So I've been put in charge of organising the leavers gear for my school (clothing for every senior at my school, about 213 will be bought).

 

Girl who is designing the hoodie wanted to go with this:

I thought it looked a bit .. eh, so I took things into my own hands and started working on it in Illustrator.

 

I haven't finished (far from it) and am struggling to make a mane that looks good.

 

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What I have currently:

 

What I'm supposed to be doing is creating a larger silhouette version of the lion at the top of my school emblem:

 

 

I need as much help/criticism as possible, and if anyone would like to help me by actually changing it in Illustrator, I'd be very grateful and will upload a .psd of what I have atm (illustrator isn't saving anything for some reason)

 

 

 

For trying to replica the lion on your emblem, I think you did a good job. I'd only recommend trying to gradually thin down the tail as it approaches the hair ball at the end of the tail. Not much just a little.

 

I assume you're only allowed one color?

For trying to replica the lion on your emblem, I think you did a good job. I'd only recommend trying to gradually thin down the tail as it approaches the hair ball at the end of the tail. Not much just a little.

 

I assume you're only allowed one color?

 

Thanks!, will do.

 

Yup, one colour..

You can even try giving the lion's head a cut out like effect by creating a small spacing between the head and body to help give more detail to the mane.

Must it be an exact silhouette of the emblem ? The lion's mane on the original makes the silhouette look outta whack a little. Make the mane more defined, IMO as stevepole said, either by segmenting the body or making the mane look more like a mane instead of a curved blob.

 

Rest of the body looks good.

Oh, everyone's under the impression that I've actually started working on the mane.

 

I haven't started working with the mane, but I think it'll be a challenge.

Update:

 

Looking better, you it be too much to add a fourth leg?

Emblem only has three legs!

I can see the fourth, it's just not stick out much. The problem when you change it to a silhouette is that you can't see it unless you make the front leg look fat or whatever. That doesn't make any sense, but yeah.

The lion looks awesome, great job on the mane. :thumbup:

I can see the fourth, it's just not stick out much. The problem when you change it to a silhouette is that you can't see it unless you make the front leg look fat or whatever. That doesn't make any sense, but yeah.

 

I see what you mean on the original emblem the black area at the front of the front leg is suggestive of the second front leg

Showing it to be almost direct behind the leg in the foreground, but being there enough to look "right"

 

Where as the silhouette form just looks like a 3 legged lion

The lion looks awesome, great job on the mane. :thumbup:

yes, this. looks very good now.

 

improvements ? the thickness of the mane between the neck and the first leg should be thinner.

Yeah mane looks great :thumbup: