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The designer of the original Osceola logo shares how he would update it

John's RedesignJohn Roberge is the artist who dreamed up and designed the now famous Osceola logo back in 1971 (see our previous post, "Florida State's most famous face is about to get a makeover"). Like all of us, FSU's updated version took him by surprise. 

So this week Roberge said he "felt like revisiting the design himself" and "spent a couple of hours drawing the one on the left." He told us this newer version "paid attention to ground-crew, etc. repro difficulties," the things FSU maintains were what prompted the refinement.

We believe this revised version not only addresses those issues, but still maintains the spirit, excitement and intangibles that FSU fans have loved about the 43-year old image.

Remember, Roberge did this modernized version in a couple of hours just for fun. Now imagine how much time and fan uproar FSU could have saved if only they'd asked the guy who created the original to reimagine it.

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