Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Overwatch + NHL mashup

When I play Overwatch, I often think to myself that we have seen these characters before somewhere.  These Overwatch characters often have the same characteristics as to other forms of media.  One particular mashup that I have seen before is when somebody made a mashup of The Simpsons characters and to various NHL team logos.  I have often wondered if this could be done with Overwatch characters and NHL team logos.  Although my graphic design isn't the greatest, I managed to do a couple of "paint"-esq (very rough artwork designs) of various Overwatch/NHL team logo mashups.  I tried to make the mashup based on the team logo as well as the Overwatch characters design philosophy.  Some of these were easy to mashup but others need a little bit of an imagination.  These mashups could even be used for the new Overwatch League (hehe).  I hope you enjoy these. 

1. New Jersey Reapers
This one was real easy to do.  Reaper represents pure evil and so does the devil in the New Jersey Devils. 

2. Colorado Meis
Since the Colorado Avalanche represents cold weather, this made sense to mashup with the Mei character. 

3. Winnipeg Pharahs
Since both have characteristics of flying (the Winnipeg Jets and Pharah's rocket boost), this was another easy one to do. 


4. Los Angeles Reinhardts
"Ah it's good to be king" is something this team might say. 


5. Dallas McCrees
They both represent the "cowboy" characteristic.  They must play their games at "high noon". 



6. Philadelphia Mercys
They are both know for their wings. 


7. Boston Roadhogs
Roadhog's face matches nicely with the Boston Bruins logo.

8.  Detroit Torbjorns
"For the last time, I'm Swedish!"  They both like making things (Torbjorn likes to make turrets, Detroit likes to make cars).  I also could have matched Torbjorn to the Calgary Flames since both have small-ish players and his mustache stands out like Lanny McDonald's. 


9. Ottawa Soldier 76'ers
Soldier 76's face is much like the Ottawa Senator's face.

10. Tampa Bay Hanzos
Hanzo has his storm bow, which is kind of like lightning. 
11. Florida Junkrats
Junkrat's face matches nicely with the panther.  Also, the Florida Panthers used to have a habit of throwing rats onto the ice after scoring a goal. 
12. Phoenix Sombras
The coyote is depicted as a trickster, which is what Sombra is. 


13. St. Louis Lucios
They are both known for their music. 

14. Buffalo Genjis
They both represent swords. 


15. Carolina Tracers
Tracer's chronal accelerator is much like Carolina's hurricane. 


16. San Jose Winstons
There can be a debate of who has more hair: Winston's Yeti or Brent Burns?


17. Columbus D.Vas
D.va has a skin called "b-va", which resembles a bee.  A blue jacket is a variant of a bee.  (maybe the june bug skin could be called a blue jacket skin?)


18. Edmonton Zenyattas
I guess they both are related to oil?


19. Minnesota Bastions
Both are related to the wild (Bastion was found hibernating in the wild). 


20. Toronto Widowmakers
Spiders can be found on tree leaves?


21. Washington Zaryas
Both are known for their Russian.  It's pretty cool to see a Russian standing in front of the US capital. 


22. Montreal Anas
Both are very old (the oldest in fact). 


23. New York Symmetras
I couldn't come up with a good match for Symmetra so I matched her with the New York Rangers. 

Bonus: 24. Las Vegas Orisas
Overwatch announced their latest hero, Orisa, so I decided to match her up with the NHL's newest team, the Las Vegas Black Knights. 

Extra Bonus:
I decided to do one more for the leader of the Overwatch + NHL mashup.  Can you guess who that is?


Hopefully I will time to make up some more mashups in the future.  There were some teams that I left off so hopefully Overwatch will make some more characters.  I hope you enjoy these for now. 




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