{"id":6211,"date":"2015-11-15T22:57:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T04:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/?p=6211"},"modified":"2017-04-15T09:11:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T14:11:32","slug":"jr-first-lego-league-team-logo-variations-on-a-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/15\/jr-first-lego-league-team-logo-variations-on-a-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Jr. FIRST Lego League Team Logo: Variations on a Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

I coach a team of 6 Jr. FIRST Lego League<\/a>rs this year. One exercise we did was to come up with our team name, which was finally decided on as “St. Paul Builders”.<\/p>\n

Then, for another day’s exercise, we were to build consensus on the constituents of a team logo. We drew 6 sections\u00a0on a big piece of paper, and in those sections each kid drew visualizations of what they think of on the topic of Lego League. Kitties were a big topic. And then someone drew a spider web, which seemed appropriate, considering spiders are “Master Builders<\/a>\"\"\"\"“. So that caught on.\u00a0Another theme that started to spread like wildfire was what I thought was a castle turret. And I kept calling it a castle, and no one corrected me. Why would there be a castle turret? Because why would there be a spider web.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I kept calling it a castle, and no one corrected me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When All You Have is\u00a0a\u00a0Medieval\u00a0War Hammer, Every Problem Looks Like Chain Mail<\/h3>\n

So I took this castle theme home and thought I’d try to unite it with the other popular ideas of the day: Kitties <\/a>\"\"(almost universal appeal), and the spider web. As soon as I thought of a castle and a kitty, I thought of the Lannister lion banner “sigil”<\/a>\"\" from the\u00a0medieval-themed Game of Thrones books<\/a>\"\".\u00a0So I Google Imaged “medieval lion banner”.<\/p>\n

You can see the screenshot from my graphics editing software below;\u00a0I made a kitty in similar fashion to the lion woodcut-style image<\/a>\"\", put some Lego in its paws (Lego<\/a>\"\" \"\"is like “sheep” in that both singular and plural forms are spelled the same, I’ve been informed). You can see the castle turrets in the background, along with the spider web.<\/p>\n

\"JR<\/a>
JR FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TEAM LOGO – GAME OF THRONES LION – GRAPHICS EDITING<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, my son or one of the other kids in the group finally informed me that those weren’t castles. They were Lego. So the whole medieval theme was completely uncalled for.<\/p>\n

Team Logo Variations<\/h3>\n

Here are some variations on a theme I made in the graphics program. We hope to get one of them incorporated into a tee shirt design with the other Lego League teams’ logos from the school, for all of us to wear.<\/p>\n