football kits design

Real Madrid fantasy kits

2011-11-20T11:26:00.001-08:00

Full name: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
City: Madrid
League: La Liga
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Fouded: 1902
Shirt sponsor: bwin.com
Kit manufacturer: adidas

Paris Saint-Germain FC fantasy kits

2011-10-14T16:57:00.001-07:00

Full name: Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
City: Paris
League: Ligue 1
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Founded: 1970
Shirt sponsor: Emirates, Poweo, Elior, Winamax Poker
Kit manufacturer: Nike

Galatasaray SK fantasy kits

2011-10-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

Full name: Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
City: Istanbul
League: Spor Toto Süper Lig
Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Founded: 1905
Shirt sponsor: Türk Telekom, avea, ülker
Kit manufacturer: Nike

FC Porto fantasy kits

2011-10-02T09:45:00.001-07:00

Full name: Futebol Clube do Porto
City: Porto
League: Portuguese Liga
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Founded: 1893
Shirt sponsor: tmn, meo, Super Bock
Kit manufacturer: Nike

KS Lechia Gdańsk fantasy kits

2011-10-01T14:58:00.000-07:00

Full name: Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk
City: Gdańsk
League: Ekstraklasa
Stadium: PGE Arena Gdańsk
Founded: 1945
Shirt sponsor: Lotos, Energa
Kit manufacturer: Adidas

This is an old request from Poland, for KS Lechia Gdańsk. The home kit is green shirt with three diagonal bands on the front, white shorts and socks. The name and numbers are outlined with gold.
The away kit is white shirt with a green diagonal band and green pinstripes on the front, green shorts and socks.
The third kit is all black, green and white diagonal bands onthe front of the shirts and green and white turnovers on the socks.

Olympique Lyonnais fantasy kits

2011-09-24T15:15:00.001-07:00

Full name: Olympique Lyonnais
City: Lyon
League: Ligue 1
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Founded: 1950
Shirt sponsor: Everest Poker, LG,Renault Trucks, Groupama, Veolia
Kit manufacturer: Adidas

Fantasy kits for Olympique Lyonnais, the club that won seven consecutive titles in France. The home kit is all white, with red and blue diagonal bands on the front of the shirt. The red and blue bands are present on the turnovers on the socks too. The Adidas three stripes are present only like perforated stripes that follows the red and blue bands on the shirt.
The away kit is dark blue with the same red and blue features as on the home kit.
As usual for Olympique the third kit is one used in European Cups, mostly in Champions League. The kit is dark red with gray vertical stripes on the front of the shirt.

Athletic Club Bilbao fantasy kits

2011-09-18T13:37:00.000-07:00

Full name: Athletic Club Bilbao
City: Bilbao
League: La Liga
Stadium: San Mamés
Founded: 1898
Shirt sponsor: Petronor, BFA DFB
Kit manufacturer: Umbro

A very similar work as the previous, because of the color scheme and the kit maker, but still managed to do some changes and obtain a bit different design. The home kit for Athletic Club from Bilbao is the classic red and white stripes on the shirts, black shorts and socks.
For the away kit I used the color scheme from the home shirt worn at the beginning of the club, blue and white halves (only on the front of the shirt), white shorts and socks.

Southampton F.C. fantasy kits

2011-09-17T14:54:00.000-07:00

Full name: Southampton Football Club
City: Southampton
League: Football League Championship
Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Founded: 1885
Shirt sponsor: aap3
Kit manufacturer: Umbro

Here are the designs for The Saints, an older request. It's mostly the template from the Universitario kits with some changes. The home kit is classic Southampton FC style, red and white stripes on shirt, black shorts and red socks.
The away kit is a combination of dark blue and a lighter shade of blue.

Juventus F.C. Torino fantasy kits

2011-09-06T17:57:00.000-07:00

Full name: Juventus Football Club
City: Torino
League: Serie A
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Fouded: 1897
Shirt sponsor: BetClic, Balocco
Kit manufacturer: NIKE

Atletico Madrid fantasy kits

2011-09-05T15:45:00.000-07:00

Full name: Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D.
City: Madrid
League: La Liga
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Founded: 1903
Shirt sponsor: KYOCERA
Kit manufacturer: NIKE

Internazionale Milano fantasy kits

2011-09-03T14:12:00.001-07:00

Full name: Football Club Internazionale Milano S.p.A.
City: Milano
League: Serie A
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Founded: 1908
Shirt sponsor: Pirelli
Kit manufacturer: Nike

Cruz Azul fantasy kits

2011-08-21T09:46:00.000-07:00

Full name: Club Deportivo, Social y Cultural Cruz Azul A.C.
City: Mexico City
League: Mexican Primera División
Stadium: Estadio Azul
Founded: 1927
Shirt sponsor: Cemento Cruz Azul, Telcel, Coca-Cola
Kit manufacturer: Umbro

Yet another requested team, the Mexican Cruz Azul, the eight time champion of the Mexican Football League. The home kit is blue-white-blue, red trims. This is the traditional color scheme for Cruz Azul, only the shade of blue is different from time to time.
The away kit is opposite to the home one, white-blue-white.

C.R. Flamengo fantasy kits

2011-08-15T05:52:00.000-07:00

Full name: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
City: Rio de Janeiro
League: Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A
Stadium: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
Founded: 1895
Shirt sponsor: Procter & Gamble (Gillette, Duracell), Banco BMG
Kit manufacturer: Olympikus

After many requests, here is CR Flamengo from Brazil. Red-black hoops on the shirt and socks, white shorts, this is the traditional color scheme for Flamengo's home kit. The Gillette and Duracell logos are different on the real kit, but this is how I like it, instead of the large battery on the back of the shirt and the DESODORANTE \o/ Gillette on the front. Also the Banco BMG logo I like it white on red/black better than orange. But I think the sponsors have a different idea about that.
The away kit is white/black/white, with a different use of the home shirt template. The sleeves and the upper part of the shirt are the same, just the colors are inverted.

Hajduk Split fantasy kits

2011-08-14T14:05:00.000-07:00

Full name: Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split
City: Split
League: Prva HNL
Stadium: Stadion Poljud
Founded: 1911
Shirt sponsor: Konzum, Croatia Osiguranje
Kit manufacturer: Umbro

Fantasy designs for Hajduk Split, Croatian klub that celebrate 100 years of existence. This is anew template, which I use for a project and I thought it will be interesting to do some fantasy designs on it. The kits are simple and classic, as far as I know Hajduk, they use mostly white shirts with blue shorts and socks, only few details.
Two version of the away kit, red and blue shirt with white shorts and socks, and with blue shorts and socks (from the home kit).

Brazil kits for the Copa America Mockup Competition

2011-07-25T11:07:00.000-07:00

Name: Brazil
Federation: Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (Brazilian Football Confederation)
Confederation:CONMEBOL (South America)
Founded: 1914
Kit manufacturer: Nike

Copa America Mockup Competition was an extra competition, played in the time of this year Copa America. There were invited to participate the first 12 classified competitors. As the second in the general classification my task was to make the kits for Brazil. Somehow easy tasks regarding the nice color combination but also big challenge to make kits for the probably best football national team in the world. The template for the competition was again the Azmie's one.
It was optional if the third kit is player or goalkeeper kit. Because Brazil rarely use the third color choice, I made a goalkeeper kit.

Poli Timisoara

2011-06-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

Full name: Poli Timisoara
City: Timişoara
League: ??????
Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Founded: 1921
Shirt sponsor: BkP
Kit manufacturer: lotto

I know that in my presentation you can read that this blog is about football shirts, and you will expect to find a new football kit, but unfortunately my rage is so big and I want to express myself about this issue. I will not present any detail, because the media from Romania lives this days from this subject and they already presented in all possible way this matter. The fact is that the romanian football federation made (again) a big injustice towards Poli, towards Timisoara, towards thousands of Poli fans. A team that finished second in the League (after a so cold "otelul" club with some help from referees won the league) and prepared for the Champions League qualifiers, is now in a big trouble, with players and fans who don't know in which league will play next season. The club was licensed for the first league, but after a couple of weeks blocked to participate in the Champions League and relegated in the second or third league (they don't know exactly). Many rules were violated, interpreted in many ways, just to give them the possibility to destroy this club. I follow the club's forum and I read every day tons of complaints from the fans, they are just desperate, because this is not the first time when Poli or Timisoara are persecuted by the federation or the ruling clubs (steaua, dinamo and lately cfr and otelu). Anyway the solution for the romanian football is now the population of the first league with teams that didn't pay their players since 9 month, or don't have stadiums where to play, or are some mediocre second league clubs (with first league license!!!). and all this under the guidance of UEFA. Good job "frf", keep it up, in this way the football and the fans will be eradicated from this country.

