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    Fifth Corner Graphic Design
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  1. I'm going to post 2 more again, mostly because I want to get to the Blackhawks faster, that's where things start to get more interesting. But first, the Carolina Hurricanes! A combination of eras here! The new hurricane warning flag logo, which they use on their current home uniform right now. But we are going back to the classic look that they brought back last season, and for some strange reason just left it there. Carolina never seems to know what they want for a uniform identity, but I'd say this is a perfect combo of new and old. The hurricane warning flag pattern makes its way onto the pants as well, just another small touch. I just hope they don't actually change their logos as was leaked recently, none of those options are good ones in my opinion. And what I've been waiting for, changing the design of an original 6 team! lol The Chicago Blackhawks First off, let me just say I grew up a Blackhawks fan, before my hometown Jets returned, and I love their uniforms! But, I can't just keep them the same for this series, so we dove straight into something they will never do. I have seen many concepts incorporating the colours from the logo into the uniform, and I think it would be a cool aspect to add some more colour into the designs. The yellow, orange, and green makes it into the jersey striping. It still keeps things pretty classic, to still try to fit into that original 6 feel, but with this modern, colourful twist. You'll notice I'm trying to do some different things with the inside collars, and the Chicago flag colours and pattern gets highlighted on that inside collar. Besides the obvious uniform faux pas I've committed here, there's not much else to say haha. As with all my concepts, C&C is appreciated! I may not make changes to the designs, but I always appreciate hearing people's opinions on the designs! Good and bad haha (just don't be too harsh)
  2. I'm hoping he'll get to react to these actually! It's half the reason I decided to do another go around with my redesigns, he reacted to my last NHL redesign, and I thought, why not go for another round. Also one of the reasons I'm trying to change up designs from my previous attempt with it. I'd love it if the Flames ever went the route with a full Blasty set though, but I guess the Wranglers will have to do for now.
  3. Let's do another 2 right away here. Next up is: Buffalo Sabres! I'm not really reinventing the wheel with Buffalo either, and while I do like their current uniforms, and the striping, I also wanted to make some changes too. Something worthwhile adding into this series. The striping comes from their 50th Anniversary uniform, which is one of my favourites of theirs, even with the navy blue in there. I can't exactly remember where I got the primary logo, I know I used it in my last jersey redesign, but the credit definitely goes to someone else there. Not a huge change from their current look, but it unifies the look between the home and away. My one issue with the current home uniform they wear, the white striping gets lost pretty easily, so this highlights that white a lot more. In my opinion, the Sabres have one of the best colour schemes in the league, and this set highlights that full colour set. Also, white gloves. (I know the shoulder number is black on the away. It should be blue. I've just noticed this. It's too small for me to want to change it right now lol) And another double post! The Calgary Flames. This one is going to ruffle some feathers I'm sure haha. I love Blasty. It's by far my favourite logo the Flames have ever put out. While I think the Flames reverting to their classic look, removing the black, is a solid look, I'm not a huge fan of teams just reverting back to their past and not trying anything new. (Like Ottawa, maybe the laziest "rebrand" I've ever seen lol) I reintroduce black and Blasty back into the fold, using a striping design very familiar in their history. Not much else to say about this one, other than the fact I know that most people will prefer what they currently wear than this, and that's okay!
  4. You are right with the waist striping, thanks for catching that! I was cruising to get some designs out haha. Got that fixed. Appreciate the C&C, I am a big fan of not having a shoulder yoke though haha, I like the clean design it produces. But I know many people love that shoulder yoke addition.
