NBA Player Branding

[buzzy]

 
It's a branding of a certain NBA player, first one to figure it out gets an uptoke. Subsequently, what do you think of it?

 

[Raindelay]

Maybe Blake Griffin?

 

[bosoxlover12]

Eric Bledsoe?

 

[buzzy]

Eric Bledsoe?

 
yup

 

[buzzy]

Still needs some fine tuning in terms of stroke width and spacing, but essentially the idea is E,B and 2 in one logo.
Personally I feel like the biggest problem is the E, in that you wanna see it the normal way around, when it's supposed to be a mirrored E

 

[Hurricane Season]

I initially thought Elton Brand, but then I figured nobody would ever waste time on an Elton Brand grafix.
 
Elton Branding would have been funny tho

 

[Pugz]

i see a 37 first but i can see an EB too. but a stroke and some spacing will help. good start.

 

[buzzy]

Hm yeah, that's a good point. Does look too much like a 3.

 

[SWISH-banned]

I instantly thought Bledsoe so nice start. PHX colors would help that too.

 

[ambivalentSoul]

Cool start, breh! Collab, or nah? I got a cool idea for this that piggy backs on yours.

 

[Raindelay]

Honestly thought it was a 32, but now I see the EB

 

[ambivalentSoul]

Just realized it looks like the Bugatti logo.

 

[buzzy]

Alright, considering it looks like the Bugatti logo and the fact that a backwards E is gonna look like a 3 to half of the people I decided to go a little more conservative route.
 

 
amb, you got any way to chat?

 

[bosoxlover12]

It's better but still I'm not sure I'd know what it was if I weren't analyzing it

The 2 // B is not the most clear. To the average person I'm not sure they get it

 

[Pugz]

It's better but still I'm not sure I'd know what it was if I weren't analyzing it

The 2 // B is not the most clear. To the average person I'm not sure they get it

same way i feel

 

[NordicNous]

Don't change from your initial idea! Most people got the concept.
 
 
The problem I see, is that you are mixing styles a bit on the letters.
The E is very hard edges and lines. All straight.
The B is soft and flowing. All curves.
 
The reason you should not change from your initial concept, is that the E and B share the long "backside" of each letter. 
Lean them together, use the "backside" of the characters as your backbone. (More then you did in the first idea). Keep the B "backside/backbone" straight, no cuts.
 
Then, play around with:
Making the E softer by curving the edging lines + widen the mid line at the end. 
AND/OR
Making the B harder in the shape.
 
 
(MY guess = Softening the E would make the whole concept unite in a nice way)

 

[buzzy]

thanks for the feedback

 

[NordicNous]

thanks for the feedback

 
 
My pleasure! I hope you keep working on it, great start and idea. Share if you do please!

 

[buzzy]

more or less the final version: 
thanks to amb for showing me in the right direction
 

 

[Steez]

Fuckin' awesome bro. Love it.