Steve

Review: Good looking sig in many ways. I always like to see detailed renders. I looks like you have a good feel for lighting and background blending. You color choice is great with just the right amount of saturation. The main focus is the render, which is the point. My only concerns are the balance is too heavy on the left, dead space on the right and the render would look betting, imo, looking towards the center of the graphic. Great job. 8/10

Review: Well this is certainly nice and bright. Filled with colors and elements known to be part of the Vegas scene. I like the concept though I think the formatting is off a bit. The team logo looks good as well as the text. The render looks to be a lower resolution than the background. Nice touch with the hand though the team logo on the rings would have been cool. Overall you have a lot going on here and I like the design. I think a little refinement would go a long way but I do realize this is a theme week graphic and most are just made to get the tpe. You did good with this one. 8/10

Looks like in a few days the season will be over and the teams will either be working on playoff strategy or booking tee off times. Malmo looks to have a firm grip on the fifth spot in the European conference. It's a fairly huge step forward from last season. I think we could have been even higher in the standings if it weren't for Simon making us have so many overtime loses. Eight of them is a bit high. If we had any puck luck we could have taken a few of those and would look even better in the standings. With the clever addition of a couple players, we have a much better sense of what we need to do moving forward. The team is very motivated to do well. That is a good sign. We will do the best we can and build on our successes as well as our failures. It's the only way to move forward and develop a team that can be competitive. With great leadership and players pushing harder than they have in the past, aka earning, we should be able to break away from being a bottom dweller to a team that isn't easy to beat. Good luck to all.

Review: What a cool looking graphic. Thos multi render graphics are sometimes hard to pull off but I really like your choices with this one. The render formatting looks well balanced and I love the black and white with some texture. The text looks clean and I can't figure out where a better place for it would be. I am not sure the orange bleed is helping or hurting this graphic but it looks good. You should make more like this and show off your skills. Great work 9/10

Review: You have a lot going on here. Theme week has always been a fun time where your concept is more important than the quality. This graphic fits into that slot. I really like the design with the mean at a table with some renders about them. The players/team in the middle has logo swaps, which is a good thing. I think if you worked on the blend ranges and a few other adjustments, it would make this much easier to see the elements in question. Still, it's a fun time and you did a good job. 8/10

Thank you for the comment. This just might be my next player in 4 more seasons.

Nice, a non traditional graphic. I am a huge fan of this.

Cutting out renders is half the fun. A skill everyone making sigs should get good at.

Wow, this season is flying along. It's always a fun time when we are all playing. Watching the league battle and developing rivals has been entertaining. Seems like all the usual suspects are at or near the top and the bottom dwellers are sinking. That leaves the teams in the middle. Not the best at any particular aspect of the game but not the worst either. These teams are where all the tension and heavy action is. Fighting for a playoff spot has got to be one of the more exciting parts of the season. I mean there isn't anything wrong with being so good that you know the team will be in the big show, but for those on the bubble, it's intense. It's what makes the game worth playing. Wanting to just make it into the playoffs and then put up a really good fight against, most likely, a stronger team. I wonder how many fringe teams that made the playoffs have actually won the cup. I am not one to do the research but it would be an interesting stat to know. I am not sure it's even possible but then again, we do use Simon. Good luck to all the teams fighting to get into the post season.

Review: A solid design. I like the larger graphics like this. The background fits the theme really well. I like how you use the diagonal method for formatting. I often use it over the rule of 3rds. Your render looks clean. Details are crisp but maybe a bit of overshoot on the face. The lips look too sharp or maybe just needed to be touched up. Logo looks good but could be placed better. I mostly line up a logo with the shoulders of the render and adjust from there. It also looks like the logo is floating at the bottom. It's just nit picking, overall it looks fine. 8/10

Review: It's way cool to see a vintage goalie render. This Fuhr image looks really good for the era. I like the effects you have and the logo swap is just fine. Looks like the colors worked out well and blends nicely with the background to render. The only thing missing is a bit a text maybe. If this graphic was telling a story or had some action to it I could see not having text but it does look a bit static. Overall I like what you were aiming for. 8/10

Halfway through the season and we still have a bit of work to do. We really haven't found that magic formula that would make us a bit more consistent. I believe we have the talent to put up a good fight once we get everyone on the same page. It isn't for the lack of trying. The team seems deeply dedicated to becoming better. The players as well have been pushing hard to reach that next level of performance needed to be successful. I feel we will be much better in the second half of the season. There has been some positive signs that point to success in the future. I still have issues with this new hybrid system, I do see the reason for it and it had to be implemented. I think some tuning to it would be in order but that's just my opinion. Just do the weekly tasks and move on. At some point it might start to make sense.

Review: Well, a good thing with this graphic is that it can only get better from here. You have all the elements needed for a basic graphic. Let's talk about the render. It should be, in my opinion, on top of the background layer unless you mask out certain areas like the face. It also looks pinched a tad. Your font is good looking but may I suggest you enlarge the text and place it lower. It's all baby steps but at least you started with the basics and it looks better than my early graphics. 8/10

Review: A really cool design that you have here. Multi render graphics are a challenge to make but it seems like you got the formatting fairly well. The background isn't messy and other than the sharp edges and needing a new helmet, the rear render looks good with the logo swap. The front render looks clean although still NHL branded. A bit of detail work on that render would have really made this much better. Overall it's a good looking graphic. 8/10

Do I still get to drive the Zamboni?

It's not a comfort zone issue. I am not a fan of hiding a render with random overlays and effects. I think there are many members that make that design work well, it's just not what I like to do.

1. How do you feel me and Z are doing so far? Doing a great job. Don't stop whatever you are doing. 2. How do you think our defensemen are doing so far? They are very defensive, which is a good thing. 3. Are you happy on how your player is performing so far, and if not why? Yes, I am thrilled how my player is playing. 4. What award would you like to win at the end of the season? I would like any award that has a cool name. 5. What do you think is our biggest weakness so far, and how could we fix that? Losing games. Winning more games. 6. What is your favourite movie? Anything that starts with John Wick.