jerry78n Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I started out trying to make myself a bracket fot the upcoming Stanley Cup Playoffs... one idea led to another and it ended up a jumbled mess of logos. I'm open to ideas and/or suggestions. As you can tell I'm quite limited in my graphic design knowledge. I made it using Publisher. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the experts on this site come up with. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VC// Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 could you post a larger one please? Where did you get the eastern and western logo's with the E & W only? I've been looking for those, the new NHL logo's....link? LETS GO PENGUINS! 5x Stanley Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturn Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Put the western conference on the left side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 could you post a larger one please? Where did you get the eastern and western logo's with the E & W only? I've been looking for those, the new NHL logo's....link? Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwing64 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I like this, I like it a lot. But I would do what Saturn said and swap the two sides around. Also, if you're using photoshop, maybe you could give it a black outline, and fade the rink a little bit. That would look pretty cool PotD: 24/08/2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBoy Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Put the western conference on the left side. The reason why the western conference is on that side is because in the Stanley Cup logo at centre ice, the western conference part of the sig is on the right It makes sense if they would've put the logo on the left side, but that's probably the reason why Jerry put it on the right.I'm not quite sure what Publisher is capable of, but perhaps the rink layer can be lowered to a smaller opacity, and then you could spread the logos out a little more since the rink logo would be less of the focus, and more of the backround.Something like this perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry78n Posted April 13, 2006 Author Share Posted April 13, 2006 Thanks for the input. I did infact put the eastern teams on the left due to the logo. I think it has been discussed on this board and I agree, it is backwards. In my second attempt I did switch sides though. I faded the rink and the logos are a bit larger. I also borrowed from MLB's 8 teams 1 champion slogan. As for overall size, they start out pretty big, but then photobucket seems to shrink them...I don't really know whats goin on there, but like I said I'm new at this stuff. I'll keep trying till I get it right or someone that knows what they're doing comes along and blows mine away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. no funny nickname Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I did this one up using the NHL 95 style I had for my habs sig a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I did this one up using the NHL 95 style I had for my habs sig a while back. Vancouver is the 9th seed in the West, my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. no funny nickname Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 My bad, should be fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Heres my bracket.Sorry its so small. Photobucket did that for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Of course, you'll have to do some flipping of pairings when they re-seed after the first round.Because if, say Colorado upsets Calgary, these brackets -- as nice as they are -- are going to look quite foolish if they show Colorado advancing from the San Jose-Dallas series to play Detroit in the second round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. no funny nickname Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Updated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islesfan Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Heres my bracket.Sorry its so small. Photobucket did that for some reason. Not bad...3 things though:1) your semi finals line on the west should be a bit more to the right...looks off centre2) New Jersey is the higher seed than the Rangers...flip em3) you may want to look at the standings and redo some of your western brackets...some of them are just wrong (eg...Detroit vs. Edmonton is the only right one (even though you have the higher seed (Detroit) seeded lower there)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Revised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Revised. It's still screwed up. You have the higher seeded team in the east on top while in the west you have them on the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Heres the wallpaper I made for my prediction page.http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/tank/nhl/...layoffsrd1.html www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseHusker Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I've made one which is currently my desktop - it is a larger version of this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiddFinch Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Love the NHL 95 style, Mr. no funny nickname. Only thing with all these brackets though is that, unlike March Madness, the NHL reseeds each round. So however you arrange it, you might have to go back and redraw afterwards. For example. if in Conference A teams 1, 2, 3, and 4 advance, then 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3. But if teams 1,2, 6, and 4 advance then 1 plays 6 and 2 plays 4 (which is what happened in the Western Conference in 2004) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseHusker Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I've got 'em on layers so I can flip pretty easily if I need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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