Class on grass

These are Emblemry’s own words, written before the badge was drawn.

Subject

A vintage-print football crest showing a suited man standing upright on a striped grass pitch, with a small football at his feet. The figure is rendered as a bold, recognisable silhouette with simplified suit lapels and tie; the pitch recedes behind him in broad field stripes within a blue shield-shaped emblem.

Motifs

• man in a suit Anchor

  Full-length central figure in a dark simplified suit silhouette, with a clear tie, lapels and confident upright stance; use worn ink gaps and restrained facial detail.

• football pitch Supporting

  Broad grass field stripes and a minimal distant touchline behind and beneath the figure, flattened into screen-printed planes rather than perspective-heavy scenery.

• football Supporting

  Small, simplified classic football placed near the figure's shoes, with only a few dark panel marks so it reads at small scale.

Palette

Use muted aged crest blue as the main emblem ink, paired with faded grass green, warm parchment, and near-black charcoal for the suited figure and type. Keep all colours flat, slightly desaturated, and visibly letterpress-worn with sparse speckling and ink gaps; no gradients or glossy effects.

Composition

Build a single shield-like blue football crest with a bold outer silhouette and distressed printed edge. Place the suited man as the central dominant image, grounded by the pitch stripes; keep the football small at his feet. Set “CLASS” as the dominant first-read word across a sturdy horizontal title band through the lower middle, with “ON GRASS” in smaller printer-set lettering beneath or integrated into the lower field. Preserve deliberate open parchment-toned space around the figure’s head and shoulders so the silhouette and title remain immediately readable. Use a restrained border and secondary field lines only as supporting badge construction, with worn screen-print and letterpress texture kept subordinate to the imagery and type.