Economica Club de Futbol - designs for the 6th Copa de Mockups

2011-06-22T11:14:00.000-07:00

Full name: Economica Club de Futbol
League: 6th Copa de Mockups
Fouded: 2011
Shirt sponsor: Forbes, FxPro
Kit manufacturer: Champion

These are the designs and the logo for an imaginary club, the theme for the club is Economy.
The home kit has gold and white hooped jersey, blue shorts and gold and white hooped socks. This color combination is one of my older fantasy, I used to draw lots of kits in this color scheme.
The away kit is all blue, on the chest is present the gold/white feature from the crest.
The third kit is grey and burgundy, the design is also based on the feature from the crest.

Thanda Royal Zulu FC fantasy kits

2011-06-18T09:08:00.001-07:00

Full name: Thanda Royal Zulu Football Club
City: Richards Bay
League: National First Division (South African second league)
Stadium: Richards Bay Stadium
Fouded: 1996
Shirt sponsor: BELL
Kit manufacturer: Champion (fantasy)

These designs are made for the 22th Mockups Championship. The theme is the Thanda Royal Zulu Football Club from the South African second league. Because of the very few information about the club I choose Champion for the kit maker brand. The design is based on a template made for the 6th Mockups Copa, with some changes. Also the basic template is the official one for the Copa contests (Azmie's template from Switch Image Project). The home kit is mainly red with one blue sleeve and side part (on the shirt and shorts too). The socks are black with a yellow horizontal band on the turnover. The black and yellow are present on the shirt too, on the V neck and the sleeves. On the shirt is an asymmetric watermark, darker on the left side.

The away kit is based on the color scheme used lately by the club, mainly white with one red sleeve and side and one black. The socks are also black as on the home kit.
The third kit is blue and black, with yellow trims. The asymmetric watermark is more visible here than on the other two kits.

Atletico Mineiro fantasy kits for Mockups Competition

2011-06-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

Full name: Clube Atlético Mineiro
League: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Stadium: Mineirão
Fouded: 1908
Shirt sponsor: Banco BMG
Kit manufacturer: Topper

These are the designs for the Mockups Competition site, first "Desafio" (Challenge) for the month June. The home kit:
The away kit:

1. FC Köln fantasy kits

2011-05-29T07:00:00.001-07:00

Full name: 1. Fußball-Club Köln
League: Bundesliga
Stadium: Rhein Energie Stadion
Fouded: 1948
Shirt sponsor: REWE
Kit manufacturer: Reebok

Back to the requested designs, the kits for the 1. FC Köln are based on an older template. The home kit is all white with red features.
The away kit is all red with white features, with some changes, the red is predominant.
The third kit is all black with red features and sleeves. The logos, number and names are white.

1st place in the 5th Copa de Mockups

2011-05-27T13:31:00.001-07:00

Another triumph in the Copa Competition, in the 5th edition organized with NFL teams. My task was to make three soccer style kits for Denver Broncos (NFL team). As always in Copa style competition the template and the presentation on which we design is one plain style, and it's mandatory for every competitor to use it. It's not my favorite kind of expression, I prefer the twisted side view better, but still I managed to win the competition.

The home kit:The away kit:
The third kit:

Universitario de Deportes fantasy kits

2011-05-16T10:20:00.001-07:00

This is the medal for the first place in the 21th Mockups Championship, won with the Universitario de Deportes designs:

Full name: Club Universitario de Deportes
City: Lima
League: Primera División (Peru)
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Fouded: 1924
Shirt sponsor: Grupo Santo Domingo, Cerveza Cristal
Kit manufacturer: Umbro

Universitario de Deportes kits made for the Mockup Competition.
The away kit:
The third kit:

Tottenham Hotspur fantasy kits

2011-05-13T11:45:00.001-07:00

Full name: Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
City: London
League: Premier League
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Fouded: 1882
Shirt sponsor: Autonomy
Kit manufacturer: Puma

Yet another use of the previous template, with some minor changes. I thought it will suit well Tottenham Hotspur.

Pumas UNAM fanatasy kits

2011-05-07T09:02:00.000-07:00

Full name: Club Universidad Nacional A.C. (Pumas UNAM)
City: Mexico City
League: La Primera División (Mexico)
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Fouded: 1954
Shirt sponsor: Banamex, Coca-Cola, Telcel, Primera Plus, Blockbuster, AeroMexico
Kit manufacturer: Puma

Long time has past since the last requested design. I love this Puma design made for the Mockup Competition, and I will try it on few teams to see how it looks. Here is a try for Pumas UNAM from Mexico. The home kit:
The away kit:
The third kit:

Club Brugge KV fantasy kits for Mockups Competition

2011-05-06T17:11:00.000-07:00

Full name: Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging
City: Bruges
League: Belgian Pro League
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Fouded: 1891
Shirt sponsor: DEXIA
Kit manufacturer: PUMA

Melbourne Victory fantasy kits (for Mockups Competition)

2011-03-25T14:18:00.001-07:00

Full name: Melbourne Victory Football Club
City: Melbourne
League: A-League
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Fouded: 2004
Shirt sponsor: Intralot Australia, HYUNDAY, KFC
Kit manufacturer: Reebok

The Melbourne Victory designs made for the 19th Mockups Competition.

Mockup Magazine Awards for 2010

2011-02-23T15:16:00.001-08:00

Last week were presented the awards for 2010. I was nominated in four categories from a total of eight. Unfortunately I didn't had any nomination in the best kit (home, away or third), but I manged to win for the best blog and the best retro design. In the other two categories where I was nominated I was the second, for the best mockapeiros and for the most creative design. I'm very satisfied with the result, this mean that my work is not in vain and there are lots of people who likes my work. Many thanks to the organizers of the competition, to the people who nominated me and to all who visit my blogs. Also I want to congratulate to all the winners in the other categories. I will present the pages from the 7th edition of the Mockup Magazine and also the medals.
The golden medal for the best blog category:The golden medal for the best retro mockup (kit design) category:
The silver medal for the best mockapeiros (kit designer) category:
The silver medal for the most creativ mockup (kit design) category:

Kawasaki Frontale designs for Mockup Championship

2011-02-19T02:49:00.000-08:00

Full name: Kawasaki Frontale
City: Kawasaki
League: J. League Division 1
Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Fouded: 1997
Shirt sponsor: Fujitsu
Kit manufacturer: Puma

These are the designs for the 18th Mockup Championship. For a change I tried a 2D presentation for the Kawasaki Frontale. The home kit has the traditional sky blue and black combination. The shirt is sky blue with oblique black stripes. The round crew neck and the trims are sky blue. The shorts and the socks are black with sky blue stripes.
The away kit is all white with sky blue oblique stripes. The v neck and the trims are black.Usually the Japanese teams don't have a third kit, but because the Competition request it, I made one very similar to the home one, as an AFC Champions League version kit.

The 17th Mockup Championship

2011-02-05T11:49:00.000-08:00

Proudly announce the win in the 17th Mockup Competition. The designs used in this competition were the kits for Shakhtar Donetsk.

