HJC Jersey and Ricky's Expansion Entries

 

Happy Monday to everyone! Today, as everyday is, was a mail day. Which means my HJC Jersey arrived.

                                       

The jersey itself is awesome! The logos and striping look great and really pop on the black jersey. I kept debating on purchasing one a few months back but ultimately decided not to. The main reason I didn't purchase one was because it was sublimated. But after seeing the jersey in person, it looks really nice. I also designed the shoulder patch and did the vector version of the primary so it's cool to see my own work come to life. If you were also debating on getting a jersey or not I would have to say that it's worth the price! I believe they're $75 for a fully customized jersey. I would of liked to have my name/number but how can I complain about a free jersey? It's also a size XL where as I wear a medium but once again... it's free! Here's a few up close photos.

Shoulder Patch I designed                                          

Sublimation Detail

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Ricky M. at Buffalo Nickel Graphics sent in four entries! Way to go, Ricky! If you haven't sent any in yet you can email them to me by the end of the day Aug. 15th.

Hartford (Ricky)

Hamilton/Ontario (Ricky)

Quebec (Ricky)

Seattle (Ricky)

Also just to give people an idea I drew up this bracket to show how the tournament will work.

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HJC Open Champion! Tournament Recap

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If you haven't seen yet, I just recently won the HJC Open! First off, I would like to thank everyone who supported and voted me through any of the four rounds. I would also like to congratulate all of the other participants and thank them for putting up a good fight! One more than others... Stephane Sinotte! I didn't think I had a chance to win against Stephane but I got through the last round! Congrats Stephane and thanks for making me sweat this one out! I know the 3rd time will be a charm for you!

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With the closing of the Open I also wanted to take a look back at my concepts throughout the tournament. Since I've already shared most of these concepts I'll keep the descriptions short.

Quebec Nordiques

This was my first round entry... A Quebec Nordiques (third jersey) concept. Already in the first round I had a tough test against Kevin D. but ended up prevailing.

Colorado Avalanche 

 In the second round I had to go up against Dylan Alexander who always has top notch concepts. Luckily these Avs concepts pushed me into the third round.

Philadelphia Flyers

 I was really nervous when I saw that I would have to face off against Tex next. He always has beautiful concepts and submitted an awesome Jets concept for the third round. However my Flyers fauxback earned me a spot in the finals!

2013 Winter Classic

The final round I was facing... Stephane... Stephane the great! At the time I was just finishing up these Winter Classic jerseys and logos so I decided to use it. Stephane was the toughest competitor but I somehow prevailed and earned the titele... HJC Open Champion! I'll be posting a Winter Classic package soon with some changes and additions!

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Thanks for stopping by! Expect another post tomorrow or Wednesday for a few Pacific Division rebrands!

HJC Open Champion Logo

Hey. I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I just wanted to share my logo for the HJC Champion. Hopefully my name will go in it! Haha. But here it is and I would love to hear your thoughts!