Sports logos can gather your team’s whole supporters and intimidate the rival’s team and fan base if the logos are designed seriously. The problem is how much budget a team has for an effective sports logo. A well-known sports team may have much on their budget to spend on a high-quality team logo, but minor sports teams such as school football clubs or local sports groups won’t be able to do the same. Thankfully, there are ways to create a good sports logo.

From the Chicago Bulls’ emphasis on an angry mascot (which is an angry bull), sharp points, and bold colors to the Arsenal Football Club, which uses a canon and a shield that symbolize aggression as well as strong unity, logos are very crucial for the existence of the sports teams. 

In this article, you will find out how to create mind-blowing sports logos with or without high budgets. 

Top Tips to Create Mind-Blowing Sports Logos

Do you find it difficult to create something fresh and mind-blowing for your sports team’s logo? No worries, though. We still have several more ways to get the sports logos you and your team have always wanted. 

1. Be as Aggressive as Possible

The trend in making a sports logo is definitely getting an aggressive version of your team’s mascot. Aggressive animals like bears, tigers, lions, or sharks are chosen as mascots. However, you can’t neglect the most ‘frightening’ animals, the human beings. Many sports teams also use some iconic figures of people, such as gladiators, ninjas, pirates, and knights. 

Certainly, the trend should also correspond with the name of your sports team, so it is not up to you. The good news is that you can make the mascot look scarier or more intimidating. Raising the character’s eyebrows to appear “angry” is suggested at this stage. 

2. Add Sharp Angles

Supporters’ high awareness is what sports logos with sharp points are after. Whether the sharp points are associated with spikes, nails, swords, or knives, these points may encourage the audience and keep them alerted. Also, remember that sharp angles are not just for mascots, but for the sports logo’s typography.

3. Fill Your Typography with “Energy.”

Search for the typography trends and find the right font based on the choices of shapes, sizes, legibility, and flows. As mentioned in the previous tip above, “energizing” the logo’s text by adding sharp angles can also work out, keeping your viewers enthusiastic with the entire package of your sports team. 

4. Pay Attention to the Framing

Initially, your first impression of a logo frame is one of the important elements that ties the entire elements together—texts and visuals. Also, a frame could add more aesthetic sense to the whole ‘package.” 

Nonetheless, it turns out that the framing more than meets the eye. It implies a message of unity in diversity—different elements united by one bonding agent, which is the frame itself. That’s the message you would want to build on your sports team, wouldn’t you? 

Generally, many other industries apply circles or ovals for their logo framing—it is believed that either shape is more hospitable and comforting. However, sports logos require something more powerful and daring. Therefore, shapes with sharper angles like triangles and stars can work well to represent strength, stability, and victory. Somehow, you may as well combine several shapes for your logo framing. 

5. Discover Your Team Symbol

Major sports teams like Dallas Cowboys, Manchester United, and L.A. Lakers no longer have to explain themselves to the public—especially because their logos are bold and familiar. Unfortunately, for small sports clubs, it seems like a dream. They have to introduce themselves a lot to society unless they grab many victories in a relatively short time. 

That also explains why finding a unique symbol for your team may also help with the publication. Try a ball, a net, a basket, a bat, or other instruments used in the relevant sports and combine it with the mascot and/or other objects that synchronize the best.  

Are you looking for any logo templates that can fit the concept of your sports logos? Aqr Studio may help you with that. Choose and download the one that caters to your team’s needs and be ready to blow your fans’ minds.