Associação Portuguesa de Desportos fantasy kits

2011-01-28T17:47:00.000-08:00

Full name: Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
City: São Paulo
League: Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Stadium: Estádio do Canindé
Fouded: 1920
Shirt sponsor: Votomassa, Banif Banco
Kit manufacturer: Penalty

This kits are also made for a Mockup Competition, therefore the competition logo is present on the front of the shirts. The theme is home and away designs for Portuguesa, team from second Brazilian league. The colors of the home kit are green and red for the shirt (hoops), white shorts and socks. On the left sleev is present a patch in red and green colors, on which is written: "Orgulho de ser Lusa" and means "Proud to be Lusa", Lusa is the nickname of Portuguese. Also on the front of the shirt is present a watermark consisting this slogan.
The away kit is based on the home design, green shorts and socks, white shirt with a red and a green band on the upper part of the shirt. The watermark is more visible here, because is red and green.

Shakhtar Donetsk fantasy kits

2011-01-23T10:44:00.000-08:00

Full name: FC Shakhtar Donetsk
City: Donetsk
League: Ukrainian Premier League
Stadium: Donbass Arena
Fouded: 1936
Shirt sponsor: SCM
Kit manufacturer: Nike

These kits are made for the 17th edition of the Mockup Championship (that's the reason for the green-golden logo on the left sleeve). The home and away kit are made as for the domestic competitions, with the name and the sponsor's logo written in Cyrillic. The home kit have orange shirt with black pinstripes, black shorts and orange socks.
The away kit is all white, with black lines, orange trims and pinstripes.
Usually Shakhtar don't have a third kit, but because of the competition I made one as for European games. For this kit, the name and the sponsor's logo are written with Latin letters.

Panionios G.S.S. fantasy kits and interview

2011-01-19T10:13:00.000-08:00

Full name: Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis
City: Nea Smyrni (Athens)
League: Super League Greece
Stadium: Panionios Stadium
Fouded: 1890
Shirt sponsor: -
Kit manufacturer: Diadora

With great pleasure I present my designs for Panionios GSS, the club with a history of 120 years. These designs were made after a request from my good friend Akis, the biggest Panionios fan I know. Since I met him, I become a Panionios fan too.

The kits are without any sponsor logos, only the kit manufacturer, because the designs are based on symbols that represent the club, and me and my friend Akis wanted to have some nice and clean kits. The names used on the shirts are not player names, are our kids names and our names (Akis and me). The home kit is in the classic Panionios color scheme, red and blue with white piping.
The away kit is all white with a red-blue oblique band on the shirts.
The third kit is dark blue with red and blue feature on the chest, representing the Greek key.
A first special edition kit, a bit retro style, with red and blue halves, dark blue shorts. The socks are dark blue with red and blue hoops.
Another special edition kit is an all blue with sky blue features.
With this occasion I had an interview for the clubs magazine Panionios Kosmos and also on http://pan-ola.blogspot.com/2010/11/zoran-iovanovici.html and http://panionios-kosmos.blogspot.com/. The interview is in Greek, but will post the English version too.

"We do not have World cup only in the football grounds but also in football's design. In the manufacture and in the designing of football jerseys, mockup (or mock-up), it is a model of drawing in certain scale, that is used depending on the circumstance: previously for demonstration, previously for the evaluation of drawing or even the promotion of final drawing to application. We have the joy to present to you Zoran Iovanovici, winner of Copa Do Mundo de Mockups that was organized by the international community of designers of footballs jerseys (Mockups de Camisas de Futebol). This really beautiful and impressive community has world impression and for Zoran constitutes a pleasant activity that brings him in contact with friends from all parts of the Planet: the applications that he accepts for a creation of “fantastic kits” are innumerable. We will see certain samples from the work which is published for 1st time - exclusively drawn for the friends of Panionios, we will read certain extracts from his interview in Mockup Magazine of Brazil plus his answers in our own questions. Most remarkable? Zoran declares a fan of Panionios.

AM: What is your favorite club in Greece?
ZI: Generally I like the Greek teams (when not playing against one of my favorite team) because of their fighting spirit and their fans. Since my only friend in Greece is Panionios fan, I become one too. And I’m very glad.
AM: Have you heard anything about Panionios history? There is a certain point that impressed you?
ZI: I heard lots of thinks about Greek clubs, maybe because I have watched since little the Yugoslavian television, and media. They followed their players and coaches who activated in Greece and therefore lots of information come to us. Lately I had the possibility to read more about Panionios, and I must say I’m impressed. This must be an example for people, how important is the sport and how can the sport win all the obstacles. I was impressed about how important was the identity for people in trouble.
AM: So, a club like Panionios with 120 years of History must pester you, to find out sources & elements - the language also is a big obstacle.
ZI: When a club celebrate such a long time of existing, the most appropriate design for a kit will be based on an old style jersey. Lots of centenary shirts have collar with laces, or halved shirt, as they were in the beginning of the football history. It’s good thing to return to the roots once in while. The language is a big obstacle in getting information from Greek sites. But I got help from my friend, Akis, with lots of pictures and details about the history of the club and the kit.
AM: Panionios wore Adidas in 1979 when the club gained the Greek cup, a nice uniform. What do you think?
ZI: I saw some pictures and presentation from that period, simple and elegant kits, specific for those times.
AM: Have you ever thought to design a uniform for another sport (like basketball or even for martial arts)?
ZI: I had few attempts years ago, but only for fun, or maybe trying something different for a change. I draw some sketches for Basketball, Hockey, American Football and even Baseball. But not interested me as the Football (Soccer) kits designing.
AM: Do you believe that a nice kit in front of a child’s eyes is an important reason to support a club or to attract his attention for a club?
ZI: Yes I think so, I had and have lots of teams that I like just because they wear a nice uniform or have a nice color combination. Many of my favorite teams wear red shirts ;) Also I dislike lots of teams because of a “not so beautiful uniform” or strange color combination. The brand influence me too.
AM: Family and friendship or money and glory? ( I mean what you prefer …)
ZI: How can you enjoy money and glory if you don’t have family and friends to share with? But you can have and enjoy your family and friends without money and glory.
AM: Your work is on the net. How do you protect your ideas from people that copy them?
ZI: The only protection is not to show my work. I have hundreds of designs on paper, and only few people had the occasion to see them. Last year I decided to show my work on the internet, by participating on couple of kits design specialized sites. After my designing skills are improved, lots of people encouraged me to start my own site or blog and present there my work. This way I had the possibility to be known all over the world, I had and have requests from everywhere. There are people who are inspired by my work, also lots of my designs and even templates are copied.
AM: Are you upset from these people that you believe they took advantage of your ideas? It is possible that the well paid designers from the big branches make party every time you present your work on the net.
ZI: I don’t know that for sure. If this would be true, I’ll be very honored, because that mean my work worth something. But I think is not correct to copy just like that any work that is not yours.
AM: It’s a fact that many appreciable designers like you, are behind the scene because they don’t know the “right” persons. Finally is the lack of meritocracy characteristic of each modern society?
ZI: Am I appreciable designer? I think the fact you pointed here is applicable to any other domain. Knowing the right person in the right moment can change your way or even your life. I’m not sad, because if I had a different way in my life, then I couldn’t meet my wife, and didn’t had my precious daughter.
AM: Do you think is interesting this season Panionios kit?
ZI: I think it’s a matter of taste. I’m not in the position to criticize any other design, because I know how hard is to invent a design, to adapt to a specific club, his crest, eventually sponsors. I know this template made by Diadora, is the one used for some clubs last season. It’s a nice design but I think that’s a place for few improvements. Anyway the last year’s kit was much better than this one.
AM: You believe that a voting for a choice of a club’s jersey, between competitive designs, would be more ideal for the supporters of any club?
ZI: There are many clubs in Europe that ask their fans to vote the design for the team, but in most cases the fans can chose from two or three template made by kitmaker brand. Maybe if the fans would influence the choice of the club’s jersey, then we would see more and diversified designs and not just few templates for hundreds of clubs.
AM: Would you like to participate in such a competition? In Greece in any case no club so far has made such a process - to ask the supporters (and at extension their purchasing public) for what they would like to be worn from their beloved club.
ZI: Anytime, I already participated in such competitions for some minor clubs in Great Britain.
AM: Panionios celebrates this year his 120 years. Would you be interest to contribute with your ideas and your abilities in the creation of an album which will include all the jerseys of Panionios from Smyrna till today?
ZI: Interesting idea, I saw this kind of albums for some big clubs, and not necessarily big but old clubs. It’s nice to see the evolution of the designs. In my case when I see an old jersey I always think on what players wore that jersey, what remarkable games they played in.
AM: Would you like one day to watch with your family a game of Panionios in New Smyrna?
ZI: Why not one late evening, when the Champions League or Europa League games are played? Of course I will like it.
AM: Have you seen on the net, the trailer for the New Athletic Center that will make Panionios? (we wish as soon as possible). What’ s your opinion about this project?
ZI: Yes I saw that on the official site of Panionios. I think it will be a dream come true for every Panionios fan, such an arena can only offer more satisfaction to the players and for the fans. I think that the prestige of the club will be higher too.
AM: Zoran, we thank you for the honor that you did to our fans, to present us your creations. We wish the officials from PANIONIOS club to collaborate with you, so we will have the chance to admire again your red & blue ideas."

