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  1. Can I ask where you got this template? I would love to use it in my future concepts. I'm loving this set for the Texans. The simple 2 stripes on the sleeve are clean and distinguished enough to be unique!
  2. The one they released is very bland. Almost nothing going on. But I like that they are paying tribute to the old Chicago Stadium... Here's my take... Removed white, make the red pop a bit more. Added the Bulls logo in red to give it a bit more life. Filled empty space with a subtle Street Map of Downtown Chicago, also added the original sign on the side of the jersey, with the 6 point stars Chicago is synonymous with. Thoughts?
  3. I hadn't thought of that for some reason... Here's 2 versions of what that could look like... So I added the blue back from the original 99 jerseys in the first one, but wasn't too sure and then went with the normal 06 silver. I think I like the silver better, what do you think?
  4. Final 3! The journey is over. Let's finish this up... BELLEVILLE SENATORS Home Away Alternate Heritage Their Main 3 are perfect, no edits. Alternate is a throwback to the OHL days and the Subban boys. Kind of took my own inspiration for that one, adding the horns like the Buffalo Sabres throwbacks have. WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PENGUINS Home Away Alternate Heritage Like alot of these, I wanted to keep the majority of their design the same, minor tweaks. Bottom of the away is different than their current one, and I liked the two-toned look of their third but wanted to add a yellow alt as well, so I combined the 2 (May look like Boston's old school one but.... meh). The Heritage goes back to their inaugural season. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS Home Away Alternate Heritage My hometown team. The reason I love sports... I'm glad they moved on from their older logo, but I still wish they had more of their own identity.... Oh well. Added hints of their old blue color to the home jersey, as well as extra stripes on the sleeves. Away is pretty much unchanged as the Hawks have a pretty timeless white jersey. Alternate is just their current alternate. Love this so much, I'm glad they change their identity and everything. Heritage is their 1999 UHL Debut jersey... Is it good? no. But its nostalgic. And that's what its about right? SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. I've now done NFL, NHL, and AHL. What should I do next? Now that everything is done, who are your favorites? least favorites? What should I fix?
  5. Hoo boy. I've neglected this.... But It was my busy season (If anyone watches Tom Grossi on YouTube, you'll know why I was busy). At any rate, let's get back into it. When I last left off I think I had 8 left... Let's get 5 out of the way now. UTICA COMETS Home Away Alternate Heritage I loved their aesthetic when they were affiliated with the Canucks. But with their move to the Devils organization, it allows us to bring back the old school U Devil logo they used to use. So that's what I used with their Heritage jersey. Also went with a sort of Black Out design with their Alternate because we all know New Jersey needs a black third. So why not give their AHL club one? BAKERSFIELD CONDORS Home Away Alternate Heritage Didn't change up a whole lot from their parent club for their home and away, sort of a "reverse retro" kind of approach tho. White sleeve cuffs and shoulders for the homes, orange ones for the road. Decided to go with the Oilers much beloved 2016 3rd orange jersey for the Alt, I just feel their alternate logo looks great on the orange. And I went with the old OKC Barons jersey as it kind of took homage from the 90's Oilers days with the bronze coloring. I changed the "Oklahoma City" text into "Bakersfield" on the logo, to keep it local. SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS Home Away Alternate Heritage I really like how the Thunderbirds have their own identity so I had fun with these. I really wanted to incorporate more yellow into their jerseys as its prominent in their logo but not really in their uniforms. So I added some yellow stripes up the sleeve and added a little yellow lightning bolt to the ends. The Alternate takes the lightning to a new level and makes it the primary design. I feel it goes really well with the chest crest. And another Heritage jersey throwing back to their previous AHL squad, the Portland Pirates, remixed to the Thunderbirds colors. ROSEMONT WOLVES Home Away Alternate Heritage For the team that blocked me on Twitter because I called them out on their stupid "We Are Chicago's Team" when A. No that's the Blackhawks and B. You aren't even affiliated with them... I decided not to do too much with them. The Rosemont Wolves keep their same 3 jerseys, with a throwback to their Atlanta Affiliate days... woo. SAN JOSE BARRACUDA Home Away Alternate Heritage San Jose recently changed their design, and I like it for the most part. But wanted to give it a tiny bit more reference to their NHL Squad, so I added some wave sublimation between the top 2 and bottom two stripes much like how the Sharks have done. This design started with the grey, and since I wanted them to have a Black Alternate, I made the grey their primary road sweater. To make sure they still had a white jersey I went with an older Worcester Sharks design but with San Jose branding. So that's the update... I only have the Belleville Senators, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, and the Rockford IceHogs left... This should be fun! As always thanks for checking these out and leaving feedback! Its always appreciated!
