If ain't broke, don't fix it.
SOME WORDS
What is it? If you’re not a NationStates player, you may not know. IUBC stands for International Union of Basketball Clubs.
Why do I bother? I’m a creative. A graphic designer, a logo designer, a nation designer. NationStates is one of my longest-running hobbies. I’m around there for the last seven years. I love every new visuals around here. I heartfully believe every nation deserves to look good, even the NationStates ones. My objective is to make NS as realistic as possible.
Why IUBC? Filindostan was searching for a new logo for IUBC. Since when I read that post I had this little thing in my mind asking ‘‘Oh God Why?’’. International Union of Basketball Clubs have this great logo. It shouldn’t be changed. So I decided to make my proposal based not in a new logo, but in expanding the current identity.
THE LOGO
Why is this still good? 1. It’s timeless. Is not like a Basketball will heavily change its format in the next years. 2. It’s colorful. Colorful isn’t good only because it’s lively and gather attention. It’s also because this allows a lot of creativity with the logo and the colors. 3. It works. This one is obvious. This logo is effective and makes people remember of IUBC at a glance.
IUBC 6-15 logo was soiled by Photobucket ads, yet, is a nice logo. Works nicely since then.
IUBC 15-19 wasn’t soiled by Photobucket, and a nice sponsor appeared too. But logo quality was poor I was unable to use it with bigger images without getting that blurred visual.
THE BALL
This is the same ball logo developed for the sixth season of IUBC Tournament. I just traced it into a vector ďŹ le. Thus, it is possible for anyone to use the logo in their publications without losing the quality.
THE TYPE
Serpentine is a typeface that looks fastpaced, edgy and agressive. It matches perfectly the concepts of ‘‘International Level Basketball’’, ‘‘Action’’ and ‘‘Fierce Competition’’. Serpentine is easily found on internet.
IUBC Logo uses Serpentine Italic. To add some contrast, Serpentine Light Italic can help.
IUBC International Union of Basketball Clubs IUBC champions cup IUBC multibasket trophy IUBC Sponsored by Virtumon
LIGHT & DARK
Light background version
I started the expansion itself planning light and dark versions for the logo.The ball have a black background and a white panel, and I wasn’t pleased to see those colors inverted. It seemed to be a little off. So I decided to add a white border to the ball instead of modify the current shape. Prefer the Dark Background version when the color of the logo clash with the color of the background.
Dark Background version
HOW CAN IT WORK Posting, as usual:
champions cup
multibasket trophy
So, most of the following section is probably unrealistic to NationStates reality, since most of we aren’t professional designers. I’m not making this for bragging. I’m no better than the other players. But I have this abilities. So I want to use it to make things look better.
Compact-style applications
Badge-style applications
Possible applications
IUBC IUBC IUBC IUBC IUBC IUBC
Rankings Final Four Information Power Rankings Featured Game Against Hate
Possible applications
#IUBCFinals
BC Olympia Lerna
BC CSKA Tiraspol
Ismart Anetta Coliseum
FINAL NOTES
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4. 0/ All images used with the sole purpose of illustration. Apologies to Filindostan, KitaHinode and Pridnestrovia, for using its logos and information without permission. If any of you prefer to have it removed, drop me a TG and I’ll edit it. Cover Photo by Tommy Boudreau If approved, all the files in this project (logos, applications, court template) will be publicly released in SVG and PDF for vector (Illustrator, Inkscape) users and high-quality PNG for non-vector (Photoshop, GIMP, Paint.NET) users. Version 1.0: TG Lisander on Nationstates or DM blanchecroix #4463 on Discord for suggestions.
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