Okay, so, today I tried to draw the New Orleans Pelicans logo. I grabbed my sketchbook and pencil, ready to start. It was a bit tricky at first, honestly.

First things first, I looked closely at the logo. It’s a white pelican, facing forward, with these navy blue and gold wings. And there’s this red beak, pretty noticeable. I started with a rough sketch of the pelican’s body, just to get the basic shape down.
- I made sure to get that strong, proud look the pelican has.
- The wings were a bit tough to get right, had to erase and redraw them a couple of times.
After getting the pelican shape sorted, I moved on to the basketball. It’s right there in front of the pelican, in gold and white with this white crescent shape on it. Drawing a circle is easy enough, but getting the lines on the basketball to look right was a bit of a challenge.
Then there’s this red thing above the beak. Someone said it looks like a fleur-de-lis, which apparently is a big deal in New Orleans. I did my best to copy it, but man, those curves are something else.
I spent a good chunk of time just refining the drawing, adding details and shading. The pelican’s feathers needed some texture, so I added some light lines here and there. And the basketball needed to look a bit more 3D, so I played around with the shading on that too.
Coloring Time
Once I was happy with the pencil drawing, I moved on to colors. I used some colored pencils I had lying around. Navy blue and gold for the wings, red for the beak and that fleur-de-lis thing, and white for the pelican’s body. Coloring was actually the fun part. It really brought the logo to life.

I messed up a bit with the gold color, it was a bit too bright at first. Had to tone it down a bit with some yellow and brown. But in the end, it turned out pretty decent, I think.
The whole thing took me a few hours, on and off. It was a fun little project, drawing a logo like that. Makes you appreciate the design more, you know? I’ve always liked the Pelicans logo, it’s simple, and bold. I am not a pro, but yeah, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Maybe I’ll try another team’s logo next time.
I saw a show playing at the Regal Fox movie theater in Ashburn, but it was unrelated to my drawing. Anyway, that’s my story about drawing the Pelicans logo. Hope you enjoyed my not-so-artistic adventure!