flammaster Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 wait till you see them in person. I hated the pics of BD's uniform in 94 but when I saw them it was cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 What about the beaches in P-Town? Too much fabric... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevillemurphy Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 As I have said before, the guard influence has ruined drum corps uniforms. These new X-Man unis are horrendous. I don't understand the "knotted fringe" trend... very Carolina Crown 2009... even PR seems to be stuck on this addition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonelife Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Didn't DCP do the exact same thing with phantom's uni? We decide we hate it until we see it in context like we did with those parade pics. Not gonna lie, I'm not wild about the laser bar things, but I think it'll look great from the press box. They don't have to care what it looks like up close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEdevilYOUknow Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Just looking at the pictures... I REALLY like the DM uniform. I'm just going to reserve judgement on the rest of it until I actually see it in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerguy315 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Did people feel so strongly about last year's when they were sporting the Crossmen red? I think last year's were very well received when they were announced... I assume they still have the red pieces, so they could come back in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seen-it-all Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I knew that color scheme reminded me of something I was thinking it more resembled this...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I don't understand the "knotted fringe" trend... very Carolina Crown 2009... even PR seems to be stuck on this addition... Aren't all three designed by Michael Cesario at FJM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Freedman Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) Atlvalet appears desperate for someone to ask him about his expertise as a visual designer. Otherwise, he wouldn't have implied it so strongly, without actually stating it. So be sure not to ask him. He also referred us to his books, which is a dead giveaway. One thing actual great artists (in all areas) never do is refer you to the rule book. Only the mediocre do that. As someone else correctly said, there are some general constraints that uniform designers are given. These include: - "When they take the field there has to be no doubt who it is." - It has to be based on the forms and colors both from the previous year and from long tradition. - "It has to evoke this year's show idea." - "It has to knock everyone's socks off." I once asked a top designer what they would do if they were given free rein, and what they said was radically different from anything they had just created for the various corps that year. Personally I like the uniform, although the plumes are a little short... Edited June 13, 2015 by Pete Freedman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Freedman Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I also think the point isn't primarily to impress the audience with elegant design from our standpoint. These designers have also generally done other visual design work for the marching arts, and so they know their key audience - the kids in the corps, and next Fall's auditioning students. Kids have a much more cartoonish design preference than adults (if Disney is to be believed). When adults badmouth a DCI uniform design, often it's the garishness that offends them. And for every one of them there are ten kids going, "Cool!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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