This was another one from May 30 and, as disappointed as I was with “Rainbow,” I’m thrilled with this one. Having figured out that the paint delivery method would work and one way not to implement it, my main goal with this one was to play with colors and I think it turned out beautifully. […]
“Primary One” and “Primary Two” were executed on May 29, 2021. They were my first attempts at using centrifugal force (provided by a power drill) to fling paint from paint tubes and onto canvas. There were two ideas I wanted to test with these. The first was whether or not my idea of using a […]
A look at DetroitHockey.Net’s 25th Season logo on the site’s 24th birthday.
The number of times I have “quit” the Grand Rapids Griffins’ annual jersey design contest is comical at this point. Last year I even publicly announced that I was done. Then they went and made this year’s edition 90s-themed and I was drawn right back in. Two years ago the Griffins requested an 80s-themed “fauxback” […]
Back in 2015, I wrote a bit about the history of the DetroitHockey.Net logo. Over the last several weeks, I was forced to add a new entry to that record. As I detailed at DH.N itself, the Detroit Tigers forced me to change the site’s logo, claiming that DetroitHockey.Net’s Old English D conflicted with their […]
I thought I’d retired from the Grand Rapids Griffins’ annual jersey design contest but, as this year’s edition rolled around, I realized that I wanted to revisit my 2016 entry and try to tweak a couple things that bothered me from it. In 2016, I didn’t like that the crest on my submission and the […]
Aside from the Grand Rapids Griffins, I don’t normally enter jersey design contests. In general, I don’t like “fan designed” jersey contests because rarely does an actual fan of the team win. I made an exception this year, though, for the Kalamazoo Wings. I can’t rightfully call myself a Kalamazoo fan given their rivalry with […]
Several years ago I embraced the sour grapes I had about losing the Grand Rapids Griffins’ jersey design contest and wrote about it. Since I’ve been ranting about it all day on Twitter, I figured it was time to do that again. I’ve repeatedly said that I put more thought than the Griffins intend into […]
