Jake88 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The Preds one has to be my least favorite. I feel like with yellow there are so many options. The steel blue is a very dull color, and I'm sure that even if you switched the steel blue and yellow, the concept will be better. Maybe its just cause its the "brights series" I was expecting a brighter and less dull looking concepts, but I know that with 40 concepts, there will be other yellow jerseys, and thats why you didn't want to use it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The Preds uniforms miss the mark in the context of this series. That "Steel" colour is dull, even if the series wasn't called "NHL Brights." That being said, I like how adapted the checkerboard motif from the previous alternate. This has the potential to look fantastic with yellow as the primary colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 The Predators are interesting. To me the home sweater looks close to gray (i.e. not bright); it is surprising that you would mute the brightest team in the league.The Preds one has to be my least favorite. I feel like with yellow there are so many options. The steel blue is a very dull color, and I'm sure that even if you switched the steel blue and yellow, the concept will be better. Maybe its just cause its the "brights series" I was expecting a brighter and less dull looking concepts, but I know that with 40 concepts, there will be other yellow jerseys, and thats why you didn't want to use it here.The Preds uniforms miss the mark in the context of this series. That "Steel" colour is dull, even if the series wasn't called "NHL Brights." That being said, I like how adapted the checkerboard motif from the previous alternate. This has the potential to look fantastic with yellow as the primary colour.Thanks for the C&C on the Predators. I can see why you guys would say that this doesn't really fit the context of the series. Yeah, I could have done a yellow jersey like the Preds already wear, but I wanted to try something different because they already are one of the brightest teams in the NHL, so if I did a yellow jersey it would have been too similar to what they already have. I agree that the steel blue isn't really bright and is kind of dull, but I wanted to try a different color other than yellow. I'll give you guys a heads up right now that the Flyers jerseys I did are also going to go against the criteria of the series a bit too, because the Flyers jerseys are already the brightest ones in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 ReThanks for the comments so far guys. Here's today's entry: the first of the 10 historical teams in the series (every fourth entry will be a defunct/relocated team). We start it all off with the most recent team to depart the NHL--the Atlanta Thrashers.To me, Atlanta had way too many contrasting colors. If they wanted to be unique, they should have embraced something like maroon or brown, which are lacking in the NHL, instead of jumping on the blue bandwagon. Eventually, they tried to carve out an identity as “the power blue team,” but that seemed really forced since that color was barely in their logo or on any of their previous jerseys. So I did away with blue completely and went with the earthier colors. The jerseys are inspired by their pre-Edge winged look.Loving that Thrashers look!A lot of great concepts in this thread. PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Today we have our third historical team, the Brooklyn Americans. They were the last of the former NHL teams to fold in the 40s, leaving the 6 clubs that we know today as the Original 6. I went with a patriotic look, obviously. C&C and have a good weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I feel like I should hate this, but it looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Hope everyone's having a good weekend so far... Today I bring you the next team in the series, the Philadelphia Flyers. Okay... so this one is a black jersey and the series is "NHL Brights"... so what gives? Well, my thinking was that Philadelphia is currently the brightest team in the NHL, with their orange and white jerseys with just a touch of black. I never liked the Flyers black jerseys from the 1990s/2000s, so my goal was to design a look that incorporated a black jersey that maximized orange and white as much as possible. C&C and have a good weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Huh, took you 13 teams before you caved in, and on the flyers no less. The one team that should be orange you decided it was too bright? So the solution is too "maximize" the brightness with black, huh?The team is already orange. I wanted to do a black jersey and see if I could make that brighter. That's what I did. Love it or hate it I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I think they look fantastic. Perfect use of contrast on the black jersey which actually makes the orange seem brighter. I didn't think someone would ever make a black Flyers jersey I'd actually like but here it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YelichGraphics Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 what? aren't they suppost to be bright. really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsim1 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I getcha here and with Nashville. I do think the Flyers are better in black, probably one of if not the best Flyers concept I've seen. Maybe not quite within the context of the series, but either way, beautiful, plus, like Morgo said, definitely makes the orange pop. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 A couple of concepts for today--both throwbacks to earlier times. Florida: similar to their 90s look. I lightened the logo, removing all traces of gold and just going with the yellow they use in their jerseys. Toronto: tried combining their current hem striping with the elongated yoke of the 70s. C&C thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YelichGraphics Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 striping looks weird on the leafs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Love the Florida jerseys. Leafs home looks good but the striping on the top and bottom of the away looks mismatched to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 striping looks weird on the leafsLove the Florida jerseys. Leafs home looks good but the striping on the top and bottom of the away looks mismatched to me.The Leaf striping is mismatched, I know. The problem I ran into was trying to replicate the 70s/80s look without it being a complete replication of the 70s/80s look. Blending two different striping patterns was the best solution I could think of. Not a perfect solution unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Two more concepts for today. 1) Hartford Whalers--this is pretty much just a glorified version of their 80s look, with much thicker outlines and different striping patterns. 2) Los Angeles Kings--This is the Burger King logo from 1995 the way that the designer intended for it to look, with a silver beard instead of a purple one. Color scheme is that of the Burger King alternate: black, gold, silver, and purple--the only time the Kings used all four of their signature colors in one jersey. C&C thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver7 Hockey Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I really do love the series so far I was thinking for the Preds you could do Yellow and blue . I can wait for the Ottawa Senators I also want to see what you do with the rest of the original 6 franchises because they are so classic . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YelichGraphics Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 love the kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 I really do love the series so far I was thinking for the Preds you could do Yellow and blue . I can wait for the Ottawa Senators I also want to see what you do with the rest of the original 6 franchises because they are so classic .love the kings.Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Let's get to today's concepts: 1) Columbus Blue Jackets. I'll let this one speak for itself. So I used the Stinger logo... but when electric green is part of your color scheme, how can you not? 2) Colorado Avalanche. Went with the pre-Edge mountain striping, and used the lighter blue as the primary jersey color instead of burgundy. The arm stripes are kind of just to give it a little more flair. C&C thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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