Bolton Wanderers fantasy kits

2011-01-16T11:19:00.001-08:00

Full name: Bolton Wnderers Football Club
City: Horwich (Metropolitan Borough of Bolton)
League: Premier League
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Fouded: 1874
Shirt sponsor: 188 Bet

This is a requested design for Bolton Wanderers, made on the template used for FC Sydney and Internacional, with some changes. The home kit has white shirt and socks and dark blue shorts.
The away kit is opposite to the home one, dark blue - white - dark blue, with red features.
The third kit is a combination of gray, golden and dark red.

Manchester United fantasy kits

2011-01-13T13:18:00.000-08:00

Here is the version without stripes on the back and on the bottom of the shirts. Also an all white away kit.

Manchester United fantasy kits

2011-01-12T15:27:00.001-08:00

Full name: Manchester United Football Club
City: Manchester
League: Premier League
Stadium: Old Trafford
Fouded: 1878
Shirt sponsor: Aon

As I promised, here are the Manchester United kits made on the previous template. Two set, one for Premier League games, red-white-black for home, and white-black-white for away. The shorts and socks can be changed between the two kits.
The second set is for European matches, red-white-white for home kit and all black (with dark gray) for away kit.

Kaizer Chiefs fantasy kits

2011-01-11T11:22:00.001-08:00

Full name: Kaizer Chiefs Football Club
City: Johannesburg
League: ABSA Premiership
Stadium: Rand Stadium
Fouded: 1970
Shirt sponsor: Vodacom, Standard Bank
Kit manufacturer: Nike

These are my kits made for a mock-up competition, for the South African club Kaizer Chiefs. The home kit is combination of dark yellow (almost orange) with black and white. There was a debate about the color used for this kit, I was downgraded for not using the yellow and this design get only the fourth place. As a protest didn't post any other design there, for some time, but maybe will change my mind in the nearest future. I was disappointed, because I like very much this model, and not only me, many of my friends who saw this encouraged me to send them to any club I want. Next days will post the Manchester United kits made on this template.
The away kit is all white with yellow horizontal band and a black horizontal line on the chest. This feature is present on the socks too. On the front of the shirt is a watermark with the indian head from the crest.
The third kit is all black (two shades of black) with yellow trims and white horizontal lines.

Internacional Porto Alegre fantasy kits

2010-12-30T17:01:00.000-08:00

Full name: Sport Club Internacional
City: Porto Alegre
League: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Stadium: Beira-Rio
Fouded: 1909
Shirt sponsor: Banrisul, Tramontina, Unimed
Kit manufacturer: Reebok

I'm sure there will be people saying it's just another use of one previous template, but the truth is I like so much this design and I felt it will suit good Internacional Porto Alegre. The home kit is traditional red shirt, white shorts and socks. Also are features in a darker shade of red.
The away kit is opposite to the first one, white shirt, red shorts and socks. The features on the shirt are red.
Here is the new third kit with changed colors from dark blue to black and dark gray. I'll not judge anyone for this, but I simply cannot understand this color problem for some fans. There are many rival teams in the world, sharing the main color of their shirt, or one of their color, such are Manchester United and Liverpool. This year the both team has the for away kit the same color scheme, white shirt with red and black features, black shorts and white socks also with red and black. Also are rival teams sponsored by the same company, such are Celtic and Rangers from Glasgow, and in this case Gremio and Internacional. Anyway in my point of view, between dark blue and sky blue is a very big difference, but don't want to interfere in any club's history or rivalry.

Tout Puissant Mazembe fantasy kits

2010-12-29T16:51:00.001-08:00

Full name: Tout Puissant Mazembe
City: Lubumbashi
League: Linafut (DR Congo)
Stadium: Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba
Fouded: 1939
Shirt sponsor: MCK
Kit manufacturer: Adidas

So long time past since I've started to work on this team's kit, and don't had the time to finish it. Meanwhile TP Mazembe played at Fifa Club World Cup and finished second. I've made two variants for home kit, one with white shorts and socks, and a second with black shorts and socks.
The away kit is all black with white stripes, suitable for games vs teams wearing all white or light color kits.
The third kit is all white with black stripes.

Sydney FC fantasy kits

2010-10-17T15:21:00.000-07:00

Full name: Sydney Football Club
City: Sydney
League: A-League
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Fouded: 2004
Shirt sponsor: Sony, Hyunday, Bing Lee
Kit manufacturer: Reebok

Sydney FC was requested and in the meantime subject of a competition on the Campeonato de Mockups site. So here are the kits this Australian club. The home kit is sky blue shirt with dark blue shorts and socks. The real sponsor is present on the back of the shirt, because the mandatory one for the contest was Sony, present on the front of the shirt and shorts. Because of the design of the shirt the Hyunday logo was moved on the shoulder, instead of the sleev. The dark blue sock instead of sky blue was my choice, giving an elegant look to the kit.
The away kit is dark blue shirt, sky blue shorts and socks. On this kit are also white features on the sides.
The third kit has a colour scheme inspired by the crest, orange and white halves on the shirt, blue shorts and white socks with orange turnovers.

Ittihad FC of Jeddah fantasy kits

2010-10-14T15:58:00.001-07:00

Full name: Ittihad FC of Jeddah (Al-Ittihad)
City: Jeddah
League: Saudi Premier League
Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Fouded: 1927
Shirt sponsor: STC

Another requested team is Al-Ittihad from Saudi Arabia. The home kit is yellow and black, with striped shirt. A white stripe is present on every piece, also the name and numbers are white.
The away kit is all white with yellow stripes and black band on the shoulders and sleeves. The white shorts and socks are often used with the home shirt.
The third shirt is yellow-black-yellow, and it clash with the home one, but this colour scheme was requested, so i made it. Probably is used for Cup or International matches. Anyway it will be very usefull in games vs teams wearing black and white shirts.

Manchester United fantasy kits

2010-10-09T14:25:00.000-07:00

Full name: Manchester United Football Club
City: Manchester
League: Premier League
Stadium: Old Trafford
Fouded: 1878
Shirt sponsor: Aon

Because I'm a bit dissapointed by the last two United kits made by Nike, I made a design for my taste. There are two sets, one for domestic league and one for European games. Both sets are following the Manchester United line for the kits, not a single change in the colour scheme.

The European home kit is almoast the same as the domestic league kit, except the white socks instead of black. The away kit has blue shirt, black shorts and socks. Can be used as the third kit for the domestic league, for games vs teams wearing red-white shirts (Stoke City, Arsenal, Sunderland).

Fenerbahce SK fantasy kits

2010-09-25T12:28:00.000-07:00

Full name: Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü
City: Istanbul
League: Süper Lig (Turkey)
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu
Fouded: 1907
Shirt sponsor: Avea, Ülker, Turk Telekom
Kit manufacturer: Adidas

These kits for Fenerbahce where requested by Cueto. The home kit has yellow shirt with blue stripes, white shorts and white socks. The shade of blue is lighter than the one used by Fener in the last years.
This is also a version of the home kit, with blue shorts and socks.
The away kit is all white with yellow features and blue trims, numbers, logos and adidas three stripes. The set can be used also with blue shorts or socks.The third kit is dark blue, with blue trims and adidas stripes. The shirt has a watermark with three sets of horizontal stripes.

