Canada Concept and Guest Concepts

Hello!  We have a few concepts today, but before we get to that I just want to let you all know that I did a bit of maintenance on the Templates page recently.  Some of the templates have been updated to match changes I've made to my concepts in the last few months (like no collar tag on Reebok or CCM templates), and I also added a credits section to give credit to the people that created the templates.

Team Canada, by Me:

Another change I made on the templates page was changing the mesh style on the Nike Swift template (I got the new mesh pattern from the "Reebok Authentic Jersey Template" on HJC's Template page).  I then used that new mesh on this team Canada concept, which uses the throwback logo from their 2012 third jersey and a striping pattern that is supposed to kind of match that logo.

Team Canada and Team Russia, by Jared:

Next up we have a couple of IIHF concepts by Jared.  He gives Russia a jersey inspired by their flag, and Canada a concept based of their jerseys from the 1972 summit series.  Both those ideas are good ideas, but the execution is poor.  The striping goes over the template lines when it isn't supposed to, it's worst with Russia's pants which lost all their detail and now just look like a blue blob.  Using the paint bucket tool (if you're using paint or paint.net) will fix that problem.  Also the colours are too bright, I'd recommend getting colours from Colorwerx.

Phoenix Coyotes, by Justin S:

We end today's post with a fun concept by Justin.  He creates a jersey for the Coyotes based off of their original logo, and the result looks surprisingly good.  Even though it's based of off such a 90's logo, the jersey doesn't look dated at all.  Justin kept the jersey very accurate for the most part, although he did use the script version of the moon logo and added shoulder patches.  Both those decisions are smart decisions in my opinion, they help make the jersey look more complete.

Enjoy the rest of your day!