sparkychewbarky Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Hello everyone!! First of all...Hope everybody's well and staying safe! A little while ago, the good folks at draftournament.com asked me to come up with some uniform ideas for a tournament with a "Wizard of Oz" theme. The drafttournament crew organizes fantastic weekend hockey tournaments for recreational players of all levels/skills. Here's a sample of their work... Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 Participants are treated to a great weekend of hockey, at a great locale, with like-minded hockey enthusiasts. Also... They get to go home with a full, "unique" uniform (sweater, pants, socks). Let's say the uni looks are a little "out there". Here's a sampling from the Nashville "Alice in Wonderland" theme competition... 2 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 I thought it'd be a fun process to develop the Oz theme right here in the Concepts section. So...We'll be looking at creating the full unis for 6-8 teams based on the 1939 musical, fantasy classic film... Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 For starters, I took a shot at designing an event logo that would appear on each uniform. I intertwined the "O" & "Z" (I know...it's been done before), added a hockey stick and a few stars, and will add the tourny location when that location is decided. Here it is in the various team colours... 1 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blindsay Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 The Red Skates, The Wicked The Wiz? The Silver Hearts The Brave Big Cats? 1 Quote Im an isles,rangers,devils,Sabres,Yankees,Mets,Braves,hawks,knicks,nets,bills,giants,falcons,and jets fan. So? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 18 hours ago, Silence of the Rams said: Thank you, Silence...Hardly the case, but much appreciated. 9 hours ago, Blindsay said: The Red Skates, The Wicked The Wiz? The Silver Hearts The Brave Big Cats? Thanks Blindsay...great ideas!...diggin' "The Wicked"! Okay guys...Let's get on down the yellow brick road. I want to develop these through the various stages, from rough sketches, to colour roughs to vector finals. The uniforms are completely sublimated and style will be more "illustrative" than traditional hockey design. So here we go... 1 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 Scarecrows I was considering a scary, psycho slant to the character... However, the whole Scarecrow schtick is that of a likeable sort who is less scary than the crows he should be scaring... So... for the logo, I'll keep the crossed hockey sticks with the crows...use a more friendly Scarecrow, and put him on a plaid & denim uni w/suspenders... 2 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindsay Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 How about calling them the Straw Brains? 1 Quote Im an isles,rangers,devils,Sabres,Yankees,Mets,Braves,hawks,knicks,nets,bills,giants,falcons,and jets fan. So? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 Team Dorothy... There's a scene in the movie where, after a hit to the head, Dorothy imagines herself caught up in a twister. Cows, chickens, etc. swirl by in a tornado of debris... Thought I would attempt to capture the scene in a logo and uniform... 1 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 Tinmen... Initially, I was thinking of doing an Ozian take on the NHL's Woodsman, Johnny Canuck... But...I wanted to rep the goalies in at least 1 logo/uni...so I figured a metal-clad figure would be the perfect choice. ( I still might use the JC Tinman as a secondary)... Rough sketch... Colour rough... Colour Uni Rough... 3 1 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 14 minutes ago, sparkychewbarky said: Tinmen... Initially, I was thinking of doing an Ozian take on the NHL's Woodsman, Johnny Canuck... But...I wanted to rep the goalies in at least 1 logo/uni...so I figured a metal-clad figure would be the perfect choice. ( I still might use the JC Tinman as a secondary)... Rough sketch... Colour rough... Colour Uni Rough... Love the Johnny Canuck Tinman logo. This set came out great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 21 hours ago, johne9109 said: Love the Johnny Canuck Tinman logo. This set came out great Thanks john... I'm going to use the Johnny Canuck-ish Woodsman logo as a secondary, maybe up on the shoulders... Lions... The Cowardly Lion's (CL) story in the movie was about finding his courage. In fact, at the end, the CL receives a medal from the Wizard for his bravery... I roughed up a primary logo based on that medal... And thought it'd be kinda fun to have it looking like it was actually hanging on the CL's body. The tail hanging out on the pants, from under the sweater should work OK... (as long as the player doesn't wear the pants backwards)... 1 1 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 I'm gonna use @Blindsay's suggestion and refer to the Wicked Witch of the West's team as... The Wickeds... 3 W's in "Wicked Witch of the West"...so I've paired up a 3-outline "W" with a green-faced witch riding a hockey stick... I also roughed up a secondary idea based on the rather intense "burning broom" scene... ...and the uniforms... 1 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 Flyers... I'll admit...The Flying Monkeys used to creep me out as a kid... Winged, blue-tinged simians decked out in some of of gaudy Bell-Boy outfit? They shredded Scarecrow and stole Toto. But, they may have inspired a team in an upcoming drafttournament.com event. Rough colour Logo... Uniform concept... 2 1 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutz Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Really creative series, love seeing your sketches and them come to life on the jersey. I would love to see that Lions and Tinmen uniform in real life haha. Quote erikas | go birds | dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 1:52 PM, chestnutz said: Really creative series, love seeing your sketches and them come to life on the jersey. I would love to see that Lions and Tinmen uniform in real life haha. Thanks @chestnutz...just about got the coloured roughs completed...then onto the final vector logos & uniforms. Wizards... The WofO movie had a strong artdeco influence, espescially in the design of the city itself... and in the lair of the Wizard... I thought I'd try to capture an artdeco feel in the striping and numbers... 3 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 I tweaked the "Wizards" uni...made it a little more artdeco-ish... ...Up Next..."We Represent the Lollipop Guild" 2 Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkychewbarky Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 Well... you learn something new every day. I've probably seen the "Wizard" a dozen times, and I always thought that these guys were repping the "Lollipop KIDS"... Apparently not... They're the Lollipop GUILD...But who says "guild" anymore? So I'm sticking with... The Lollipop Kids... Who were these guys anyway?...a Munchkin street gang?...moppets from the orphanage?...Canadiens fans?... Whatever...They had a unique look...diagonal plaid shirts...striped socks...weird hair... Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindsay Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Why not call em the ‘Short Kings’ Quote Im an isles,rangers,devils,Sabres,Yankees,Mets,Braves,hawks,knicks,nets,bills,giants,falcons,and jets fan. So? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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