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama fantasy kits

2010-09-24T16:40:00.000-07:00

Full name: Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
City: Rio de Janeiro
League: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Stadium: Estádio São Januário
Fouded: 1898
Shirt sponsor: Eletrobras, Ale
Kit manufacturer: Penalty

Finaly the long waited (and lots of time spent for it) CR Vasco da Gama kits. This is my first design for the brand Penalty, so the research was a bit longer then usual. One nice surprise was when I find out that Igor Cavalera, the former drummer from Sepultura (one of my favorite band in the past) is working with Penalty and make designs for some Brazilian clubs. In this case he designed the third kit for Vasco. The home kit is all black with a white diagonal band on the shirt. The red colour is also present (the numbers and thin stripes and trims). The number on the front is present on the lower part of the shirt instead of the shorts. I changed the main sponsor's logo (left out the green-blue-yellow logo) to avoid too many colours on the shirt. I kept the blue for Eletrobras and also for the Ale logos from the shoulders.
The away kit is all white with black bands. The red colour is present on the cross and numbers. The thin stripes and trims are gray.
The third kit with this colour scheme is not very useful but as I saw in South American leagues (and Mexican also) the meaning of the third kit is different than in European leagues. Lots of teams have more kits in the same colour scheme. So I made the third kit white and black. On the left shoulder is a big red cross, the crest of the club. This feature is present on the back of the socks also. Otherwise the design is simple, only a thin line on the sides and lower part of the back of the shirt and shorts. The numbers, logos and name are black. No other colour besides black, red and white is present. I hope Igor Cavalera will be proud of me if he will see my designs :)

Yokohama F. Marinos fanatsy kits

2010-09-22T13:58:00.001-07:00

Full name: Yokohama F. Marinos
City: Yokohama
League: J. League Division 1
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Fouded: 1972
Shirt sponsor: Nissan, Ana, Ka-Ra-Da factory
Kit manufacturer: Nike

Another design made for Mockups Competition is the one for Yokohama F. Marinos. As I mentioned in the Universitatea Cluj post this design was made first. The waved stripe present is inspired by the name of the club (Marinos means sailors in Spanish) and crest also (contains an anchor). The shirt has a waved watermark on the chest and lower part of the back. The home kit is blue-white-blue with red trims. Usualy the socks are red with blue-white turnover, but I changed that.
The away kit is opposite to the home one, white-blue-white.
The third kit is red. The shirt has a white waved diagonal band. The lower part of the shirt is blue. This feature follows somehow the colour scheme from the crest.

Copa Vagalume da Música kits

2010-09-20T13:40:00.000-07:00

It's about the 3rd edition of the Cup Competition organized by Federação de Mockups. Unfortunately it's not about the 3rd place in this competition, I lost in the last 16 round. The competition had a theme based on a music competition from this site: http://www.vagalume.com.br/.
My team was Rock Nacional Classico (Brazilian Classic Rock). The only starting point was the crest, the design is based on it.

Universitatea Cluj fantasy kits

2010-09-19T08:50:00.001-07:00

Full name: Universitatea Cluj
City: Cluj
League: Liga I
Stadium: Cetate (Alba Iulia) for this season (2010-2011)
Fouded: 1919
Shirt sponsor: Romprest
Kit manufacturer: Nike

This team was requested, the design is the one I made for the Mockups Competition for Yokohama F-Marinos (I will post later, after I know the final position in the competition). The home kit for Universitatea, or "U" as it is also known, is all white with black features. Last couple years was the colour scheme used by the club.
The away kit is all black with white featues. In Romania the home/away kit rule is not so respected as in other countries. A team will not play all the home games in the same equipment, lots of variations are present (different colour for shorts, socks or even for the shirt). The presentation kit for this year for U was black-white striped shirt, black shorts and socks, but they play the home games in all white.

Club Atlas fantasy kits

2010-09-15T10:08:00.000-07:00

Full name: Club Social y Deportivo Atlas
City: Guadalajara
League: La Primera División (Mexico)
Stadium: Jalisco
Fouded: 1916
Shirt sponsor: Akron, Coca Cola, Corona, Sky, Megacable, Aero Mexico
Kit manufacturer: Atletica

Yet another Mexican team, Club Atlas. The task was easier, because i had the base made for the Santos Laguna design, also with Atletica. If I understud well, the "z" is something new on Atlas kits. On my kits there are lots of "z". The design is based on the z features on the sleeves and sides of the shirt and shorts. The colour of those features is a dark shade of red, something between red and black, the colours of Atlas. There are also a touch of white (the trims and logos). I think the colour scheme and the proportion of each colour represents the Atlas badge.
The away kit is all white, black trims and red features on shorts and socks. The z features are dark red only on the sides of the shirt. On the sleeves and shorts are white, but from perforated fabric.The third kit is all black with white trims and dark red z features. The kit clashes with the home one, may be usefull only in games vs teams wearing red-white kits.

F.C. Santos Laguna fantasy kits

2010-09-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

Full name: Futbol Club Santos Laguna
City: Torreón
League: La Primera División (Mexico)
Stadium: Estadio Corona
Fouded: 1983
Shirt sponsor: Soriana, Lala, Corona, Pepsi, Penoles, Banamex, Aero Mexico
Kit manufacturer: Atletica

I must admit that I never heard about Santos Laguna before it was requested to do their kits. When I saw the first pictures with them I was impressed. Altough the multitude of sponsors, in different colours, I managed to see the perfect combination between white, green and black. Many will say there's Celtic Glasgow, club with much longer history than Santos Laguna, having the same colous scheme on their kits. But Celtic has more traditional kits, without variations. Santos Laguna had almost all styles: horizontal stripes, vertical stripes, all white without stripes, stripes with white sleeves, gradient coloured stripes, black features (stripes, bands). Innitialy the design was more complex, but when I start to put the logos on, I must simplified id and the result is almost good for Celtic too. Some of the sponsors were left out and some are positioned in different places. ALso the number and the club's crest were positioned on the sides of the shorts, instead of the front. Also the logos on the socks leave so little options to do.
The away kit is same style as the home one, black instead of white, very usefull for the games vs teams wearing all white or striped shirts. The third kit has the colour scheme as the real one, a bit strange combination because it's clashing whit the other two. Anyway I liked this shade of green and I used it too.

F.K. Partizan Beograd fantasy kits

2010-09-11T08:53:00.000-07:00

Full name: Fudbalski Klub Partizan
City: Belgrade
League: Jelen Superliga
Stadium: Stadion FK Partizan
Fouded: 1945
Shirt sponsor: Renault
Kit manufacturer: adidas

It was a bit hard for me to make these kits, for the Red Stars's rival team, Partizan Beograd. But as Serbian I will be their fan in the Champions League games. Partizan return to adidas after a long time with different brands, some unknown some big (Nike, Puma, Kappa). The design is classic black and white stripes on both side of the shirt, a bit retro style. The three stripes on the shirt are only on the sides. The shorts and the socks are white with black panels and white three stripes.
The away kit is all black with white three stripes all over (less on the sleeves). Also the shirt has white pinstripes.

Real Madrid fantasy kits

2010-09-07T11:32:00.000-07:00

Full name: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
City: Madrid
League: La Liga
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Fouded: 1902
Shirt sponsor: bwin.com
Kit manufacturer: adidas

These designs are made for my brother, a big Real Madrid fan. The design is based on the original Real Madrid kit, with an oblique stripe. Here the stripe is coloured only in the upper part, on the left shoulder. The adidas three stripes are white as the kit and can be seen only in the parts where intersect the dark blue trims and the oblique stripe.
The away kit is dark blue with golden three stripes on the sides of the shirt, shorts and socks. The three stripes on the sleeves are in the same colour as the shirt. The oblique stripe is darker shade of blue than the main colour, also the trims.The third kit for Real is not so necesary, and often clashes with the away kit (regarding the colours, all dark coloured kit), therefore is presented and used as European kit. I choosed a lighter shade of purple for the shirt and darker shade for shorts and socks and trims aswell. The three stripes are white.

