One of my bosses' clients (an elementary) recently had a promotion of a new principal. The new principal met with my boss and they hashed out some ideas of the direction she would like to take in school designs and what that would mean to our company. That said, I was given the job of re-designing the mascot, which is an eagle. The old eagle is baby-ish, very cute, sort of like a chibi (anime) eagle. She did not want this, which is fair, considering the older students are probably embarrassed by having such a cute mascot. In any case, the eagle is in the process of being updated. I have posted the three images approved by the principal below.

The thing is, I'm not sure how to finish them. I have an idea of making them like a stencil, kind of gritty looking, but I think I need a few more ideas.

What she wanted was a "cool, rough character, but not scary." That is all she gave me for direction. Oh, and I'm only allowed the colors red, white & blue (school colors), but black is also acceptable.

So what do you think of the new design? And any suggestions for finishing it? The design would ultimately end up on t-shirts, bumper stickers, ribbons, folders, etc. The sort of things you get from a school. Not sure if there's anything else I need to add in...