  5. Hello all! I'm starting a brand new redesign of the NHL. I did one in 2022, which feels like so long ago already. That was my ideal NHL redesign. This is similar, it is my ideal look, with the Fanatics branding. With my last redesign, I tried to stay pretty true to what I think the teams could do, staying within a realm of possibility. For this one, I wanted to throw out any realistic designs, and just go with what I'd love to see. I won't say they're too crazy, but some of the more classic designs will definitely see some changes. The biggest thing some people may notice, is the minimalist number design. I'm a huge fan of one colour numbers, and I want to stick to that for each team, just for my own thoughts, to see how it'll look. Not because I'm lazy lol, though maybe that played into it at some point. The plan will be to drop each team's home and away first, and then go through alternates and classic uniforms. I'll even add a bonus All Star Game concept in there somewhere, something I made for a Twitter contest. With that said, first up is the Anaheim Ducks! Not much of a surprise, and not much change for this one in terms of design from what you may have seen already. The striping pattern on the arms match the 30th anniversary uniform they dropped this year, and the waist stripe matches the old Mighty Ducks uniforms. So a little combination of eras. Nothing really new here, but this is the only direction they should go if they change their design, in my opinion. The orange will return for the alternate though. You know what, let's drop two right away, because the Ducks weren't too interesting. The Boston Bruins! Another blast back to the past for Boston. Back to back. You may also notice that Arizona didn't come next, I didn't forget them, don't you worry! I loved the switch the Bruins did for this season, and I will be disappointed when they return to their previous logos and uniforms next season. I think they hit it perfectly with the rebranding this season, and sticking with it is the best move possible. I changed the striping to fit a different era than what they chose for this season, but those logos, they're a thing of beauty, and I had to use them for this redesign. The first two teams may seem underwhelming, but don't worry, there's some interesting looks to come!
  6. The final team in the redesign, but I think I might go for some of my ideal scenarios for various NHL events. Until then though, we have the last team in the league, and my hometown team. Winnipeg Jets I went with a modern classic here. The old style colours that I think most Jets fans would love, but I stuck with the current uniform template. I didn't want to go full retro uniform like they did with their heritage uniforms, and I do like what Winnipeg did when they unveiled this style in 2011. I think this is the perfect compromise between keeping the new branding and bringing in what basically every Jets fan wants with the old logo. For the alternate, I went with the style the Jets chose for their reverse retro uniform, but with actual colour this time, and utilizing the current primary logo. It really is a nice looking logo, so keeping it around for the alternate seemed like the smartest choice. Bringing back the aviator blue, which was one of my favourite jerseys personally, made the most sense, to really differentiate it from the home and road set. The city uniform uses two main themes. The arm striping from the city flag, and the famous Winnipeg Whiteouts. I wanted to keep it simple, and as little colour as possible. I added some wheat to the bottom of the jersey, to really represent most of Manitoba, at least central to southern Manitoba, as I feel the Jets aren't just represented by Winnipeg, but by all of Manitoba, and maybe even parts of Saskatchewan. Farming is big on the prairies, so I figured adding some small detail for that would be worth doing.
  7. I am back! Been awhile since I've updated, work has been pretty busy, and I got pretty stumped with Washington. But I have figured it out. Washington Capitals A pretty easy fix to Washington's home and road uniform. I think they have easily the worst home/road set in the league. In my ideal world, the Weagle would see more use, and the old style uniform will work perfectly to make the set one of the best in the league. I usually don't like going for straight up throwbacks, but this is my exception. For the alternate, I went with a design similar to the reverse retro and uniform from the late 90's. I didn't add the script to the waist stripe, it just complicates the design IMO. I also added some bronze to the striping. The City uniform uses the very popular cherry blossom theme. I think it's popular, the Nationals uniforms sold pretty well. I think a pink uniform in the NHL would be perfect, unique, and special to Washington. I used the W logo, a slightly altered version of it, and added some cherry blossoms to the arm striping. A pretty simple design, but I think it represents Washington without diving into the politics of the city. From someone who is not from Washington or America lol. But I like it.
  8. You've come at the right time! A little spoiler though, I didn't end up doing too much with them, they're pretty much ideal already. Vegas Golden Knights There aren't too many big changes for Vegas like I've done for other teams. Like Seattle, they're still fairly new, and really hit it out of the park with their branding, even thought I'm definitely not a fan of them lol. 3 main things I did do was change the colour of the home uniform, remove the grey almost completely (it still exists on the logo) and add some textured gold to the logo. Personally I think the whole uniform with that detail is almost too much, but just on the logo fits well. I changed the home uniform to gold because they're called the Golden Knights. I never understood why they didn't go this direction from the start. It just makes sense. It appears they may go gold for home next year, but I don't know if that was confirmed. There is also a new shoulder patch that I tweaked from what I think was a logo concept Vegas played around with before they announced their branding. I think it came from an Icethetics video, it was awhile ago that I saw it, so I'm not sure where I saw it, but it was definitely based on an unused logo. Again, not many big changes to the alternate. I simply used the reverse retro design for the alternate, replacing the grey stripe with a white stripe. I think Vegas really hit it out of the park with the red uniform, and it seemed popular. For the city uniform, I wanted to make it seem very Vegas without going overboard. It's maybe more simple than I was initially thinking, but I didn't want to overdo anything, and I think adding gambling ties might be frowned upon by the NHL. It highlights the shoulder patch logo on the front of the uniform, a black base to represent the night life in Vegas, the city sign with the number on the arms, and some neon light-esque striping on the waist. I think the rest of the set is already so Vegas, that the city uniform builds upon that base, but doesn't overdo it. Maybe they can add real flashing led lights onto the uniform someday, but for now, this is my ideal look for the Golden Knights.
