Hi all! Today is my birthday and as such I'm taking the day off to relax. Not to worry, though, I'll have more stuff for you tomorrow. (Or you can go vote on the new poll at ToHL.)
By the way, I have been reading your comments and I understand you'd like to do a bit of a lead up to Wallpaper Wednesday. I have no problem with that. I'll post some stuff tomorrow. In the meantime, I have birthday pie waiting for me. Key lime.
A reader recently emailed me with what I thought would be a really cool idea. This blog is all about showcasing hockey artwork so here's one more way to further that. I'm going to start posting desktop wallpaper artwork designed by you guys. Right now, it's just an idea I'm tossing around, but if it goes well, perhaps some contests are in our future.
Preferably, I'd like to start with logo-based designs. Maybe even goalie mask-based. Or whatever. Get creative and just go nuts. The sky's the limit. I'll post the ones I like. And the rest may be consigned to the Concepts Gallery.
I can't wait to see what you guys come up with. So get started on designing your hockey wallpapers and send them my way. Email me at nhllogos@gmail.com.
And just so you know, I had planned to put together a few examples to post today, but I seriously misjudged my schedule and a project I'm working on currently. Hopefully I'll have time soon.
Thanks to Dawson for the suggestion!
All right, this is new for me but I'm going themeless today. There's no underlying theme that ties all of these designs together. They're simply the ones I chose to post today.
First up are the Carolina Hurricanes.
Here we have a couple of different designs. They have their similarities but overall are nothing like each other. I like the one with the red shoulders better.
Also a pretty sharp Phoenix Coyotes concept was recently submitted.
Consider me a fan. I've been starting to see that is it possible to use the PHX logo on the front of the jersey. Didn't think it would look good at first.
That looks cool too. I especially like the non-traditional sand color for the sweater.
Finally, we're going all retro on you with these Los Angeles Kings jersey designs.
The yellow one makes me laugh and laugh. But shockingly, none of them suck. Maybe even the Kings have a potentially good alternate in their future.
Time will tell. Hope you enjoyed today's crop. Keep sending in your work and I'll keep posting it.
Just wanted to remind everybody that if you haven't yet, you can make your way over to ToHL and take part in the QMJHL Tournament of Logos which officially began today.
The Foreurs and Huskies are the first to square off. You can see the first round schedule over there as well. Happy voting!
It's time once again for some concept art. Today we're looking at reworking various team logos. Some with good results, others not so much.
We'll start with an alternate logo concept for the New Jersey Devils. It bares some similarity to an idea created by Matt for his Rebranding the NHL series. Only this one is graphically simpler.
So that's pretty cool. We've also got an Edmonton Oilers logo here.
Nice, effective, but a complete disregard for the team's logo history and not modern enough to warrant it (like the gear logo on the old third jersey).
Got something new for the Blues as well.
Interesting turning the note into a hockey stick but the secondary is just to intricate to form a great logo. Nice idea, though.
That's a simple concept but one that need never see the light of day. I think to some extent, incorporating the state or provincial outline works but not in every instance.
We'll finish things off with some new looks for the two teams currently battling for Lord Stanley's Cup. By the way, is it just me, or does it seem like they're dragging this series out with all the days off in between games?
A simple flash to the past there. And with the Penguins celebrating 40 years in the NHL, one reader submitted a unique commemorative logo paying heed to the club's history.
Overall, a decent, if not above average, batch of concept art for you today. By the way, I've got a new series I'm kicking off on Wednesday. Tune in then to see what that's all about. (Just remember, I like alliteration.)
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The QMJHL Tournament of Logos kicks off tomorrow afternoon over at ToHL. You check out the logo pool and see the first round schedule by clicking here. Remember, the winner of this tourney faces the WHL's Swift Current Broncos and the OHL's London Knights for a kind of Memorial Cup of logos.
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Time this evening for a Freak Out post. I know you've been waiting eagerly for two long weeks. We'll kick things off in New York. What do you say we mix all three NY clubs? And then do it all over again?
The things people come up with. Now if we head west you might find the odd Mighty Ducks jersey with interesting striping.
But staying out west things only get stranger.
I don't think I even need to say anything about that. It's just weird.
Got a couple of crazy logos to share as well. It's Phoenix — in its mythical sense, I suppose.
To finish off tonight's Freak Out Friday, we'll dive into the Stanley Cup series and look at the only two clubs still playing hockey this season.
Folks often try to "update" the Red Wings logo yet it never seems to take.
I can't imagine why. And I'm all about the powder blue Penguins jerseys allegedly making a return in the fall...
...but make up your mind at least. It's gold or it's blue. It obviously can't be both.
Join me again in two weeks for another edition and keep sending in your freaky artwork and I'll keep posting.
The word "popularity" has been getting tossed around in the comments a lot lately. Every poll I post is an opinion poll. I want a consensus of opinions on various topics like logos and goalie masks. So the idea that folks are saying you should vote based on aesthetics or any other specific element is, well, wrong in my mind.
In every poll I ask "which is better?" If there were set guidelines to make this determination by, a poll would be irrelevant. We'd simply gather data per the guidelines and come to a logical conclusion. But this is art, for lack of a better term. There is no good and bad, there's only the opinion of the person looking at it. The line about beauty being in the eye of the beholder comes to mind.
That being said, I want to try out an experiment. I want to do a series of "popularity contests" to prove a point as the Tournament of Goalie Masks winds down. I'm starting with the obvious question for a hockey blog. What's your favorite team?
About halfway down the sidebar is a ginormous poll with 30 possible responses. You're to simply select your favorite team and cast your vote. That's it. I'm curious to see who has more fans visiting the blog. So go VOTE NOW!
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