  6. These Heritage jerseys are a great way to divulge into teams' histories that I had no idea about. Its super fun! I'm glad you're enjoying them! I promise you I didn't intentionally steal! haha. I agree, Great minds think alike! Thanks for the love! Awesome. Glad that worked out! ALRIGHT! 2 more teams for y'all. First: BRIDGEPORT ISLANDERS Home Away Alternate Heritage Tried to keep them generally the same with some minor tweaks. AND: TUCSON ROADRUNNERS Home Away Alternate Heritage LOVED looking up the old Roadrunners in previous leagues. There was a logo I would've rather used but I couldn't find a good enough quality one. That being said, I think this one came out really well! These were fun to do! I think I only have about 8 remaining! Maybe 10, can't remember with the weird Pacific Division! Haha!
  7. I tried to make it look like more of a constellation map this time around, let me know if that worked... Another team for you here as well! ONTARIO REIGN Home Away Alternate Heritage Again, not much of a history for the Reign, so I dipped into LA history instead.
  8. You got it! Also, I worked for an AHL team for 5 seasons so I always appreciate AHL jerseys! I may look into ECHL after this series... Hmmmm... that is interesting. Got 2 more for you! COLORADO EAGLES Home Away Alternate Heritage OK, The Alternate might be my most outlandish jersey yet, and I agree its kinda hard to see, but I had the idea for a while... Maybe I can tweak the logo to make it more visible? Or maybe its just a specialty jersey... Idk. NEXT, TEXAS STARS Home Away Alternate Heritage Kinda pulled into Reverse Retro Dallas territory, but there hasn't been too many different looks for the Texas team. I thought about going Iowa Stars/Chops but I just didn't like that idea... So I went with a Dallas star. I had half a mind to go with a black star design and call it the alternate, but I decided to split those ideas up because I really liked their logo from 2013/14 and wanted to use it. So, anything you would tweak? I gotta get into gear with the Pacific... who's idea was it to give them 10 teams??
  9. Thank you so much! Which ones are your favorites so far? As I eagerly await an answer, let me share with you the Syracuse Crunch! SYRACUSE CRUNCH Home Away Alternate Heritage I'm a big fan of the logo of the Crunch so I wanted to incorporate that a bit into the uniform. Got a Western Team coming up next! Which one should it be?
  10. Ask and you shall receive! I'll do Hartford first, I'll get to Bridgeport a little later... HARTFORD WOLF PACK Home Away Alternate Heritage The Heritage originally had the tops of the sleeves filled in the length of them, but I feel I've done that alot... So i made a change to get that circular striping to pop. I'm trying to do a team from every division every 4, so up next will be the Syracuse Crunch! Not quite finished with them yet though... After the CRUNCH what team should I tackle?
  11. Thank you! They were fun to create! On to the next couple of teams! I think I'm over half way done..... And these were really fun to look into. IOWA WILD Home Away Alternate Heritage ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS Home Away Alternate Heritage I can't get over how much fun Abbotsford was to create. The shoulder logos for the Alt and Heritage were a good challenge. Who should I do next?
  12. Thank you! I'm glad you like it! And Thanks, I really worked fast to get that one out while their rebrand was still fresh lol. Yeah. I'm definitely ok with teams having their own branding (ie. Milwaukee), but when things seem to be BASED off the parent club, you would think they'd want to tweak it a bit. Thanks! As mentioned earlier, it took me about 3 tries to get that right. Had alot of influences going around lol. OK! On to the next 2 teams... HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS Home Away Alternate Heritage The grey and the white they currently have are too indistinguishable from each other, at least in NHL 23... So I wanted to try and differentiate them a bit. Also, the heritage jersey take influence from the San Antonio Rampage... the team Vegas bought and moved to become Henderson. Next up: LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS Home Away Alternate Heritage And there we are! Finally a bit of different colors between teams! These ones were fun to do. Henderson is relatively new so I had to play off my Vegas knowledge a bit... and Lehigh Valley was fun because I don't know much about them. It was fun to discover their uniforms and history! What teams should I do next?
  13. Love the detailed comments! I'll look into updating the Moose... I actually started with their alt first in this one, so I kinda backed myself into a corner. I'll take a stab at a lighter home tho. And your wish is my command... stay tuned below! I'm also not a big fan of actual gradients on jerseys. I'm more of a staged gradient type of guy... but I was playing around with it on theirs and it just seemed to work. Reminds me of sunset on the California coastline... NO IDEA if Coachella Valley is on the coastline but its California, lol. Glad you like it! Thank you! Some family wanted me to do them and before I even saw their older jerseys I knew I wanted the checkerboard pattern on it. I always forget they're affiliated with the Panthers now so I wanted to remind myself (and maybe some others) that they have NO affiliation with the Canes anymore, I think its hard to do with the design they have. Thanks everyone for the feedback! thesieve22 asked about Laval or Henderson... and I noticed the Canadiens logo in the profile picture... So here they are: LAVAL ROCKET Home Away Alternate Heritage I will say the Heritage jersey went through quite a bit of changes. I never wanted to go FULL BARBERSHOP but I varied on the final design. Shoutout to my friends for helping me find a good middle ground! That's the update! Hope to have an update with more than one next time. We'll see how many I can make in between shifts! I'm thinking Henderson will be next, but I REALLY love their uniforms so it may be hard to change anything haha. Keep leaving suggestions and comments below! I love reading them!
