Flags

[jal]

Looks like a rug.

Ha, beat you to it. It's a nice rug though.


JAL

[Ulan]

Looks like a rug.

Yeah that is intentional

Whoa! Ulan, that Chuj flag is really interesting!

Perfect flag for rescue crews to spot out ...

[Jar Jar Binks]

Finally a flag that is realistically awful. It's simultaneously hideous and beautiful. Well done, sir!

[Přemysl]

Finally a flag that is realistically awful. It's simultaneously hideous and beautiful. Well done, sir!

I have to agree on this. It has elements of "that's pretty of neat" and "oh god, not those people again". Its flags like this that have me watch olympics opening ceremonies like car crashes. Sure I could lok in an almanac but its not the same as when people are proudly waiving it around. And yeah I wouldn't mind owning that as a rug, but I'd probably keep it in the basement or other out of the way room. At least it is interesting, mine is rather boring.

[Qwynegold]

and Hakwane (a military dictatorship, the two squares are supposed to be golden).

kewl

Here's the flag of my as-yet-embrionic concountry/nation/people:

Yes, I made it on MS Paint.

I like the flag with Orange over the yellow

The one with yellow just seems harsh to the eyes -- while the orange seems softer. Maybe it's just me ...who knows

Me too.

Here's the Ala-Khanid confederation flag



It is:
The moon and a star
A bow drawn
A horse.

The horse and the bow were vital in the Ala-Khanid conquest and Ala-Medyoic wars, and the moon and star are important in the Harukanid nomadic beliefs.

Cool! It looks like some kind of petroglyphs. I think it's okay as it is, except that the horse is a little meh.

The one on the right is really beautiful.

[BettyCross]

The one on the left was clearly founded by Welsh colonists. They merely changed the color of the dragon.

Betty Cross

[Viktor77]

It looks like something I'd find at a Native American market or something. It's neat but very busy. It would make a good ceremonial flag but I'm not sure it would make a good nation flag.

Love the hammer one lol.

[BettyCross]

Love the hammer one lol.

I thought that was a judge's gavel.

Betty Cross

[Chuma]

My conpeople care very little about their national flag, and didn't have one for a very long time. When they do need one they have a rather boring one - a black square with a white circle, symbolising their islands being the light of the world.

But what they do have is plenty of internal flags. Each county has a flag, consisting of a square with two diagonally separated colours, out of a set of eight, and a symbol in the middle. Then each municipality has a flag consisting of the county's flag on top, and a similar square underneath. Finally each house has its own flag, adding another square. Each flag has to have a unique colour sequence. In recent times this has put a damper on population growth - they can't have much more people, because they're running out of flags.

In many situations only the colours are used, not the symbols. It's convenient in football, which is a popular sport, except the small problem that in derbies the teams only differ on the shorts (and the players on the socks).

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[din]

That's okay-- in deciding if a team needs to wear away colours, more attention is paid to the colour of the shorts (perhaps surprisingly)

[Izambri]

I'm working again the Hellesan flags. This is the modern flag of Hellea, and it has two designs but I'm not sure which is better:

1. Narrow strips.



2. Wide strips.




So which do you prefer? Narrow or wide?

[TomHChappell]

So which do you prefer? Narrow or wide?

Unless you put some charge in the center, definitely the wide is preferred over the narrow.

[Izambri]

So which do you prefer? Narrow or wide?

Unless you put some charge in the center, definitely the wide is preferred over the narrow.

There are variations of the flag with centered charges. In these cases I prefer the wide one, because the charge makes the strips even narrower.

[Pthagnar]

So which do you prefer? Narrow or wide?

Unless you put some charge in the center, definitely the wide is preferred over the narrow.

There are variations of the flag with centered charges. In these cases I prefer the wide one, because the charge makes the strips even narrower.

for god's sake make your signature smaller

[jal]

for god's sake make your signature smaller

There's this lovely feature in phpBB 3 that allows one to disable displaying signatures. I so love that feature.


JAL

[maıráí]

I actually like the thin bars better. Any thicker, and you may as well just make it a tricolor.

...I detest tricolors...

[Izambri]

I don't detest tricolors, but I try to avoid them. There are too many.

With the Brezh Llirant "Royal Griffin" the flags look like this:

Narrow


Wide

[Viktor77]

First. Much easier to sew and the proportions look like they were well planned.

BTW very nice flag! I adore those shades of blue!

[WanderlustKoko]

The Faznand flag (Karani-speaking country located 3404 miles southwest of Karanorisa [the country where Karani originated]).

I know it's kind of sloppy but I did use GIMP. (Which is in my opinion the watered-down version of photoshop)

[makvas]

I know it's kind of sloppy but I did use GIMP. (Which is in my opinion the watered-down version of photoshop)

No, you're just doing it wrong. I've seen amazing things done in GIMP, even if it's not exactly photoshop. Besides, with flag making you really really want to use a vector program like inkscape, which many agree is the best in its class.

Here's a flag I made myself in inkscape. The conworld I'm thinking up uses mostly vertical flags.

[Izambri]

The Faznand flag (Karani-speaking country located 3404 miles southwest of Karanorisa [the country where Karani originated]).

I know it's kind of sloppy but I did use GIMP. (Which is in my opinion the watered-down version of photoshop)

I like the combination of these colors; black and yellowish green always make a nice couple.

What is the color symbolism, if there's one? And why the blue strip has that odd shape? Reminds me of a river.

[Izambri]

Here's a flag I made myself in inkscape. The conworld I'm thinking up uses mostly vertical flags.

I like the design. Reminds me of a building in my city:



Any symbolism attached to it?

[makvas]

I like the design. Reminds me of a building in my city:

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Any symbolism attached to it?

Cool! No symbolism at the moment but I'll probably add some after-the-fact

[WanderlustKoko]

Izo: Yes, the blue does represent a river. In fact a famous river in Faznand called Kuka. The odd shape in the flag represents the river that helped many people escape from war-torn places in which certain ethic groups were targets of genocide and this very large river helped many people from various different countries find freedom from the dictators who invaded their countries. A bridge was quickly made for easy access within the country but was quickly taken down so when the invaders tried to get through, they would get pulled away but the really strong current and die from being jerked around so much that it eventually broke their necks.

Now the black represents the openness the Faznadians had when they allowed for various groups as a result of the War of Uterozozia in 3992 and so many groups of people brought their cultures and languages to Faznand, causing it to be a highly multilingual country with Karani being the second official language of the country. A sort of "It doesn't matter who you are, as a country we are all Faznadians" type of mentality. Which also makes for easy immigration nowadays.

The Greenish-yellow represents the Identity and culture formed in Faznand over many centuries and a strong sense of loyalty, peace and devotion. This country has only gone to war one and quickly ended it within 2 years.

[finlay]

I can't help but feel that it would simplify into a straight diagonal line. It could still be representative, after all, if you wanted it to. The irregular shape is a bit odd really. If anything you'd get flag makers getting pissed off over it because they've made the shape wrongly. You could avoid that with straight lines...