I've had a little bit of a muck around in the past few days. In the end, I felt an update would be the best direction to take (instead of a complete overhaul). As you'll see below, what I've essentially done is change the angle that the kangaroo is heading. In the Western Reds logo and the current WA Reds logo, the kangaroo is going from left to right. In my one, I made him head left to right, but also towards you (the viewer). I don't know if this was the intention of the original designer, but to me it's saying that he's coming from the west.
I've tried to keep as much of the kangaroo's posture and other elements of the previous two logos the same. He's still carrying a footy under his right arm, and still has a clenched left fist. The tail and closest leg is still one object, seperated from the rest of the body. I prefer the eyes on the original Reds logo over the WA Reds logo, so I've simplified it again. Something a little different is the background shape: It's one of those road signs you see that have the black kangaroo silhoutetted images on it. It means to watch out for kangaroos, which I felt was appropriate! That yellow sign background also allowed a slight acknowledgement to the big golden sun in the background of the original Western Reds logo. This, I thought, would help associate people with the original logo. The style of the words 'WA' and 'REDS' I kept from the current WA Reds logo. For starters, I liked it, and secondly, I felt it'd help with the transition from the current WA Reds logo.
One noticable thing I did different was that I removed his footy jersey. I didn't feel it looked good on my little fella, so left it off. I don't feel it was important anyway.
So yeah, I hope you like it! I'll probably keep playing around when I get time and have the motivation.
