In designing this, there was much deliberation on my part as to use how much “splashage” and where. There is such a thing as overdoing something; I even wanted to take out the splash from the arm because I thought that was slightly overboard.

In the end, I didn’t consider the hip area (honestly, I think there would be more water splashing from the entire back than just that one hip). I was, however, thinking about adding some splash effects to the player’s left hand, but didn’t think that would look as good. Furthermore, had I more time, I wanted to play with adding droplet and soak textures to the uniforms. I think that subtlety would definitely add to the effect.

Re: typography — thanks. I personally would love to see more designers examine the world of typography to a greater level.

did you have any thoughts about the cal players’ thigh being dry.. or thought about making their jersey more “soaked”. just wondering if those portions were considered. it actually helps that the bottom left part of his jersey actually looks wet already.

love the typography work – that is actually my favorite part. love a good typography layout.

@Aaron: I’ve written a follow up to this post that includes snapshots of the base elements (ie, the photos).