U.C. Sampdoria Genoa fantasy kits

2010-09-04T17:43:00.000-07:00

Full name: Unione Calcio Sampdoria, SpA
City: Genoa
League: Serie A
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Fouded: 1946
Shirt sponsor: ERG mobile
Kit manufacturer: Kappa

When I saw the theme for next competition on Mockups Comunity's site, I signed in immediately, because I liked always the Sampdoria's kits. It was a bit easier because i made before a good kappa template. Classic approach, as it should be for Sampdoria, blue shirt with a horizontal white band containing a black and a red stripe inside. The Kappa logos are asymmetrically arranged on the shirt and shorts also. The shorts and the socks are white.
The away kit is opposite to the home one. The band on the shirt is present only on the front and is positioned a bit upper.
The third kit is all black (two shades of black), with blue trims. Also on the front of the shirt is present the white-red-black feature.
As the mandatory sponsor for the competition is Ferrari, I post also the two kits, home and away. Also the competition patch is present on the left sleev of the shirt. The rest of the design is the same.
The away kit made for the competition is a mix from the away and third. The shirt is the same, white , but the shorts and the socks are black with blue and white features.

The 12th Mockup Championship

2010-09-01T08:06:00.000-07:00

Proudly present my designs for the 12th Mockup Championship (Campeonato de Mockups). The theme was for the Mockup Federation's team. Today was presented the final result, and my design is in the first place. For more details here is the link for the blog were all the designs are presented:
http://campeonatodemockups.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html
The design is based on the one made for the Corinthians kits, with some minor changes. The colours are green and white, with golden and dark green features.
The away kit is opposite to the home one.
The third kit is gold and dark green.

C.F. Pachuca fantasy kits

2010-08-28T07:06:00.000-07:00

Full name: Club de Fútbol Pachuca
City: Pachuca
League: La Primera División (Mexico)
Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo
Fouded: 1901
Shirt sponsor: Gamesa, Ado, Iusacell, Office Depot, Marti, Pepsi, Banorte
Kit manufacturer: Nike

Another request is for a tem from Mexico, Club de Fútbol Pachuca. The home kit is blue and white, shirt with stripes on the body and a white band on the shoulders and sleeves. The shorts and socks are white with blue features.
The away kit is orange and black, same template as the home one, the only difference is that the back of the shirt has no black stripes.

Real Betis Seville fantasy kits

2010-08-24T12:48:00.000-07:00

Full name: Real Betis Balompié S.A.D.
City: Seville
League: Segunda División
Stadium: Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
Fouded: 1907
Shirt sponsor: Andalucia (fantasy)
Kit manufacturer: Kappa (fantasy)

I know that Real Betis are no longer playing in Kappa kits for the second season, but in my oppinion the Kappa style suited very well this club for many years. Therefore I used the design made for Borussia Dortmund. Also the sponsor is not present on their shirts. The home kit is green and white striped shirt, white shorts and green and white socks.
The away kit is all green (two shades of green) same design as the home one.
The third kit has blue shirt with white sleeves and black round neck and trims. Also the shorts are black, and the socks are blue and white with black turnovers.

Borussia Dortmund fantasy kits

2010-08-23T10:58:00.000-07:00

Full name: Ballspiel-Verein Borussia Dortmund
City: Dortmund
League: Bundesliga
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Fouded: 1909
Shirt sponsor: EVONIK
Kit manufacturer: Kappa

This is a design for a competition on DesignFootball.com. The second for me, this time in the new presentation. The design is asymmetric, one black sleev and one yellow as the shirt. On the short also are different colour panels.
The away kit is similar to the home one in gray and black colours.
The third kit is darker shade of red and white with black round neck and trims.

Dundee United F.C. European fantasy kit

2010-08-20T15:33:00.000-07:00

Although Dundee United's chances are reduced after the first leg vs A.E.K., I made the third kit as European kit. All black with dark gray and orange stripes.

Dundee United F.C. fantasy kits

2010-08-18T13:50:00.000-07:00

Full name: Dundee United Football Club
City: Dundee
League: Scottish Premier League
Stadium: Tannadice Park
Fouded: 1909
Shirt sponsor: CALOR
Kit manufacturer: Nike

This design is based on the new template used for Corinthians. The home kit for Dundee United is orange shirt and socks with black sleeves and shorts. Also is used a darker shade of gray.
The away kit is all white with black bands and orange horizontal stripes.

SC Corinthians Paulista fantasy kits

2010-08-14T16:51:00.000-07:00

Full name: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
City: São Paulo
League: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Schürig / Pacaembu Stadium
Fouded: 1910
Shirt sponsor: Neo Química Genéricos, Bozzano
Kit manufacturer: Nike

Finaly something new. These designs were requested by Ronnie for the 100th anniversary of SC Corinthians Paulista. The home kit is the classic white-black-white with golden features (the round neck, trims, number, logos).
The away kit is opposite to the home one, black-white-black. The design on the shirt is a bit different, the pinstripes are vertical.
The third kit is all purple with black pinstripes and golden features. The short is a darker shade of purple.

My interview for Mockup Magazine (English version)

2010-08-11T08:45:00.001-07:00

I have posted the links for two Mockup Magazines. In the second edition is an interview with me. Because the magazines are in Portuguese I post the English version of the interview:

MM: For all who are reading, tell you a little more about you?
ZI: Hi, my name is Zoran, I’m 37 and football is part of my life. I love to design football kits. The music is also very important to me, but my priorities are my wife and my 5 years daughter.

MM: Which is your favorite team?
ZI: From early ages I am Red Star Belgrade fan, but since early 90’s Manchester United is my favorite team. Also I support a team in my country Poli Timisoara.

MM: Is there any influence of your family for choosing the favorite team?
ZI: My father and my grandfather were Red Star fans and they influenced me a lot, but I’m not sorry because Red Star gave me lot of happy moments.

MM: When have you started to be interested in soccer team shirts?
ZI: Since I was little kid I loved the football, to play and to watch also. I was able to recognize almost every team I saw on TV after the kits they wear. And those days were in communist era and we don’t have many possibilities. We got football magazines from neighboring countries or from friends from Europe. When we have got a Kicker (from Germany) or Onze (France) we celebrated as a holiday. Also we bought Tempo from Serbia and somehow manage to keep the contact with the football world.

MM: When and why have you started making kits (mockups)?
ZI: I have started the kit drawing when I was 7-8 years old. My drawings were hideous at the beginning and one day I saw a advertising presentation on the back of one Kicker. There were presented the kits of Dortmund, Münchengladbach and 1FC Köln (if I’m not wrong). That was a spark that ignited my imagination. Since then I start to draw every kit I have saw on TV or football magazines. One day I have invented a fantasy league with 18-20 teams and made kits (mockups) for those kits for many years. There are hundreds of designs and even these days I inspire from there.

MM: Do you collect shirts of football teams?
ZI: I have some football shirts, but I do not consider myself a collector. I Will mention only my two Manchester United shirt and one Real Madrid, but my brother has four Real Madrid shirts and two Spain shirts (you can guess why) and more others.

MM: What was your first part of the collection and the most important?
ZI: I cannot talk about a collection. For Romania a replica shirt is a bit expensive and also cannot find so many shirts. Ten years ago these shirts were rare. Anyway my first shirt was a Puma Italy one. The most important for me is my Manchester United home kit (I wore it at the Champions League Final two years ago).

MM: In your country are there many mockupeiros (mockup fans)?
ZI: In my country I’m the only one, just kidding. My brother is one of them, but I think there are many. I know that is a community that makes patches with the Romanian League for the Fifa and P.E.S. series. There you will find some “mockupeiros” for sure. Also on my blog I have few followers from Romania

MM: What do you think about the community of mockups, about the championships and cups?
ZI: I discovered this mockup community last year, but because of the language and lack of time (I was involved in other projects) I didn’t explored more. But in March this year a friend from an English site asked me why don’t send my Olimpique Marseille designs, because there is a contest with that theme. And here I am member of this beautiful community. Since then I participated in almost all competition and even I won the “Copa Do Mundo de Mockups”. I’m sorry that I don’t have enough time to get involved more, but I’ll try my best. Now I will skip a competition, because of my work and also the vacation. But I will return.

