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You'll see graphic concepts appear first soon. Then actual graphics later. Then actual skin changes here last. It'll be scattered over the week with actual skin changes taking place towards the weekend.

This is like when my kid wants to buy a skin on fortnite - I ask, "does it make you play better?" He says, "no, but you look cool". I say, "then why would you pay money for it?" He says"because it makes you look cool, and it does this dance." Sigh...I'm not raising him right.

I'm excited that we get to look cool, and I'm not spending any money. It did cost me a vote though...something my high school government teacher (Mr. Taylor, Oak Hills) would have told me is priceless. This better make us play better. It better get us to the dance.

Any updates on the skin upgrade progress GTS?

(09-14-2020 08:34 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Any updates on the skin upgrade progress GTS?

Pretty rough workload on the job ... same deal for my hired gun. We're behind and slow at the moment but still going.

(09-17-2020 05:52 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(09-14-2020 08:34 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Any updates on the skin upgrade progress GTS?

Pretty rough workload on the job ... same deal for my hired gun. We're behind and slow at the moment but still going.

No problem. Thanks for the update. Appreciate you sharing the design concept.

Feedback from the crowd on the design concept? Now is the time to weigh in if you want a say in things.

(09-17-2020 05:52 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

I dig the light gray to highlight the eye ridge. Any possibility to replicate the gold-brown eye color with black vertical pupils?

Also, can we have our C-Paw logo on the skin or is that not possible due to licensing/trademark issues?

(09-18-2020 10:50 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Also, can we have our C-Paw logo on the skin or is that not possible due to licensing/trademark issues?

Cincinnati has sent us a nastygram once before for our old header image -- fan submitted -- which had the C-Paw. I'd expect the C-Paw to get an immediate legal response if used in any form.

(09-18-2020 03:41 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(09-18-2020 10:50 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Also, can we have our C-Paw logo on the skin or is that not possible due to licensing/trademark issues?

Cincinnati has sent us a nastygram once before for our old header image -- fan submitted -- which had the C-Paw. I'd expect the C-Paw to get an immediate legal response if used in any form.

No problem. Thanks for all the efforts...

(09-18-2020 06:02 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(09-18-2020 03:41 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(09-18-2020 10:50 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Also, can we have our C-Paw logo on the skin or is that not possible due to licensing/trademark issues?

Cincinnati has sent us a nastygram once before for our old header image -- fan submitted -- which had the C-Paw. I'd expect the C-Paw to get an immediate legal response if used in any form.

No problem. Thanks for all the efforts...

Bummer, thanks for trying.

Thoughts?

I like the original sketch concept better. The whiskers are cool too. The ones above look less like a bearcat [tasmanian devil?] and are a bit "cartoonish" IMO. I'm just one voice so I'll hang up and listen.

(09-19-2020 01:13 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

Thoughts?

1 - Top one
2 - Bottom middle

Not crazy about bottom left and right. Need black and red is some combination.

(09-19-2020 02:56 PM)cpawstoney Wrote:  

(09-19-2020 01:13 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

Thoughts?

1 - Top one
2 - Bottom middle

Not crazy about bottom left and right. Need black and red is some combination.

How about those versus the first concept posted?

(09-19-2020 03:15 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(09-19-2020 02:56 PM)cpawstoney Wrote:  

(09-19-2020 01:13 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

Thoughts?

1 - Top one
2 - Bottom middle

Not crazy about bottom left and right. Need black and red is some combination.

How about those versus the first concept posted?

Like the first concept better. This one looks like an evil elf.

Thoughts?

As a designer, I appreciate the effort and have to say its a nice job! It is a clean graphic, has an athletic feel, and makes nice use of the color scheme.

But I HATE it on the concept basis. The Cincinnati Bearcat IS NOT A BINTURONG.

I may be alone in this. But the Bearcat in my mind is very much like the statue donated by Sigma Sigma in 2010. I believe it is currently between the baseball stadium and 5/3. The bearcat is strong, proud, and was an imagined combination of creature.