2005, 2006 FIBA World Championships, FIBA Africa Championship 2007. and the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
Carlos M. was interested in seeing a “logoman” mark developed so that is exactly what I did. I designed a stylized silhouette that portrays him in the middle of a cross over, and highlights some of his key features.
Carlos Almeida:
Angolan professional basketball shooting guard with Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto and a member of the Angola national basketball team. Standing 6′4″, 200 lbs. Almeida played for Angola at the 2000, 2004 and the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2002 and 2006 basketball world championship as well as the 2005 and 2007 Africa championships.
Carlos Almeida was also interested in a logoman that portrayed him dominating the key in a defense position. I worked the perspective and integrated the hoop into the text.
Tags: basketball logos, Logo, sports
I like the design but do not agree with using the same colors for all 3. Since the design is different the colors should be different as well.
Colors were the request of the clients so I really had no choice. They all play for the same team with the same team colors.
I really enjoyed hiring Lindsey, she is an exceptional Graphic Designer who can put in graphics exactly what you want with very few supervision.
I really enjoyed working with her.
Bah-Pna