It's my birthday and I'm celebrating with a Tampa Bay Lightning concept! You must be so surprised. This design is a little out there but I wouldn't mind it as an alternate. There certainly are a lot of lightning bolts all over it. Think it's too much? Or does it work?
Today we're looking to Colin May's rather untraditional look for the Columbus Blue Jackets. I kind of like the sash-style striping, but I wouldn't cut it off there, I'd go all the way over the top and around the back.
Colin took a stab at some revisions. He also tells me he's working on an All-Star version as suggested in the comments.
And here's that All-Star version I mentioned.
New series this weekend. I'm shelving the Winter Classic stuff for a while in favor of Retro Weekends! We'll save it for special throwback-inspired jersey designs like this one from Colin May. The colors call back to the Pittsburgh Penguins from the 1970s. It's actually a neat look.
On this Winter Classic Weekend, we look beyond 2013. If the pattern we've seen over the years persists, it won't be long before the New York Rangers are back in action on the outdoor ice — and with hosting duties, to boot. If the Broadway Blueshirts were to, say, host the Islanders at Yankee Stadium, perhaps their uniforms could pay tribute to the sport normally housed there — baseball. Basically, Colin May shows us what it might be like if the Rangers were to adopt Yankees pinstripes. It's a cool look, but definitely the wrong sport.
Colin May proposes mixing the old and new for the Anaheim Ducks. Back in the late '90s, the Mighty Ducks, as they were known, used a sweater design quite similar to these. Think they looked better in jade and eggplant or the more modern orange and black? What do you think of the old logo coming back? (And before you comment on the misspelling of Selanne... we know.)
It's not uncommon for concept posts to yield lots of suggestions from readers for revisions. Every now and then, the artist will take a few cues from their critics and I'm always more than happy to add their revised work to the original post. Here's what Colin had to say:
Hey everyone, thanks for your compliments and feedback.
I made [the original] concept a long while ago. I have since updated it to feature the D logo on the chest. I also made up a Wild Wing alternate to go with these, complete with the duck mask shoulder patch that Bryan Wright mentioned.
To other concept artists: If your work has been featured and you'd like to submit a revision, feel free to do so.