MM: Do you already know something about Brazil and its football?
ZI: I was familiar with the Brazilian national team from childhood. I grew up with Sócrates, Zico, Falcão and later with Romário, Bebeto, Dunga, Taffarel. Also the Brazilian players are well rated in Europe. About Brazilian clubs I know from the internet and from TV.

MM: The Portuguese language barrier has been in communication with members of the community and with the participation in the championships? What could be improved about it?
ZI: I speak four languages and understand few more but the Portuguese is not one of them. So is hard for me to communicate with other members. With Cassio I communicate in English. I have sent once a translation in Portuguese but I heard it was funny. I begin to understand more and more since I translate almost all the messages, but it’s still hard. Many thanks to Cassio for sending me all the details for the competitions in English. What could be improved about it? An English version of the site. But it is too much to ask. But if you think for a future opening to other countries, then it must be considered needful.

MM: When you make your creations is reflected in some specific brand or a style? Why?
ZI: I know a lot of football shirts and inevitably that had some influence on my work. Sometimes I draw a classic Adidas kit and sometimes make something unusual. In most cases I know the team and some of the club's history and I try to adapt the design after that too. Also the style is different from country to country and I try to keep in mind this things.

MM: Do you have a brand that you use more and why?
ZI: I think Adidas is the most frequently used brand in my designs. That’s because there are so many teams wearing this brand and also are many important clubs and national teams. As I made the kits for all 32 teams qualified for the World Cup, there were 12 Adidas from 32. And also heave many requests for teams with Adidas kits.

MM: What is the best kit you've ever done?
ZI: It’s hard for me to say. Rarely when I finish a kit and I don’t like it. I’m very pleased with the 32 teams for my World Cup project. And yet is an oldest kit that I like the best, it is a drawing on paper and was not published. It’s one of my oldest fantasy team.

MM: What programs do you use to make your mockups? Why?
ZI: I use Photoshop for the digital reproduction of my drawings. When I start to draw on computer I used MS Paint but the designs were not so good and then I made a break of about two years. One day I have started again and also learn to use other designing programs. I like to use Photoshop more than other programs, maybe because I worked more and also I get the result I want.

MM: What is the most important point in the mockup creating process?
ZI: In my case the most important moment in the creation process is the first sketch on paper. That is the birth of any design.

MM: After winning the world cup you feel more pressure?
ZI: I felt more pressure during the contest. I had little time to do the designs, especially for the final game, only two days. My luck was that I had already made designs for all the 32 teams and I just needed to improve a bit and adapt to the requested template. Of course that will be some pressure on me in the next competition because people expect more from me. But this is only a good thing and I will try my best to not disappoint.

MM: Do you have a hobby outside the mockups?
ZI: Do you think I have time for other hobbies? J I played football (indoor) amateur level, but last winter I suffered a injury and retired from football. Also spend a lot of my time with my family and friends.

MM: If you were in the area of creating a great brand of football shirts which would improve and it would keep? Why?
ZI: I am so little to think about improving something at a big brand. I think behind every big brand is an army of people working and studying the market. Many times we don’t like a kit of some team, but we don’t know the story behind that kit. People have different opinions, so it’s hard to please everyone.

MM: What advice do you leave for people starting this hobby in the mockups?
ZI: Try to be original and enjoy the kit designing…

Coritiba Foot Ball Club Contest results

2010-07-25T06:58:00.000-07:00

Finaly been announced the results for the Coritiba Contest, organized on designfootball.com. My kit won the first place in the away category. I'm glad because I was very satisfied with this design. Here is the link, and also the picture of the winning design:
http://www.designfootball.com/football-shirt-design/439-coritiba-kit-design-competition/

Copa Do Mundo de Mockups kits

2010-07-16T14:53:00.000-07:00

With great joy I present my participation to Copa Do Mundo de Mockups, organised by a kits design comunity called Mockups de Camisas de Futebol.
Here is the link for the blog were the competition was hosted: http://copademockups.blogspot.com/2010/07/final-copa-do-mundo-de-mockups.html
The theme of the competition was the World Cup 2010, and I had the task to make the home and away kit for Italy.
The design is the transposition of this one made for the World Cup project . The presentation was mandatory on the template used by all the 32 participants.
http://footballkitsdesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/italy-world-cup-2010-fantasy-kits.html
The competition was based on the real World Cup game style, 8 groups with 4 teams each. In every group the teams are played against each other, and the votes of the 32 participants represented the final score for every game. After the group stage followed the las of 16, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals. After the semi-finals were played, the two finalist had the task to made the kits for one of the two real finalist (Spain and Netherlands), the same for third place play-off game (Uruguay and Germany). Therefore I made the designs for Spain.
This is a version for the away kit that was not posted, I was not sure wich of the two away kit to chose.
This is the original design on wich is based the one used in the Final.
http://footballkitsdesign.blogspot.com/2010/03/spain-world-cup-2010-fantasy-kits.html
And here is the stamp wich shows that I won the competition.
It was an interesting competition with lots of good designs. I want to thank to the organizers and to the competitors to for choosing my designs as the winner. Also about this competition and other news and information about kits designs you can read (if you understand Portuguese) here:
http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=44001

Brasil fantasy kits (for Mockups Competition) GK add-on

2010-07-16T14:29:00.001-07:00

As It was requested, here is the other goalkeeper kit.

Brasil fantasy kits (for Mockups Competition)

2010-07-13T15:58:00.000-07:00

Now that the World Cup is over, I will get back to my usual work. I will present some of my work, done for several competiotion organised within "Mockups de Camisas de Futebol" comunity. For the latest competition will present the remake of the Brasil kits made for the World Cup project. The changes are few, there are no patches on the sleeves and the away shirt and socks have yellow features instead of white. Also a goalkepeer kit was added as it is requested in the competition.

World Cup 2010 the final game

2010-07-12T11:05:00.000-07:00

And after 31 days of football we get to the end of the turnament. Here is the last presentation with the Final between Netherlands and Spain.

World Cup 2010 the third place play-off game

2010-07-11T05:52:00.000-07:00

We are almoast at the end of this World Cup. Here is the presentation for the third place play-off game between Uruguay and Germany

World Cup 2010 Semi-final 2

2010-07-07T13:48:00.001-07:00

The second Semi-final game was Germany vs Spain

World Cup 2010 Semi-final 1

2010-07-06T14:03:00.000-07:00

First Semi-final game at this World Cup was played between Uruguay and Netherlands.

World Cup 2010 Quarter-finals - games 3 and 4

2010-07-03T17:25:00.001-07:00

The third Quarter-final game was played between Argentina nad Germany
The fourth game was Paraguay vs Spain

World Cup 2010 Quarter-finals - games 1 and 2

2010-07-02T16:22:00.000-07:00

It's time for the Quarter-finals. The first game was played between Netherlands and Brazil.
The second game was Uruguay vs Ghana

World Cup 2010 Last of 16 - games 7 and 8

2010-06-29T14:32:00.000-07:00

With this two games finished, only eight teams remain in the competition. Paraguay vs Japan
and Spain vs Portugal were the game seven and eight from the Last of 16.

World Cup 2010 Last of 16 - games 5 and 6

2010-06-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

The fifth game in this stage was Netherlands vs Slovakia
The sixth game was played between Brazil and Chile.

