The Jets are another one of my expansion teams which I have come back to visit.
Originally, I had this team under the name “South Queensland”. However, the name “Jagera” (the tribe occupying the region south-west of Brisbane) is really unqiue, and is unconventional in the sense that it isn’t a place but rather a nod to the history of that place. The name also does not promote Ipswich, Logan or Toowoomba over one another.
Outside of the name Jagera, I didn’t want the Jets to co-opt the local indigenous culture. The Indigenous All-Stars do a fine job of promoting the Australian indigenous culture without pegging a demographic to one area.
Both green and silver are criminally underused colours in Australian sport. In the South Queensland sporting scene, the green jersey would stand out from the reds, maroons, golds and blues.
From earlier:
Its difficult to depict a jet top down without looking like the Essendon Bombers logo which is my reason for using green as the body colour. The jet itself uses a lot of negative space Dark green) to define the wings from the body and silver highlights to give dimension. The wordmark used was chosen so that it wouldn’t distract from the main part of the logo.
I made some tweaks to the uniforms from before. I’ve gone with a single green with a more subtle chevron design on the main body. More focus is draw to the sleeves with a bold stripe. The primary also has silver (grey) shorts and socks, similar to the old Ipswich Jets uniform I used as a retro design. The secondary inverts the jersey/shorts/socks colours and would be the only silver jersey in the competition.
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Nice set. I think the next expansion team will be in South Queensland, no brainer to tap into Brisbane. But with several bids, the brand is completely up in the air.
Personally, I like the idea of “South Brisbane Valleys” with a Kookaburra logo, and colours of white with trim in orange, brown and pale blue.
I’m actually leaning towards Brothers now, they’d cover a lot of bases and would be the ultimate “anti-Broncos”.
Agreed. Do a bros set gaz.
I think you need to have a look at the current Jets logo and also their jersey design. The current logo is new and fresh and looks good while their jersey with the stripes looks great! (the jersey that they wear at home it has yellow, green and white and is in similar format to the Roosters jersey.
I disagree Re: the logo. It already looks dated, has poor balance between the elements and the wordmark lacks legibility. Green/gold isn’t a bad choice for colours but I wanted to place less emphasis on Ipswich and more on the general Ipswich/Logan/Toowoomba region.
What about a green and more of a orange gold colour scheme?
love the idea of Jets logo and name.
Definitely please consider doing a Brothers Jersey and Logo redesign of the leprechaun! Just make sure it still has the traditional dark blue butcher stripes though 😉
I do want to do it, just a case of finding the time to do it. Not sure whether the regular jersey would be an exact replica of the traditional design though.