Sunday
Feb132011
Collection 8: Anaheim Makeover
Sunday · Feb 13 · 2011 | 11:06 AM PSTConcept art took a bit of a backseat this week as I prepared the re-launch of the new jersey galleries. I think it's one of the best features of Icethetics. Today's new batch of artwork is all about the Anaheim Ducks.
Hadn't thought of turning the webbed D into an A before. That's interesting. But what if the Ducks brought back the purple instead of playing up the orange?
This last one by Mike is your typical cookie cutter third jersey as of late. Stick your logo in a circle, wrap the team name around it, and add some retro striping. How hard can it be?
Reader Comments (17)
errr, no. sorry but none of the above work for me....
Why purple? LA Kings already use that, enough teams in California with purple.
I've been a die hard Duck fan for all my life, and I own almost every jersey. We had a good thing going, and then they changed it. Our jerseys now are boring, and the above images are no improvement (they all try and utilize what we have now). We need to go back to Eggplant and Jade. Most thought it was silly, but it was our team's identity. We were the Mighty Ducks! While there is not enough orange in the league, there was nothing like our old jerseys. That's all I have to say about that.
Pretty weak lot of designs, to be completely honest. However, I'll at least give points David Baratta's design for actually having a real logo instead of just fontwork.
The Anaheim D (the one on their new alt) is nice an all, but truth be told it just doesn't look iconic enough to me to be a legit jersey. Sure, it's an improvement over what they currently have as their home and away sweaters, but personally I think they should go back to the old days and actually have a logo. Whether it was the old duck bill hockey mask (which I actually liked) or something new, they need to make a fix to what they currently have.
nothing really original here
These jerseys are even more hideous than the duck jumping through ice jersey. Down right ugly.
I agree with quackaddict all the way.
co-sign quackaddict +infinity
Mark's is definitely the best concept...very royal. The "A"naheim logo is dumb...the bronze is way too prominent in Mike's concept, David's is too angular and looks like it was drawn with a pencil (plus i doubt that would fit into any of reebok's templates)....Chris's is alright....very similar to what in my opinion was the ducks best jersey to date, the maroon and black "Anaheim" sweater of about 8 years ago(ish)....but Mark's is definitely the best in this crew.
Those are all awful.
When your biggest rival is the LA Kings, it's probably not a good idea to pattern your uniform after the Manchester Monarchs. So Matt Marczel's concept is not good for that reason. The rest are not good just because they are ugly.
yeah these are all absolutely worse than what they have now
the last one is the Chicago Blackhawks winter classic jersey with ducks logo and colors. not a good try
"Hadn't thought of turning the webbed D into an A before. That's interesting."
I think on a concept from like 2008 you said that exact same thing, haha.
I think I might be the only person who actually likes the Ducks current alternate. I'd like it better if they had used orange for the bottom layer of the lettering and numbers instead of gold, but it is what it is. None of these work at all, though. Bring back the eggplant and jade with the old striping, it's time.
Brutal. Why do the Ducks concepts all have to have that curved striping at the bottom? I really don't like it. If the Ducks just used more orange and less black, they would look much better.
one of my favorite all-time jerseys was the old Anahiem 3rd jersey with the tie-down front, your black/purple jerseys has the same udea, looks great