World Cup 2010 Last of 16 - games 3 and 4

2010-06-28T08:25:00.000-07:00

The third game played in this phase (last of 16) was Germany vs England.
The fourth game was between Argentina and Mexico

World Cup 2010 Last of 16 - games 1 and 2

2010-06-26T16:18:00.000-07:00

The first two games playes in the knockout stage (last of 16) were played between Uruguay and Korea Republic
and United States and Ghana

World Cup 2010 Group H games 5 and 6

2010-06-25T14:15:00.000-07:00

The last two games in the group stage were played in the Group H between Chile and Spain
and Switzerland and Honduras
The table for the Group H:

1. Spain ......................... 6p ... 3 2 0 1 ... 4-2 ... +2
2. Chile ......................... 6p ... 3 2 0 1 ... 3-2 ... +1
3. Switzerland.............. 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 1-1 ... 0
4. Honduras ................. 1p ... 3 0 1 2 ... 0-3 ... -3

World Cup 2010 Group G games 5 and 6

2010-06-25T13:46:00.000-07:00

The last two games in the Group G were Portugal vs Brazil
and North Korea vs Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
The table for the Group G:

1. Brazil ......................... 7p ... 3 2 1 0 ... 5-2 ... +3
2. Portugal .................... 5p ... 3 1 2 1 ... 7-0 ... +7
3. Côte d'Ivoire.............. 3p ... 3 1 0 2 ... 4-3 ... +1
4. North Korea .............. 0p ... 3 0 0 3 ... 1-12 ... -11

World Cup 2010 Group F games 5 and 6

2010-06-24T16:06:00.000-07:00

The fifth game from the Group F was Slaovakia vs Italy
and the sixth game was Paraguay vs New Zealand
The table for Group F:

1. Paraguay .................... 5p ... 3 1 2 0 ... 3-1 ... +2
2. Slovakia ..................... 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 4-5 ... -1
3. New Zealand .............. 3p ... 3 0 3 0 ... 2-2 ... 0
4. Italy ........................... 2p ... 3 0 2 1 ... 4-5 ... -1

World Cup 2010 Group E games 5 and 6

2010-06-24T15:43:00.000-07:00

The last two games in the Group E were Denmark vs Japan
and Cameroon vs Netherlands
The table of the Group E:

1. Netherlands ........... 9p ... 3 3 0 0 ... 5-1 ... +4
2. Japan ..................... 6p ... 3 2 0 1 ... 4-2 ... +2
3. Denmark ................ 3p ... 3 1 0 2 ... 3-6 ... -3
4. Cameroon .............. 0p ... 3 0 0 3 ... 2-5 ... -3

World Cup 2010 Group D games 5 and 6

2010-06-24T15:14:00.001-07:00

The last games in the Group D were played between Ghana and Germany
and Australia and Serbia
The table of the Group D:

1. Germany ........... 6p ... 3 2 0 1 ... 5-1 ... +4
2. Ghana ............... 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 2-2 ... 0
3. Australia .......... 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 3-6 ... -3
4. Serbia ............... 3p ... 3 1 0 2 ... 2-3 ... -1

World Cup 2010 Group C games 5 and 6

2010-06-24T14:43:00.000-07:00

The last two games in the Group C, Slovenia vs England
and United States vs Algeria
the table of the group C:

1. United States ..... 5p ... 3 1 2 0 ... 4-3 ... +1
2. England .............. 5p ... 3 1 2 0 ... 2-1 ... +1
3. Slovenia ............. 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 3-3 ... 0
4. Algeria ................ 1p ... 3 0 1 2 ... 0-2 ... -2

World Cup 2010 Group B games 5 and 6

2010-06-22T15:39:00.001-07:00

The last games in the Group B were played between Nigeria and Korea Republic
and Greece and Argentina.

Here is the final ranking in this group:

1. Argentina ............ 9p ... 3 3 0 0 ... 7-1 ... +6
2. Korea Republic ... 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 5-6 ... -1
3. Greece ................. 3p ... 3 1 0 2 ... 2-5 ... -3
4. Nigeria ................ 1p ... 3 0 1 2 ... 3-5 ... -2

World Cup 2010 Group A games 5 and 6

2010-06-22T15:06:00.000-07:00

The last two games in the Group A where Mexico vs Uruguay
and France vs South Africa
Here is the final ranking in this group:

1. Uruguay .......... 7p ... 3 2 1 0 ... 4-0 ... +4
2. Mexico ............ 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 3-2 ... +1
3. South Africa ... 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 3-5 ... -2
4. France ............ 1p ... 3 0 1 2 ... 1-4 ... -3

World Cup 2010 Group H games 3 and 4

2010-06-21T15:29:00.000-07:00

The last two games of the second round were played in the Group H, Chile vs Switzerland
and Spain vs Honduras

World Cup 2010 Group G games 3 and 4

2010-06-21T15:08:00.000-07:00

The third game in the Group G was played between Brazil and Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire),
and the fourth game was played between Portugal and North Korea

World Cup 2010 Group F games 3 and 4

2010-06-20T10:53:00.000-07:00

The games played in Group F in the second round were Slovakia vs Paraguay
and Italy vs New Zealand

World Cup 2010 Group E games 3 and 4

2010-06-19T15:14:00.000-07:00

The games from the Group E are Netherlands vs Japan
and Cameroon vs Denmark

World Cup 2010 Group D games 3 and 4

2010-06-19T14:46:00.000-07:00

The second round games from Group D were Germany vs Serbia
and Ghana vs Australia

World Cup 2010 Group C games 3 and 4

2010-06-19T11:40:00.000-07:00

The third game in the Group C was Slovenia vs United States
and the fourth game was England vs Algeria

World Cup 2010 Group B games 3 and 4

2010-06-18T17:06:00.000-07:00

The games from the Group B in the second round were Argentina vs Korea Republik
and Greece vs Nigeria

World Cup 2010 Group A games 3 and 4

2010-06-18T16:40:00.000-07:00

And here we are at the start of the second round in the group stage. The match 3 in the Group A was played between South Africa and Uruguay.
The fourth match of the Group A was France vs Mexico.

World Cup 2010 Group H - games 1 and 2

2010-06-16T14:33:00.000-07:00

And the two games that close the first round were played in Group H, Honduras vs Chile
and Spain vs Switzerland

World Cup 2010 Group G - games 1 and 2

2010-06-15T14:41:00.000-07:00

The first two games in Group G: Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) vs Portugal
and Brazil vs North Korea

World Cup 2010 Group F - games 1 and 2

2010-06-15T10:08:00.000-07:00

The Group F has started with Italy vs Paraguay
and New Zealand vs Slovakia

World Cup 2010 Group E - games 1 and 2

2010-06-14T14:44:00.000-07:00

The first two games in the Group E are Netherlands vs Denmark
and Japan vs Cameroon

World Cup 2010 Group D - games 1 and 2

2010-06-13T14:23:00.000-07:00

The first game from the Group D (wich I want to forget as faster I can) was between Serbia and Ghana
The secon game in this group was between Germany and Australia

World Cup 2010 Group C - games 1 and 2

2010-06-13T12:06:00.000-07:00

The Group C start with England vs United States
and Algeria vs Slovenia

World Cup 2010 Group B - games 1 and 2

2010-06-12T11:26:00.000-07:00

The first games in the Group B, Korea Republik vs Greece
and Argentina vs Nigeria

World Cup 2010 Group A - games 1 and 2

2010-06-11T17:17:00.001-07:00

Long time ago I used to make similar plates for the big tournaments. Then I had lot more free time to write the details and draw the kits worn for each game. Now I don't have so much time, but the technology help us to do faster all kind of things. After I have finished the 32 teams for the World Cup I got an idea to make the plates for each group. Then I thought why not make it for each game, and here are the plates for the first two games. Until the end of the World Cup I decided to post only this plates. My only participation will be at the Copa de Mockups and Campeonato de Mockups competitions. A break at designing (new kits) is necesary, because I get a bit tired.
Shortly I will present one plate, the rest of them will not need any other explanations. The plate will contain the name of the group, the date and the place of the game, the referees, the result and the goal scorers, the line-ups and the managers of the two team. Also an important part of the plate are the kits of the teams, not the real ones but the fantasy designs made by me, respecting as much as possible the colours of the kits worn in the game.
The first game was between South Africa and Mexico:
The second game in the Group A was Uruguay vs France:

World Cup 2010 Group H plate

2010-06-11T16:07:00.000-07:00

Finaly the Group H with the kits of Spain, Switzerland, Honduras and Chile.

World Cup 2010 Group G plate

2010-06-11T15:45:00.000-07:00

The Goup G plate containing Brazil, North Korea, Côte d'Ivoire and Portugal kits.

World Cup 2010 Group F plate

2010-06-11T14:53:00.000-07:00

The Group F plate has the Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia kits.