Four Guest Concepts

Dallas Stars, by Ricky:

We begin today's post with this Stars concept by Ricky which combines their current logos and colour scheme with their 1999-2006 jerseys.  I wasn't sure this striping pattern was possible on a Reebok edge jersey, but Ricky proves that it's possible and it looks just as good as it did before.  The star of this concept in my opinion is the beveled number font which works great with the logos.

Carolina Hurricanes, by Ricky:

For his second concept today, Ricky carefully balances modern elements with more traditional elements to create a nice looking Hurricanes concept.  I love seeing the hurricane-flag pattern return, and pairing it up with the side panels from the Coyotes third jersey looks really good (surprisingly good).  My only negative is that I don't like using the script underneath the logo on the third jersey, it would look much better without the script in my opinion.

2015 Stadium Series, by Jared:

We also have a couple of concepts by Jared today, both for the San Jose Stadium series game.  This first concept uses the same design for both teams and both jerseys are white, which wouldn't be good for trying to tell the two team's apart.  Execution is another big issue for this concept, the lines are sloppy and go over the edge of the jerseys, the colours are too bright, and the L on the Kings jersey looks like a Z.  This whole concept feels rushed, it gives off the impression that the creator wanted too finish it as fast as possible and didn't care about the quality of the concept.

2015 Stadium Series (hand-drawn), by Jared:

Jared also sent in this hand drawn Stadium Series concept, which is done slightly better than the previous concept but still suffers from a lot of the same errors.  Starting with the positives, I like that the striping patterns and logos are no longer identical for each team, and I also like orange is added to the Sharks jersey.  Adding yokes is also an improvement in my opinion.  Moving on to the negatives, this concept still has the problem of both teams using white jerseys, which would cause headaches for anyone trying to tell the two team's apart.  The execution for this is also just as sloppy as the previous concept, with many of the same problems.  The template is also drawn poorly, for example the right sleeve on the Sharks jersey is like triple the size of the left sleeve.  My advice to Jared would be to slow way down when making concepts, don't rush anything, and pay attention to every single detail no matter how small it is.

Have a good day!