Concept Jerseys For Everybody
Saturday · Aug 18 · 2007 | 5:05 PM PDTI may be playing with fire here, but I've decided to make an Rbk EDGE jersey template available to anyone interested in trying their hand at a creating a uniform concept. God knows I'm not hurting for content, but a lot of people have been asking where to get a template, so I thought I'd try to be helpful for once. If you want to download it, you'll find it toward the bottom of the sidebar on the right.
Having said that, I too decided to try my own hand at a concept for my Tampa Bay Lightning. I put only about 10 minutes into it so the quality and overall design might be poor, but I just wanted to show that anyone can do it.
It's not much, but it works in the "leaked" new logos we'll likely see unveiled a week from today at the St. Pete Times Forum. I have a background in graphic design having worked as a newspaper ad designer for about six years (but you might not know it based on that). I know my way around Photoshop, but it is quite expensive and I am quite cheap. So I have to deal with what little I do have.
What I really wanted to do was see how the Bolts' home sweater might look in blue. I've always thought that would be a neat direction to go. Again, very basic and simplistic, but that's been the Lightning's style. I'm rather anxious to see what they've come up with. What would you all think of a blue Tampa Bay uniform? Too much like the Leafs?
So if you've never made a concept, now is your chance to take a stab at it. I mean, just go nuts. And if you think there's something to it, you've got my email address. Send it along.
UPDATE (8:41 PM): Just noticed an oversight on my part. No numbers on the sleeves. Oops.
Reader Comments (6)
i dont understand how to download it or like start making the jersey and posting it somewhere
once u get that template where do u make the jerseys like what program
dido can be more specific thanx
yeah what program do you need and can someone upload cause i have a great idea in mind
Nice work Chris, i like everything but the logo. I have never like a lightning logo (including the leaked ones). I think they could have such a cool logo to.
Your Tampa design is really good. I've always thought the Lightning were one of the worst looking teams in the league - the armpit stripes, the gaudy pants, the we're-not-even-trying logo (the new one's not much improved, IMO) - but this looks pretty classy. They NEED to switch to blue.