Illini Football Posters 2016

wILL-INI · Jun 6, 2016

The new posters for this year are AMAZING!

http://www.fightingillini.com/news/2016/6/5/football-posters-and-billboards.aspx

King Lovie · Jun 6, 2016

That Smoot poster looks AWESOME!!

LurkLongandProsper · Jun 8, 2016

Smoot and Chunky are the best of the player ones, IMO

mossimo142 · Jun 8, 2016

Really dig the orange. Not much else I like about the posters.

Stevegarbs · Jun 8, 2016

mossimo142 said:
Really dig the orange. Not much else I like about the posters.

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mossimo142 · Jun 8, 2016

Lol, just stating my opinion man! Needs more Lasagna on a plate!

All kidding aside, they just don't do it for me w/ the awkward body poses other than Smoot's. I want Fighting Illini splashed over it, and the actual schedule to have more prominence!

I absolutely loved 2014's : https://sportposterswag.wordpress.c...le-poster-gallery/illinois-football-poster-2/

Either way I'll be there cheering come Sept 3!

okok1345 · Jun 8, 2016

does this gravitation towards Lovie and players rather than the shield or any other re-branding sort of symbol in these posters have anything to do with the fact that we ended our contract with the consultant who had previously been working on rebranding?? in other words, are we making any progress on rebranding in terms of unis and apparels other than the shield and the more rigorous use of an "I"? hope my question makes some sense.

icengineer · Jun 9, 2016

okok1345 said:
does this gravitation towards Lovie and players rather than the shield or any other re-branding sort of symbol in these posters have anything to do with the fact that we ended our contract with the consultant who had previously been working on rebranding?? in other words, are we making any progress on rebranding in terms of unis and apparels other than the shield and the more rigorous use of an "I"? hope my question makes some sense.

Who is/was this 'consultant' you speak of? I wasn't aware there was anyone other than UI and Nike involved.

okok1345 · Jun 9, 2016

icengineer said:
Who is/was this 'consultant' you speak of? I wasn't aware there was anyone other than UI and Nike involved.

It appears I confused 'campus branding' with the unis rebranding..apologize for any confusion

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-05-25/project-rebrand-ui-pulled-house.html

Second and Chalmers · Jun 9, 2016

mossimo142 said:
Lol, just stating my opinion man! Needs more Lasagna on a plate!

All kidding aside, they just don't do it for me w/ the awkward body poses other than Smoot's. I want Fighting Illini splashed over it, and the actual schedule to have more prominence!

I agree. Schedule posters which relegate the schedule to an afterthought are annoying. Also, having a bunch of different ones kinda defeats the purpose of the brand building you want with these, where you see the same thing in every shop window and dorm room. And that camera angle was probably some fine stunt work on the part of the design team, but it isn't really an interesting vantage point. And I have mixed feelings about "Oskee Wow Wow". And honestly, everyone will want the Lovie one. He is the star. He is the marketable presence.

None of this matters at all of course.

wILL-INI · Jun 9, 2016

Second and Chalmers said:
I agree. Schedule posters which relegate the schedule to an afterthought are annoying. Also, having a bunch of different ones kinda defeats the purpose of the brand building you want with these, where you see the same thing in every shop window and dorm room. And that camera angle was probably some fine stunt work on the part of the design team, but it isn't really an interesting vantage point. And I have mixed feelings about "Oskee Wow Wow". And honestly, everyone will want the Lovie one. He is the star. He is the marketable presence.

None of this matters at all of course.

What poster has the schedule in a place thats not an after thought. They are all after thoughts. 99% of the time when we design a poster, we design the whole thing, and then lastly put the schedule on there. Its more a function of "having it on there" then it is used to actually display the schedule.

Also, Lovies is the only one i dont want. Lunt, Vaughn, and Smoot are much more visually interesting to me. Framing them as soon as i get them.

Second and Chalmers · Jun 9, 2016

wILL-INI said:
What poster has the schedule in a place thats not an after thought.

Forgive me for posting this image, but you asked

Franklin Delano Bluth · Jun 9, 2016

I wish we would go back to doing game posters for home games, I always thought those were great. Someone has started doing these for the Columbus Blue Jackets and they are fantastic- would love to be able to do something like this for football games again. Here are a couple examples:

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wILL-INI · Jun 9, 2016

Second and Chalmers said:
Forgive me for posting this image, but you asked

Total after thought. I know this cause it was my job to design the schedule as an intern.

But again these are all opinions. I love the poster. I think its an AMAZING point of view, love the orange, love the Oskee. These are my favorite football posters Illinois has ever done. Including the 3 that I did. They transcend posters and are legit art.

Second and Chalmers · Jun 9, 2016

wILL-INI said:
Total after thought. I know this cause it was my job to design the schedule as an intern.

Regardless of the level of design attention it receives, it is sufficiently large and prominent that it looks like, y'know, a schedule.

Second and Chalmers · Jun 9, 2016

Franklin Delano Bluth said:
I wish we would go back to doing game posters for home games, I always thought those were great. Someone has started doing these for the Columbus Blue Jackets and they are fantastic- would love to be able to do something like this for football games again. Here are a couple examples:

Some Ohio State site did my favorite one ever of those for college football:

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icengineer · Jun 9, 2016

Second and Chalmers said:
Some Ohio State site did my favorite one ever of those for college football:

That is awesome!