Flag Crafters' Guild [Shoppe/Critique]

[Nistertal]

Just to add a modly note:

I've seen a ton of these flag making threads, and it's very disheartening to the artists when they deliver a bang-up job to a new nation, only to see that nation die 28 or 30 days later. If it were me, I'd limit my flag-making to nations over 1 billion, a commitment of 6 months to the game. Since these guys don't have such a limit, you should just thank them when they've helped you and NEVER complain.

A very good post. It might be a good idea to take a closer look at the nation before making one of the more time consuming flags.

A short information on how i chose which flags to make:
As I stated earlier I can only contribute on an irregular basis as I'm pretty busy with real life stuff, so I do this mainly for my own fun
I much prefer the simpler Flag designs which make sense vexillologically. And of course I chose the design ideas that I personally like.

Under the following link you find some principles of good Flag design:
http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Design/GFBF/

[Sentinel XV]

@The Anglo Saxons: Please fill out a form!

@Frisbeeteria: Thanks for the insight. I might definitely do that for flags that are very elaborate, because I hate to see my hard work go to waste.

@Nistertal: Just keep up the good work, bro.

[Nistertal]

Hello, I'd like you to imagine the Dutch were the first to colonise Australia, could you make a flag to represent the Dutch in this large dusty red land?

Thanks

What about this? I couldn't decide how to color the Stars so here are three Ideas (In Spoiler 'cause they are big)

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Tell me what you think!

[Frisbeeteria]

If you mean over 1 billion population, that just isn't fair.

If I was a flag-maker (I'm not) and it was my time that was being spent on making the flags (it is), I could set any conditions I wanted to set. I wouldn't take the time doing the online research that flag requesters are too lazy to do on their own, and the additional time working in an art program I'd mastered, just to have the nation CTE afterwards.

You're asking for a gift from a talented person. It's entirely appropriate for that person to decide whether you're worthy of his gift.

[Raxion]

just to have the nation CTE afterwards.

Nooby curiosity, but what's CTE? Google thinks I'm talking about Churches Together in England, Common Table Expressions, Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and Center for Technology in Education. I don't think it's any of those.

[Kanslavia]

just to have the nation CTE afterwards.

Nooby curiosity, but what's CTE? Google thinks I'm talking about Churches Together in England, Common Table Expressions, Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and Center for Technology in Education. I don't think it's any of those.

Just a guess but: Cease To Exist.

[Icamera]

This is the internet, so I'll throw in my two cents on the "criteria" idea:

If I was a flag-maker (I'm not) and it was my time that was being spent on making the flags (it is), I could set any conditions I wanted to set.

This.^

But if a flag maker does opt to have requirements, perhaps having a certain number of posts on the forum would allow some new-but-active nations to still get flags.

[Sentinel XV]

Finished up Danatha's flag. Made one grunge and one non-grunge, as usual.

@Danatha: This was just a quick design. If you don't like it or want something added, tell me.

Non-Grunge


Grunge

[Icamera]

Okay, I promise that this will be the last time you hear from me, but could the stars in the black sections be made white?

[Nistertal]

Okay, I promise that this will be the last time you hear from me, but could the stars in the black sections be made white?

Yeah, looks much better with the higher contrast:

and one with black stars for a symmetrical design:

@Sentinel XV: Your grunge effect gets better and better, great work! Do you have a premade overlay or how do you get it to look so cool?

[Sentinel XV]

Okay, I promise that this will be the last time you hear from me, but could the stars in the black sections be made white?

Yeah, looks much better with the higher contrast:

and one with black stars for a symmetrical design:

@Sentinel XV: Your grunge effect gets better and better, great work! Do you have a premade overlay or how do you get it to look so cool?

I use Photoshop, so it's actually quite simple. I wish that I knew how to make my own grunge layers (it probably wouldn't be that hard, but honestly I don't have the time to learn), but all I do is Google "grunge textures", pick one I like, resize it on a new layer above the flag and reduce the opacity to the level I feel it looks best at. But thanks! I appreciate the praise, and your grunge textures look quite nice as well!

[Sentinel XV]

These flags are for Ikruchystan. I really liked making this commission, because it took a lot of hands-on work and it was very fulfilling as a flag maker to see something that I wasn't sure about artistically come to life like these did.

@Ikruchystan: I made 2 versions, as I was unsure about the placement of the stripes.

