Many of you have talked about incorporating the block M into the design-- I did in fact try this, down in the bottom left corner of the neck... unfortunately, it just looked way too 'gimmicky' and not quite classy enough. I considered incorporating the M into a collar and tag, such as the St. Cloud State Husky logo (GREAT logo, btw-- check it out if you've never seen it), but the whole idea of depicting a wild, mean wolverine with a collar just seemed LAME.

Some of you suggested doing the block M as a light imprint in the blue of the fur, but even a lighter blue becomes another color, and I've tried to exclusively limit the design to navy blue, maize, and white. Speaking of the blue thing, colin suggested a darker blue, perhaps a more 'midnight blue?' I agree, I've always loved how dark the jerseys look with the bright maize pants and numbers-- typically though, in print and branding going TOO dark will just make it look plain old black. But there's a happy medium there, so I'll toy with making the blue darker.

Of course we have more discussion about the mark being 'mean enough,' and talk about how the nose change has made him look more feline. I'll play with it a bit-- the nose is tricky because from what I've noticed, the typical wolverine head is very triangular. That foam fanhead thing is more anatomically correct than you'd suspect. So doing this triangular thing at the 3/4 view has been a bit difficult-- my nose might even be a bit too long. This triangle thing is also why it's so important to have that maize detail in the bottom left, to define the jawline to some degree. I might change it to make it look more furry or feral.

As for the open vs. closed mouth, some of you have discussed how it actually looks MEANER by showing less emotion-- that was my original intent with the closed mouth design in the first attempt-- sometimes an animal looks FAR MORE PISSED just by giving that cold glare. BUT, the open mouth seemed like a valid idea, and I must say I'm VERY happy with the simple white shapes that compose the teeth, esp. the bottom set. So I'm a bit torn as well. I agree with someone's input about the nose details as well-- they're not stylized enough and attract more attention than they should. Something to look into.

Like I said, I'm a designer by trade and this is literally WHAT I DO, so certainly this has been fun-- combining the job I love with the team I love, etc. I haven't been a very active member of the community here very long but I've really gotten a feel of some of the personalities, so I really do appreciate your comments because I know you share my devotion to the Big Blue. That being said-- GSimmons, you let me know and I'll rebrand your team on the house, from one MgoBlog guy to another!

So I'm not sure what will come of this, but I've had other legit work that began as simple tinkering before, so who knows?