The fun of creating bootleg logos
One of my favorite things to do for this website is to make ripoff logos of a real life company / business / sports team. Originally, I wanted a couple stickers for my website. While in Tallahassee, the idea of a Florida State University Seminoles inspired came naturally. That soon followed by a bauhaus font (Independent Trucks inspired) and a MIA Skateshop inspired. From there, its took off. Every font I could find online, I tried a logo for. Quickly after acquiring my Canon GL1, I needed watermarks for my videos. This is where more regional variants of my logos came. I’ve never imagined making something like a Phillies logo, however, I find the creative process of making one. Nowadays, usually, I only make logos for areas while I just did an event (IE a Philadelphia Phillies logo for a Philly contest), however the inspiration for random ones comes every here and there. I try to make this in advance if I know of a contest, however I don’t want to rush an ugly logo and ruin this opening to one of my videos. Below are all the official watermarks / stickers / logos I’ve created for this website with the year they were created. As of the writing of this post, only three have been made into actual stickers.
The Original Three (2021)
‘Bauhaus’ - Independent Truck Inspired
Florida State Seminoles
The Bauhaus sticker on board, 2021
MIA Skateshop Inspired
The ‘Florida Sports’ Series (2021)
Miami Dolphins (Early days, clearly)
Miami Hurricanes
Florida Gators (another early one)
FIU Golden Panthers
UCF Knights
FAU Owls
Virginia Tech Series (2022)
‘Redskins’ Series (2023)
The ‘DMV’ Version of this logo was never actually used. I’m truthfully not sure how I feel about it. However, I love the font logo with the spear. One of my personal favorites.
‘Philly Phillies’ (2025)
As a diehard Miami Marlins fan, I originally thought I wasn’t going to enjoy making this one. However, I feel like it came out amazing. This one was made for Thrasher Weekend Philly and Delaware 2025.
Charlotte Hornets (2025)
Like the Redskins logo above, the Carolina logo was never actually used. I like it way more nowadays after not seeing it for awhile. The logo on the right was used for the Converse video at Kilborne DIY
Five Year Anniversary (2025)
One of many five year anniversary logos to come. This was the only one made at the time of the writing of this post.
West Virginia University (2026)
A new start. After I was admitted into West Virginia University, I made all of these using the font that appears on the back of the Mountaineers Football and Basketball jerseys. Much more of these will be coming out in the near future.
