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Rink Rats: 30 ChatGPT Hockey Jerseys in 30 Days
May
The What
We are already at the twelfth installment of the series! Day 12 of 30. This particular concept revolved around a team we dubbed the ‘Rink Rats‘.
How We Prompted ChatGPT
Here’s the exact prompt we used to get the logo image you see within this post.
‘I want to make a logo for a team called ‘rink rats’ – want it to be a mascot logo in a modern style crest. The crest can be shaped and styled to look like cheese. For the logo mascot, make it look crazy in expression and articulation, please have a rat skating and include hockey gloves, hockey stick, ice hockey skates. I don’t have a color set, pick one for me – colors should be contrasting. Please only use a maximum of 5 hex colors for the logo. Please use clean sharp lines and color – no grain or mottled results. Logo only, don’t include the text please.’
Links to the prompt exchange history:
For most use cases, we went with the minimal mascot style logo direction. ChatGPT knows what this is and will mimic the style pretty well. This ensures flat and clean lines with no shading or soft edges. That’s important, we’ll explain why. The final artwork needs to be this way so that we can create a vector image out of the PNG file that ChatGPT provides to you after it renders your ideas. We take the file and load it into a vectorization tool (we recommend vectorizer.ai and Vector Magic to accomplish this on your own – otherwise we can do that step for you after you order – you’re also free to explore other options) to separate the shapes into vectors so that we can colorize freely. This also ensures that we are able to scale the artwork without the loss of resolution. More on that here.
You can request a crest shape to act as a container for your logo, or explicitly ask to not include one. At times we asked for no crest shape since we wanted to have control on that piece on our end after the logo is created. You can also prompt ChatGPT for suggestions – it can really help steer your creative direction.
Be sure to direct the prompt with specific information if you have it – like what sort of emotion you want, what pose, overall shape, and what items the logo should have (i.e. hockey gloves, hockey skates, hockey stick, etc.).
For text, it does a decent job with rendering it out – you will likely experience some anomalies and artifacts with the text, it’s improved in this regard immensely in the time we started using to now. You can choose to let it be generated or to exclude it – just be sure to know what you want to do going into it. We suggest going without it first and adding it when requesting revisions. Experimenting will obviously get you better and better results as you learn how best to get what you want.
Ask for colors you’d like to include. Give general direction with terms like primary, analogous, monochromatic, contrasting – you can even let ChatGPT pick them for you. It’s good to limit the total number of colors in the logo as well – this helps for many reasons. Results in a cleaner file and better contrast. We recommend a maximum of 5-6 colors. Through some experimentation we found that adding the ‘no grain or mottled results’ in the prompt really helps to keep the final image from looking like it has a texture to it.
Final Rink Rats Hockey Jersey Results/Product
This concept gave us a ton of fun results—but it was the purple rat that really spoke to us. Once we saw it, we knew we had to chase it down the rabbit hole and bring it to life. The prompt delivered better than expected, and we ended up blending elements from a few variations. Specifically, we took the “bite marks” from one crest and merged them with the purple rat logo in Adobe Illustrator.
We also thought it’d be fun to create a shoulder patch that read “Rink Rats” in the same style as the rat tails—literally making the text look like it was formed from rat tails. The jersey colors stayed pretty consistent throughout, with only a few small adjustments to bring everything together.
Check out the image gallery to explore the alternate directions we considered. Ultimately, we stuck close to the AI-generated version, making only subtle refinements.
Just a quick reminder:
This project is an experiment in what’s possible with AI-assisted design—not a replacement for skilled illustrators.
We’re dropping a new concept every day, so dive into the full collection, place your order, and don’t forget to share your feedback—or your own creative remix!
