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Canada Vs USA Rules Posted

In case you missed it, PuckDrawn is holding a design competition called "Canada Vs USA", where each country is broken up into regions and designers get to create a team name, logo and jersey.

Official Canada Vs USA page HERE.

The rules have been posted.

Totally WWII - Team Great Britain Unveiled

Disclaimer: This concept theme is not based on any kind of exhaustive/extensive research into the hockey history of each country during the war. There were no fabric samples or forensics involved in getting these designs to be historically accurate. If you're a history buff, you'll probably be annoyed. Quite simply, this is an American perspective on how hockey jerseys should have looked if WWII was fought strictly on the ice.

UPDATE: Alternate version alert. After sleeping on it, and reading Link's comments, I've decided to accurately depict Great Britain's crest. And by "accurate" I mean I got rid of the "ENGLAND" text that was originally above the lion's head. PuckDrawn readers always keep me honest.

It was a little difficult to design this jersey because of how much I was reminded of the stinkin' Rangers.

At first I was going to have a brighter color scheme based off of the Union Jack flag, but it was way too bright and campy looking. It would have been fine for the Totally 80's project though.

The crest that I had initially sketched out was going to be three lions on a shield, but the lion started to resemble the one on Team Canada's third jersey logo. I opted for a bolder lion head instead.

After some quick research it became clear that, since the lion is a traditional insignia of Great Britain, I would be using it in some way for their crest.

I came up with MANY color schemes, but nothing worked as well on the sweater as this one. I tried some gold in there as well, but decided to distance myself from a color palette that was too similar to Team Canada's alternate crest.

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And that's it! The Totally WWII War-Time Hockey Jersey Concept project is finished. It was a lot of work, but I really enjoyed the research, conversations, interactions, and of course the illustration practice I got out of it.

The next thing we move on to is the Canada Vs USA jersey/logo project. It will be good to take a little break and see what other designers come up with. Check out the beginning stages of Canada Vs USA here.

The Stars Uniform History Project

Cole Jones from The Other 6 Seconds has a nice feature on his blog showing the jersey history of the Stars. Some really nice work there. Check it out.

Sneak Peek at the Project
Introduction to the Project
First Installment: The 1960s

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The Canada Vs USA logo/jersey project is starting to take shape. We've gotten the regions pretty much mapped out and now it's onto the naming guidelines. I'm looking forward to all the great designs! Be sure to check out all the great comments and join in on the fun. I want it to be as interactive as the Totally WWII - Team Canada project.

Canada Vs U.S.A. Hockey Logo/Jersey Competition

The Canada Vs U.S.A. design competition is on, and the official page is HERE. I'd like to have some discussion with you readers through the comments section over there about what you'd like to see in the competition. So, go! What are ya waitin' for??

Monday Concepts

PuckDaddy has a mildly amusing piece on ugly hockey jerseys. Check it out HERE.

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Some concepts have been coming into my email inbox, so I figured I'd share them with ya.