  9. I think the silver and teal is probably the most popular, I just love the pop of colour that orange brings. I'm guessing they'll go further and further away from the orange, as much as I wish they wouldn't. As for the city uniform, I fully expected to get most of those, not wrong, but maybe not what someone who knows the area and is a local would think makes sense. Chicago was a slam dunk, easy to find an idea. Tampa was easy based on suggestions from people. So unless I knew a bunch about what makes a good city uniform, or the team is Winnipeg, I didn't expect to nail the city uniform. It started to come down more to just being creative, different colours, etc. I'd be open to changing up some city uniforms if people who know better than me about those teams want to suggest ideas that make sense for each team As always though, appreciate your feedback!
  10. Vancouver Canucks On to the Vancouver Canucks. My ideal look moves back to the stick logo, very simple, but my favourite logo in their history. The V lumberjack logo slides into the primary, and the orca logo will be seen later on, but won't be a full time logo anymore. The striping is pretty simple, a look they have worn in the past, (for the home at least) and the V on the stripes makes a return as well. The road uniform comes with a little bit of a fun stripe detail. I wanted to keep the striping similar to the home. So I went with a gradient design of blue and green for that thin middle stripe. It's out of the box, but also ties a previous uniform design into the road. The orca logo is featured on both the alternate and city uniform. The alternate is basically an exact replica of what they used to wear, with white replacing grey. It's by far my favourite uniform the Canucks have ever worn, but I think it makes sense as an alternate more than the primaries. The city uniform comes from a warm up design the Canucks have worn recently. All the details of the uniform, logo, meaning, and the designer can be found here: https://news.sportslogos.net/2022/03/26/canucks-introduce-first-nations-night-jersey-worn-pre-game-on-march-30th/hockey-2/ I think it just makes sense to use that logo for a city uniform, with the First Nations history on the west coast, and the importance of representing First Nations peoples. Plus it's about time a warm up design gets used for an entire game. The smaller details include a recoloured simplified version of the Vancouver city flag, and the jersey striping from the skate uniform. I also added the "Every Child Matters" slogan on the inside collar.
  11. Toronto Maple Leafs Maybe this can be the perfect thing for Leafs fans to be uplifted by after another first round exit. I won't lie, I have always found the current Leafs set pretty boring. Normally I'm not a big fan of uniforms that only use white and another colour, but I have warmed up to the simplicity of it. So I simply added some more interesting striping to the home and road, using a design from a previous uniform design from the Leafs history. I did add grey to the logo on both the home and road. The TLM alternate/shoulder logo also returns. For the alternate, I was not a fan of the black uniform that the Leafs rolled out this year. It just didn't really fit their whole look. I know it's meant to be something different, and kind of modern, but I at least like a uniform set to feel like it's all one brand. The black alternate doesn't really feel like that. And the Bruins gold and black on the inside seems pretty weird to me. Anyway, I went with the reverse retro style uniform, with enough subtle changes that I think it improves on the RR design. The city uniform, I went with the Toronto flag design, but incorporated the red version of the alternate logo on the front. Nothing crazy, Toronto's flag is the perfect design to fit onto a uniform. Again, it's not super special, but I didn't want to add yet another skyline for a city uniform.
