At this point, the NH state flag needs to be a solid yellow square with a pile of trash bags at center and the state motto in Comic Sans. Folks don’t seem to know the difference between libertarian and anarchist in the worst ways possible.
The flag should be a bunch of trash bags and one bear that looks like a trash bag. Different place on every flag so you can play Where’s Wally with him
Also so you don’t have to be that fancy at the flag factory. Unless you accidentally make two flags with half a bear
Setting aside whether the California flag needs a wholesale overhaul or just have the words removed, the Canadian pale tricolor here is an interesting concept. What’s irking me the most is the bridge, which is very prominent on this flag, but there’s enough missing from the rendition that it bears almost no similarity to the most famous bridge in California.
The Golden Gate Bridge has towers in an Art Deco style. I’m not an art student, so I can’t really describe what makes it Art Deco, but the prominent detail are the flutes which extend up alongside the tower, tapering off. From the side, it would make the tower somewhat blockish. Often times, a stand-in for the GGB is the Guy West Bridge in Sacramento, which is a smaller suspension bridge and has no Art Deco flares.
The other issue is the number of cross arms. Both the GGB and Guy West have four evenly-spaced cross arms, whereas here there are only two, with a large space where a third one should be but isn’t.
Please don’t take this as a personal dig at this rendition, but California is not particularly known for bridges generically – although our other, less famous bridges are becoming infamous – but instead for one very particular bridge, and possibly its adjacent bridge, the Bay Bridge. In fact, the latter’s new eastern span graces the flag and logo of the Golden State Warriors, rendering it in profile, rather than the view from the bridge deck itself. I would consider rendering the GGB if you’re going to feature a bridge.
On that final point, most people – tourists, locals, TV and film camera operators, etc – view and appreciate a bridge from afar. Suspension and cable-stayed bridges are exceptions, but a flat-top bridge is almost entirely unremarkable while traveling over it, but is gorgeous when viewed from another vantage point. The Foresthill Bridge in Gold Country is entirely mundane to drive or ride on, but is breathtaking as the tallest bridge in California, viewed from helicopter above or from the river below.
I don’t have the artistic skill to rendition the Golden gate bridge. I don’t think a detailed rendition would work for a flag anyway. You’d run into the same problem as the bear.
If you have the skill, I’d love to see that option though.
The pine tree in the middle is taken from Maine's ensign and is a prominent symbol of Maine.
The pine green stripe represents Maine's forest.
The star in the top left is taken from Maine's old flag and represents the North Star, which itself symbolizes Maine's motto, "Dirigo" (meaning "I lead").
The buff is taken from Maine's old flag.
The red symbolizes the state's presence in New England.
7 founding fathers seems like a rather arbitrary number — at least not one I've heard of and definitely a number you could argue — so I wouldn't put that as symbolism on the flag. Also not a huge fan of the arrangement of the stars. They don't fill the width of the blue field, and the 13 stars feel oddly small. I definitely agree that the U.S. flag could be simplified, but this isn't it imo.
Sure there’s some degree of arbitriness to 7, but I don’t think you could reasonably claim it’s any less than 7, and 7 is even a number wikipedia throws around. Not that there are only 7, just that there are 7 particularly important ones.
I really just think the 13 the current US flag has looks too busy, but this is the only “American” number I could think of which was less than 13. If you have others I’d love to hear!
Can you say more about the stars? Are you against them being in a circle?
There’s not really any way to have them “fill up” the blue while still being in a circle (even if you change their sizes), unless you change the ratio of the blue, which would cause it to deviate from that of the flag itself. Maybe I can cook up a 2:3 version for ya.
As for the size of the stars, again they are in the maximum radius circle which fits in the blue, so can’t change their position, and making them any bigger would cause them to touch each other or at least feel cramped.
The stars in a circle in the blue is a classic American design which has been done on the flag before (besty ross, cowpens, etc.).
Lol I don’t know why people are hating this. It’s cool, looks more European. Do you have more for other states? There are some way crazier flags flying in the US.
Glad you like it! I made a whole set of redesigns for about all of the U.S state & territorial flags, some of which I've already posted here and on vexillology@kbin.social.
I really like Kuwait’s flag. It’s bold, and it looks a bit 3D.
I don’t think it looks great when some other device is superimposed on the trapezoid like in the other two examples you give. I generally don’t like things superimposed on triangles either, though.
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.
🇹🇲 the flag emoji is also quite complex, I would have thought they’d simply it, although it’s so small I can’t see where the difference are on my phone.
Neat how a few of them are off centre (Nagano, Mie, Fukushima for example). Some appear to derive their symbols from Japanese family crest symbols. And the prefectures with “Yama” all have some sort of mountain range triangular symbolism.
…on the other hand my brain is in the wrong place when I look at the Kanagawa flag.
The first thing that sticks out to me, is that there are too many colours.
Red 1 (stripe/Star)
Red 2 (bridge)
Orange
Yellow Green (stripe)
Green (bridge)
Blue
Purple
Brown
White
Black
Red 1 and 2 are the same. The brown of the bridge and green are from the current flag. I just added the six rainbow colors. There is no black or yellow green. Maybe it’s too much.
Red, white, green brown + 6 rainbow colors = 10 (probably too many anyway) But I like the rainbow motif for California. I like it’s contrast with the white (for the white supremacists that still call this state home).
No black between red and white (at least not intentional).
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