There is a blatant bias toward anthropomorphic beings in the league at the moment. Where are the natural disasters? The existential state of dread inducing calamities? Heck I’d even take a celestial body, I think that would introduce a much needed sense of scale to the league.
So I’m just spitballing here but how about the Mumbai Monsoon. More international representation is always a plus, and deluges of water from the sky can be pretty terrifying. Or the Dubai Mirage, maybe that sounds a bit too much like a casino, and maybe I’m just a fan of cities ending in bai, but I like the options for imagery on that one. The WNBA does a better job getting representation for non anthromorphs, but I think they missed an opportunity to blend two ideas into one. The Nairobi Fever Dream (-bi not -bai I’m making progress) is very evocative to me.
Really though I think the league does a great job with branding, color rush is always fun to watch to see how the artists of the league riff on an existing idea, and there are a lot of great concepts to build from. Its fun to think of new ideas (and I got to see a little bit of that with the Kaiju rebrand though I joined very late in the process) but there is also something to be said for solidity and building that brand loyalty over time.
So I’m just spitballing here but how about the Mumbai Monsoon. More international representation is always a plus, and deluges of water from the sky can be pretty terrifying. Or the Dubai Mirage, maybe that sounds a bit too much like a casino, and maybe I’m just a fan of cities ending in bai, but I like the options for imagery on that one. The WNBA does a better job getting representation for non anthromorphs, but I think they missed an opportunity to blend two ideas into one. The Nairobi Fever Dream (-bi not -bai I’m making progress) is very evocative to me.
Really though I think the league does a great job with branding, color rush is always fun to watch to see how the artists of the league riff on an existing idea, and there are a lot of great concepts to build from. Its fun to think of new ideas (and I got to see a little bit of that with the Kaiju rebrand though I joined very late in the process) but there is also something to be said for solidity and building that brand loyalty over time.
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