  12. Tampa Bay Lightning This is one I'm super excited for, it might be one of my favourites of the entire series. Especially the City uniform. The home and road come with a new/old look. I brightened the blue and went with their retro style striping, with an updated lightning/Florida state outline logo. It reintroduces black to the Lightning identity, which is something that Tampa should never have went away from. I think the Leafs/Lightning series is clear evidence of why that is. I knew the alternate would use that logo, which comes from the shoulder patch logo. I didn't initially think to use a gradient, I somewhat stumbled into the idea, but it's turned into one of my favourites. There's not much to say about the home, road, and alternate, they're pretty self explanatory, but they are all some of my favourites. Now the city uniform. My favourite city uniform so far, I think because I got some feedback earlier in the series from some commenters here, who I quoted below. Two suggestions were presented. One was using the St. Petersburg flag, which is quite colourful, and the other was suggesting that the Gasparilla warm up uniforms worn by the Lightning this year were a big hit. So I thought why not just combine the two into one beautiful city uniform. This is really my favourite City uniform I've designed so far, I just hope it'll be good enough for the fans and people of Tampa. Maybe the white base makes it a little boring, but I didn't want to add too much with the colourful striping. I also, if you noticed, added the colour striping pattern to the outline of the logo. The only other change I added to the skull logo that is different from the version Tampa wore this year, is the lightning bolt logo. Instead of their full primary, I went with just the bolt on the skull.
  13. St. Louis Blues I took the Blues back to their Winter Classic and retro vibes for the home and road. I'll be honest, I really don't like the double blue they've been rolling with for awhile. I don't think there's enough contrast between the two blues for it to actually work well. Also, there is a lot of navy and royal blue primary uniforms in the NHL already, so this changes that pattern up slightly. Nothing too crazy beyond the colour changes For the alternate, I brought back one of my favourite alternate logos in the NHL. I really wish they did something more with that logo besides the endless cycle of throwback uniforms they're rolling through. Because I removed royal blue from the primary, it makes the perfect base for the alternate. The city uniform plays on the city flag design, still uses colours from the team's history, and features the St. Louis Arch on the sleeves.
  14. It's been awhile, but Seattle was a tough one to work on. But we are back! Seattle Kraken The Kraken home and road were pretty much ideal for me already, but in the spirit of making some changes, I added some small touches to the home and road. I made the red stripe a bit thicker, and added some of the tentacle texture details to the arm stripes, to match what is found in the logo. I don't think there are any other changes that would need to be made to the home and road, the Kraken hit it out of the park with their uniforms. The alternate and city uniforms are where I could get more creative for Seattle. I think the alternate is something most people have done for an alternate. An almost exact design from the Seattle Metropolitans era of Seattle hockey. I added red for the numbers, hoping they would pop enough to be seen. I really don't like name bars that are a different colour than the jersey, but I think for the striping, I had to do it. Just this once. The city uniform was a tough and fun one. I wanted to focus on the 'Emerald City' theme, but also keep elements of the current Seattle look in there. The uniform uses a base emerald green, but includes the double blue from their current uniforms. I used the Space Needle anchor logo, as that is an icon in Seattle. I beveled the numbers to represent a polished gem stone (like an emerald). An idea that came to mind was to have geometric striping, to loosely look like the edges of certain cuts of gems, emeralds, so that is reflected in the arm striping. The Seattle city logo is also featured on the shoulders.
  15. San Jose Sharks Up next is the San Jose Sharks. I have had 2 main issues with what the Sharks do currently with their uniforms. First, they seem to be okay with multiple different shark style logos. They introduced this new shark logo, but still used the old one. It doesn't make sense, it's practically the same logo, but the sharks look different. So I went with the new modern shark. It just makes sense. The other issue I had was their lack of orange in the uniforms. I love a splash of colour. Vegas, Seattle both do it. It just adds a little pop to the uniforms. So I also added more orange back into the uniforms. I knew I wanted to use a retro style striping for the home and road. When I pulled up the pattern for the 91-98 uniforms, I quickly discovered it is nearly identical to what I designed for the Blues already. So we are going for their 98-07 look, which is more unique anyway. With the new modern logo, I think it fits quite well. The alternate and City uniforms bring some more colour into the designs! I have always loved the shark fin logo, it seems all my favourite Sharks logos either aren't used or relegated to the shoulder. No more! The water pattern is utilized on the sleeves and socks as well. I know the Sharks have their stealth uniform, a lot of black with not much colour. It's just boring though. We need some fun, colourful uniforms! I am not shying away here. The City uniform seems like a copy of the stadium series uniforms. It is. But the striping also comes from their flag, as do the colours. Really not much to say about the city uniform. There's too many teams in California, too many beach themes haha. So I think this simple flag design will do just fine. If it wasn't obvious before, I definitely try harder for city uniforms for some teams over others.
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