vexillology

JustZ, 1 year ago in Trapezoids at the hoist side is a quite rare feature on flag, existing in the shadow of many triangles. What do you think about it?

I think one vexologist said to another “we should get rid of these triangles” and the other said “just the tip.” And now we have some trapezoids.

FireTower, 1 year ago in What are your thoughts on complexity in flag designs?

Like with engineering, the fewer components the better. Of course each flag still needs to effectively relay it’s message.

I think Canada has a great example flag. It’s only used two colors, stripes, and one unique shape.

Also something to factor in is how unique is your flag. The Ivory Coast will forever be mistaken for Ireland. Both are simple but added detail could have avoided this.

ThatOneKirbyMain2568, 1 year ago in Trapezoids at the hoist side is a quite rare feature on flag, existing in the shadow of many triangles. What do you think about it?

While I prefer triangles, the trapezoids still look nice. And like you said, they make them more distinct from other flags.

stingpie, 1 year ago in Trapezoids at the hoist side is a quite rare feature on flag, existing in the shadow of many triangles. What do you think about it?

I’m no vexillologist, but I prefer the trapezoid. It means the flag can be constructed entirely out parallelograms. With a triangle though, you need to use an ugly concave pentagon.

Microw, 1 year ago in Trapezoids at the hoist side is a quite rare feature on flag, existing in the shadow of many triangles. What do you think about it?

I agree, triangles generally look better. The trapezoids always seem clumsy

Jaettehjort, 1 year ago in The 6 finalists for Minnesota's new state flag

These two are probably my favourites:

https://img.apmcdn.org/4f0c489412fbe301bade34da2ed9e0c43dbf5215/uncropped/0768c6-20231121-a-flag-with-the-north-star-and-a-snowflake-on-top-webp769.webp

https://img.apmcdn.org/7dbe21db6267b60e8199eb74c73d6a34b7c25b94/uncropped/a49e67-20231121-a-flag-with-a-star-1-webp709.webp

Not to much a fan of swirly designs like this, looks too much like a logo and not so much like a flag:

https://img.apmcdn.org/8e27e9e478f6cca20a686f6866c376c7a76db194/uncropped/0e9ff8-20231121-a-flag-with-a-star-and-blue-and-white-lines-webp773.webp

But mostly, I’m disappointed that my laser loon flag did not qualify as a finalist:

https://files.catbox.moe/75ux0u.png

Jaettehjort, 1 year ago in Some U.S. territorial flag remakes

Nice work! So much better than the existing flags, both the design and the well thought symbolism. Though Puerto Rico’s flag hardly needs changing IMO, it is already great as it is.

ThatOneKirbyMain2568, 1 year ago in Some U.S. territorial flag remakes

After I finished all of my U.S. state flag redesigns, I decided to take a stab at designing new flags for the territories! Here's the symbolism:

American Samoa

• The triangular pattern is taken from the existing flag, just flipped to be more prominent when waving.
• The red, white, and blue symbolize American Samoa's link to the United States.
• The color arrangement—a field of red with a blue shape on the left and white symbols within the blue—is similar to that of the Samoan flag.
• The war club and fly-whisk are symbols of Samoan leaders.

Guam

• The blue field stands for the vast ocean surrounding Guam.
• The red symbolizes the violent history of the island.
• The two shapes are meant to resemble a slingstone and a sinahi necklace, both Chamorro symbols.
• Yellow is used to represent the hope of a prosperous future and so that the center of the flag resembles islands in the sea.

Northern Mariana Islands

• The blue once again represents the ocean.
• The white slopes on the sides of the flag evoke the Mariana Trench, which lies near the Mariana Islands.
• The latte stone in the center of the flag is a Chamorro symbol.
• There are 14 stars for the 14 islands in the territory. The red and pink resemble that of the original flag's wreath, a symbol of the Carolinians.

Puerto Rico

• The white stripes are now yellow to better symbolize Puerto Rico's Spanish history.
• The rest of the symbolism is the same.

U.S. Virgin Islands

• 'Murican colors represent 'Murica.
• The Nordic cross alludes to the islands' former status as a Danish colony.
• There are 3 stars for the 3 main islands in the territory.

ChaoticNeutralCzech, 1 year ago in Which tricolor flag do you think is the ugliest, considering only the color combination? Here are some candidates that I have found.

When you don’t know which main color to use so you just use your subpixel layout

reddig33, 1 year ago in The 6 finalists for Minnesota's new state flag

Any explanation as to what these are supposed to symbolize?

ThatOneKirbyMain2568, 1 year ago in How To ACTUALLY Design A Flag - Artifexian [5:35]

Artifexian makes a bunch of awesome content in general, though it's mainly related to conlanging and worldbuilding

j4yt33, 1 year ago in Flag map of Japanese prefectures. What do you think of the flags, unique and aesthetically pleasing designs, or glorified logos on single color backgrounds?

They kinda look like Linux OS logos

j4yt33, 1 year ago in Today is the anniversary of the independence of Turkmenistan in 1991. Soon after, a new flag was adopted. With its carpet patterns, Turkmenistan possibly has the world's most complex national flag

Definitely my favourite! Kazakhstan is a close second

Ejh3k, 1 year ago in Redesign of the flag of Chad (so we don't confuse it with Romania any more). The waves symbolize Lake Chad, the rising sun a new beginning.

And Charlie brown.

rockSlayer, 1 year ago in Today (November 3) marks 45 years since Dominica adopted its flag. It is the only national flag using the color purple outside a coat of arms. (El Salvador and Nicaragua have purple in their CoA).

It a cool flag, but the complexity of that charge is bothering me. I feel like it could be simplified with a single green star behind a purple silhouette of the bird