  14. Keeping on with my hockey jersey concepts, this time making my way through the American Hockey League. I started these a few weeks ago, so I'm still in the process of getting through the league. I will be updating more often... That being said, let's start with the Calder Cup Champions... HERSHEY BEARS Home AWAY Alternate Heritage And let's continue with the Western Conference Champions: Coachella Valley Firebirds Home Away Alternate Heritage PROVIDENCE BRUINS Home Away Alternate Heritage ROCHESTER AMERICANS Home Away Alternate Heritage CALGARY WRANGLERS Home Away Alternate Heritage MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS Home Away Alternate Heritage TORONTO MARLIES Home Away Alternate Heritage MANITOBA MOOSE Home Away Alternate Heritage SAN DIEGO GULLS Home Away Alternate Heritage CHARLOTTE CHECKERS Home Away \ Alternate Heritage CLEVELAND MONSTERS Home Away Alternate Heritage GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS Home Away Alternate Heritage Well... there you have it... the first 12 of the 32 AHL teams. Who do you want me to try next? What do you like about the ones I posted so far? What should I change?
  15. PACIFIC DIVISION ANAHEIM DUCKS Orange is their color. They should stick with it. A mix of their current striping pattern, but designed in a way to harken back to their Disney Days. Alternate is a color swap TO those Mighty colors and logos. RR is their '07 Cup winning design, with the old school colors. In hindsight I should have made it a green base, but... You live and you learn. CALGARY FLAMES Blast makes his return, this time FULL TIME. Black is, by and by, the same as their RR 1.0... Road is all new, with a color swap in the logo to fir a bit better. Alternate is a red take combining a few different alternates... Obviously Blasty, combined with the 2013 alternate, and their old homes with the numbers. RR is the 2011 Heritage Classic with swapped colors. Each color gets its own jersey! EDMONTON OILERS Why mess with a classic like they've tried to do SO MANY TIMES?!?! So it finally stays. The Road gets the same arm treatment as the home. Alternate could be considered a Fauxback for a Winter or Heritage Classic. Orange as the base, lots of stripes the winter classic shoulders. Had a poll among friends between this and another one, and alot preferred that one. RR is essentially just a Retro, from their Navy and oil third. They already did the Comic logo... so... LOS ANGELES KINGS RETURN OF PURPLE (forum blue)!!! Reverse Retro 1.0 takes over as the home, Road is fairly similar. For the Alternate I wanted a straight throwback to their original home, the white and purp, but wanted to keep their Cup Era logo in the fold. and the RR is a Grey version of The Hockey Guy's favorite jersey he owns... the '98 Road! SAN JOSE SHARKS My other favorite set, the Sharks! May not be able to see it, but I added a subtle design to the big stripes. Its not the one they currently have (although I like the waves)... I designed, what I think, look like shark teeth, but with many stripes intersecting each other. I also brought Orange back into the fold as it remains in their logo, it remains in the uniform. Its limited in the Alternate black, but I thought its inclusion helps it pop a bit. RR is a black version of their old Heritage jersey, originally from '91. SEATTLE KRAKEN Home and Road are very similar, except the stripes have added suction cup like indentations. Alternate was literally the last jersey I designed as the Alternate and RR were EXACTLY the same... So I came up with one VERY QUICKLY and that's what came out. They eyes on the shoulders were the last addition... IDK if I like it or not... but I don't hate it. RR is a Metropolitans take with thick striping, and an old school logo. VANCOUVER CANUCKS And the last of my sets I think I love. As a Blackhawks fan, I actually hated the Canucks for a long time. But the Sedin's are gone, Bobby Lu is gone... So they're iight I guess. Home takes a bit of inspiration from their alternate from 2019, but I added the white, V shaped stripes to help make it pop. White is the same, only with a different colored logo and alternating colored stripes. If you saw the shoulders with the V Johnny Canuck logo, then you may like this... Johnny Canuck makes an appearance on a green alternate. Another 2-tones jersey, in essence (white highlights on the logo and numbers), but added flannel/tartan texture to the striping. RR is the FLYING V!!!!! In current color schemes. Not much to say really... It took a while to create. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS Finally.... Vegas. They went gold fulltime this year... So I kept that. Castle stripe design with the peaks of towers in there for the home and away. Alternate is a combination of their RRs... Black base with gold striping from 2.0, Logo and design from RR 1.0. RR is based off the Vegas Gamblers from 1968, now in grey with the card suits scattered throughout the single gold stripe. Basic and Old School, with a touch of modern touch-ups. THERE IT IS. This took months to design and finish off, and would love some reactions. If you like these, I have a few more topics on concepts I've made. I also have alot on my Twitter @JonnyRockford . You don't have to follow, but I'd appreciate a look at some of my stuff there! Thank you all!
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