gonna put the progress of this thing in its own post
so we start with references
then i figure out my layouts and start sketchin, putting the text down first after initial drafting
then i gotta fully flesh out all of the illustrative bits with pencil sketching. we got the holy gritty with his holy hockey staff and flyers pendant, little bits of orange dashed onto there, designing the flyers logo wherever i can
then we get black inking on there, bit more orange as well. normally i get kinda heartbroken when I smear a bit of ink here or there by mistake, even patch to fix mistakes sometimes.
But I'm gonna be real. The small blots match too well with the overall energy of the piece
"You take a two minute read through my DM's, and it'll have you in tears pretty quick. You know not just for someone who kind of it just hits closer to home for me, I think anyone, if you read some of the stories that are getting sent my way, it can really open up your heart and open up your view as to how important something like this actually was. As a straight male, I really don't understand the impact I can have, or how much impact I did have. You just try to understand as much as you can. Talking to the people and seeing these messages kind of gives you a better idea, but still. You know, you really don't know how much of an impact it's having. The messages that I did get, it really makes you feel happy that you're able to take this step and support this community that, if you think they need it, if you don't think they need it, - I'll send you screenshots of my DM's and I think you'll agree pretty quick that this meant something to a lot of people." - Trevis Dermott on the most meaningful thing to come from this week's reversal of the ban on Pride Tape in the NHL.
It was all started during pre-season of the 2017-18 season by Ryan O'Reilly and has stuck around ever since.
They use them (not just bc they're fun, though they obviously are) largely because the Sabres' training facility where they practice (Harborcenter) is across the street from the arena and connected via a tunnel over Perry St on the second floor. Therefore, the team uses their main locker room and facilities in the arena and travels between the two places for practice. It's not that far since the buildings are connected but far enough that it takes a hot second to walk between the two especially in skates — hence the convenience of the roller guards which cut down the time and effort needed to travel between the two.
For anyone wondering about the escalators: per a video from a few years ago, they really just let them go on the escalators with their roller guards and miraculously no one has died yet ⬇️