 Joey Light |
 John Wriston |
 Ogre39666 |
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 Six Zero |
 tdog |
 Chris Smith |
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 John Wriston |
 Chris Smith |
 Joey Light |
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Obviously, the news has been keeping me busy here the last few weeks. I promised you guys a tutorial on my process to achieve the embroidered look you see on all the winning IceHL logos. I have not had the time to write it but I didn't want to leave you hanging.
If you're a designer who knows your way around Photoshop or comparable software, these bullet points should be pretty easy to follow. If it's over your head, you'll just have to keep waiting until I can put together an actual tutorial.
There's no one way to achieve this look, but here is my workflow:
There are probably better ways to do some of this in newer versions of Photoshop. I'm actually using Paint Shop Pro 7 (and have been for eight years) to create the graphics for Icethetics. Enjoy!
If you need a little more direction or just want some different ideas, PuckDrawn has collected up a decent set of similar tutorials worth checking out. Also, feel free to add suggestions in the comments if you've discovered a better way or a better tutorial. I'm sure Icethetics readers would love to hear about it.
 Six Zero |
 Chris Smith |
 Dave Delisle |
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 Chris Smith |
 Roccot |
 Sean Cox Tattoo |
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After taking a breather last weekend, the IceHL Artist Spotlight returns with a look at another artist with a pair of finalists. You know him as Joey Light and his Atlanta Arsenal and Baltimore Blue Crabs logos go up for a vote during the next set of polls.
I asked Joey to share with Icethetics readers his design process for the IceHL project.
For the Atlanta Arsenal logo, I researched a bit on the city and state. Found out that their state colour is green, so that was an easy base to start. Then once I had that to go off, I asked 10 people (friends, family, etc.) to play a word association game with me — I throw them a word and I wanted a quick response. The word was obviously "arsenal," and military was the majority answer. So from there I took the corporal rank (which makes up the A.A.) and placed that on the helmet with the Atlanta city skyline reflecting.
With the Baltimore Blue Crabs, I took a different approach. A little more self-evident. Wanted it to be symmetrical and simple, something that can be visible if it was a small print. And blue was the obvious choice. Much tougher decisions made in the atlanta logo.
You can leave questions or comments for Joey below. Another new Artist Spotlight will go live on Sunday.
 Roccot |
 JFred |
 Chris Smith |
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 JFred |
 Craig C. Wheeler |
 Eddie Ray Design |
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 Craig C. Wheeler |
 Six Zero |
 Roccot |
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