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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
As I’ve noted in the past, I have a love-hate relationship with the Grand Rapids Griffins’ annual jersey design contest. I have the tendency to put more thought than they probably intend into my own entries and, while I was a finalist last year, I don’t think I ever come close to winning. This year […]
Once again, the Grand Rapids Griffins are holding their annual jersey design contest and, even though I know I disagree with their design preferences, I’m throwing my hat into the ring. Two years ago I entered a design featuring a griffin silhouette on a shield as the primary logo, with the jersey in “vintage” white, […]
When the Grand Rapids Griffins announced their alternate jersey design competition this year, I didn’t quite know how to feel about it. Last year I entered, posted my predictions on the winners, and was disappointed with the jerseys that were picked. Since then I’ve disliked the Griffins’ 20th Season logo, their new primary logo, and […]
I was going to do a write-up of the winners of the Grand Rapids Griffins’ jersey contest over at DetroitHockey.Net – where I’d already done a review and posted my predictions – but I realized doing so after my design didn’t win would come across as sour grapes. Instead, I decided to own that; accept the […]
As of a couple hours ago, the Grand Rapids Griffins’ alternate jersey contest is closed. I wrote about my submission early in the contest but with it done I feel a little more comfortable iterating on it a bit. After staring at my work for nearly a month, wondering if it would hold up to […]
I’ve written before about branding a fake hockey team, but with this week’s announcement of the Grand Rapids Griffins’ formerly-annual alternate jersey design contest, I got to try my hand at doing it for an actual team. The contest is still running so, unlike usual, all of the images included in this post are watermarked […]