Flags

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:18 am

BettyCross wrote:I see. You've founded a gay militia group.

Betty Cross

To be fair, it seems to be a Gay and Bi militia group based in Cali.

jal · Post by **jal** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:16 am

Tsiasuk-Pron wrote:Zhoyit azhelteynova tashe shunyatay!

Wait, what? Are all the old-timers coming back now? That's great :).

For me goes the same. The Kotanian flag pictures white and blue with an orange sun, depiciting the unification of the white and blue countries under one sun.

JAL

benadam · Post by **benadam** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:46 am

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

Yes, I made it on MS Paint.

The black motif is the character for "man; human being; member of this nation (etc)". It is green on the inside and gold on the outside to symbolise the philosophy that a person should be outwardly like gold (i.e. beautiful, unreactive, malleable but firm), and inside like green wood (i.e. alive, ever-growing etc).

Guitarplayer II · Post by **Guitarplayer II** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:54 am

No. Use stronger colours (#FFD700 and #008000 for example). To me as a colorblind your design above looks like off-green and green. Or orange and off-orange. The intention of flags and courts of arms is that you can see from far away who is approaching you e.g. on the battlefield or in a tournament.

Made with Inkscape. Vector graphics programs are a must for flags.

Nortaneous · Post by **Nortaneous** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:03 am

the colorscheme reminds me of vomit

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:08 am

Apart from the colorscheme, the horizontal line is awkward. You have this extremely poignant verticle element and then just throw in this simple horizontal one. It reminds me of what they did on the flag of CAR, it just gives one a headache to look at.

Přemysl · Post by **Přemysl** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:37 am

Nortaneous wrote:the colorscheme reminds me of vomit

What the heck have you been eating that you vomit yellow, green, and black?

benadam · Post by **benadam** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:28 pm

Dampantingaya wrote:No. Use stronger colours (#FFD700 and #008000 for example). To me as a colorblind your design above looks like off-green and green. Or orange and off-orange. The intention of flags and courts of arms is that you can see from far away who is approaching you e.g. on the battlefield or in a tournament.

Made with Inkscape. Vector graphics programs are a must for flags.

Yes! Thank you very much, it does look a lot better -- the proportions as well as the colour scheme. I've got Inkscape on my computer, but it looks so much harder to use than MS Paint. Gahh, I'll get my head round it eventually...

Viktor77 wrote:Apart from the colorscheme, the horizontal line is awkward. You have this extremely poignant verticle element and then just throw in this simple horizontal one. It reminds me of what they did on the flag of CAR, it just gives one a headache to look at.

Hmm... I've gotta disagree here. Apart from the fact that the black motif, including the horizontal line, is a grapheme representing a word which would lose its meaning without it, I also think that the horizontal line gives the flag a more balanced quality. I think the vertical element needs something to counter it, if you know what I mean.

jal · Post by **jal** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:23 pm

Ok, dug up two other flags I had once designed for Nation States: Amit Razul (a theocracy, hence combining the yellow/white of the vatican with the red blood of Christ, and a green thorn crown to remind of His suffering)

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

JAL

doctrellor · Post by **doctrellor** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:33 pm

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

Yes, I made it on MS Paint.

The black motif is the character for "man; human being; member of this nation (etc)". It is green on the inside and gold on the outside to symbolise the philosophy that a person should be outwardly like gold (i.e. beautiful, unreactive, malleable but firm), and inside like green wood (i.e. alive, ever-growing etc).

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

daryush · Post by **daryush** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:00 pm

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.

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:50 pm

Daryrush, it's looking a bit bland. I recommend you take a look at the Mongolian flag for inspiration.

ekobor · Post by **ekobor** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:08 am

The flag of the Toretore was converted into the planetary flag after the Great war.

The old meaning: The three star represented the steps it takes to entreaty a god to your service, five to each of the three minor gods, fifteen to the largest god.
The yellow cross shows that the over-god reaches across the world and holds the people in place. The blue and purple show that the nature and the people can live together.

The New meaning: The three stars represent the three over-gods, the yellow, purple and blue the three sentient species.

jal · Post by **jal** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:42 am

daryush wrote:Here's the Ala-Khanid confederation flag

I like it, but the bow is square? If the moon is round, the bow can be round too?

JAL

daryush · Post by **daryush** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:30 am

jal wrote:
daryush wrote:Here's the Ala-Khanid confederation flag

I like it, but the bow is square? If the moon is round, the bow can be round too?

JAL

It's a composite recurved horn bow, with string bridges. Although I'll try rounding it and see what it looks like...

Victor - I'll see how I can liven it up then...!

Přemysl · Post by **Přemysl** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:40 am

Rosmwr Flag

Hopefully that link works. I'm still having such a hard time figuring out how to use google sites to link directly to a picture instead of a storage or gallery page.

I had debated on the color scheme. I had wanted to include black in the design besides the green and yellow but couldn't come up with anything that looked decent. I think it came out alright, if somewhat simple.

MosMus · Post by **MosMus** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:05 pm

does anybody know the link of the flag creator website? Someone from ZBB had created and posted it a long time ago

the duke of nuke · Post by **the duke of nuke** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:29 am

This isn't a flag generator per se, but it's pretty good. I used it for all my flag creation including the avatar you see to the left of this post.

nils · Post by **nils** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:10 am

Oh that reminds me, here are some banners I made up last week. Mostly as place holders til I can put more time into the design. Most of the symbols are Public Domain, from http://openclipart.org/

A few of them are probably OK.

Deinjur · Post by **Deinjur** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:29 pm

Yeah, I was hear way back when the flag generator was put forth by one of the forum members, but now when I search for it I can't find it!

Is everyone just using vector graphics now?

It was a really great tool, please somebody help!

Deinjur · Post by **Deinjur** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:09 pm

Really? No one has the link? Or is it gone now?

Ulan · Post by **Ulan** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:20 pm

chuj flag

Kirkov-Pataari flag

Deinjur · Post by **Deinjur** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:56 pm

Whoa! Ulan, that Chuj flag is really interesting!

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:22 am

Deinjur wrote:Whoa! Ulan, that Chuj flag is really interesting!

It looks like a carpet.

JAL

BettyCross · Post by **BettyCross** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:23 am

Ulan wrote: chuj flag

Looks like a rug.

Betty Cross