Left-Aligned Stripes


Split Stripes

[Sentinel XV]

The night is dragging on, but I decided to skip down to a simple commission (notably because the one preceding it has a broken link to its reference, making it nigh impossible to create at a quality level). Here is Kanslavia's grunge-layered flag.

The 100% Size Version (for Kanslavia):
http://i.imgur.com/Pgph6.jpg (linked to it instead of displaying in-thread to reduce picspam)

Scaled-Down Version (for this thread):

[Nistertal]

Mine are more like a bit of texture/depth than a real grunge effect. I just render some clouds^^. I'll definitely google for real grunge textures.
The Ikruchystan fllag looks awesome! I prefer the second version, as the motto doesn't overlap with the red stripe there.

One really really small issue: It looks like the barbed wire is behind the hand on the left side. Maybe you could expand it a bit into the hand. Possibly by copying a small part of the wire to this area, or just by darkening it.
A picture says more than a thousand words:


Otherwise it's perfect, and again cool grunge

[Sentinel XV]

Thanks for the advice, Nistertal. I went ahead and edited them.

[Kanslavia]

The night is dragging on, but I decided to skip down to a simple commission (notably because the one preceding it has a broken link to its reference, making it nigh impossible to create at a quality level). Here is Kanslavia's grunge-layered flag.

The 100% Size Version (for Kanslavia):
http://i.imgur.com/Pgph6.jpg (linked to it instead of displaying in-thread to reduce picspam)

Scaled-Down Version (for this thread):
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That is perfect, exactly what I wanted. Thank you kind sir and/or madam.

Also is there a tutorial for adding a grunge effect to images anywhere? I might need to do some in the future and it would help lighten the load on threads like this if I could figure out how to do it myself.

[Sentinel XV]

The night is dragging on, but I decided to skip down to a simple commission (notably because the one preceding it has a broken link to its reference, making it nigh impossible to create at a quality level). Here is Kanslavia's grunge-layered flag.

The 100% Size Version (for Kanslavia):
http://i.imgur.com/Pgph6.jpg (linked to it instead of displaying in-thread to reduce picspam)

Scaled-Down Version (for this thread):
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That is perfect, exactly what I wanted. Thank you kind sir and/or madam.

Also is there a tutorial for adding a grunge effect to images anywhere? I might need to do some in the future and it would help lighten the load on threads like this if I could figure out how to do it myself.

I'll give you my own tutorial. This is assuming that you use Photoshop.

• Layer > New Layer
• Select the new layer in the layer palette
• Find your grunge texture (Google: "Grunge Texture")
• Copy it and paste the image into the new layer
• Slide the "Opacity" slider down to around 25% on the layer palette, or to whichever value you think looks best
• ???
• Profit

[The Anglo Saxons]

Hello, I'd like you to imagine the Dutch were the first to colonise Australia, could you make a flag to represent the Dutch in this large dusty red land?

Thanks

What about this? I couldn't decide how to color the Stars so here are three Ideas (In Spoiler 'cause they are big)

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Tell me what you think!

Firstly, they look fantastic! I think maybe the first one is the better out of the three. Thank you very much for your time and effort.

[The Anglo Saxons]

[quote="Sentinel XV";p="8598069"]@The Anglo Saxons: Please fill out a form!

I'm sorry, call me simple if you'd like but I couldn't interpret the fill out form very well.

[Kengrieland]

I'd like to be considered as a member of the Guild. I'm quite new to flag creating (only really started today!) so I haven't much in the way of a portfolio but please have a look at what I've created so far for myself and others (including coat of arms):

[Sentinel XV]

I'd like to be considered as a member of the Guild. I'm quite new to flag creating (only really started today!) so I haven't much in the way of a portfolio but please have a look at what I've created so far for myself and others (including coat of arms):

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Excellent quality work, especially for someone this new to graphic design. Accepted with honors, sir.

[Kengrieland]

Thanks very much. I'll check back when there are new projects to be done I like some of the textures you've used before... but I would never ask an artist to reveal his sources

[Sentinel XV]

Thanks very much. I'll check back when there are new projects to be done I like some of the textures you've used before... but I would never ask an artist to reveal his sources

Google Images.

There are plenty of commissions waiting to be done, most of them on the 2nd and 3rd pages. Try your hand at one of them if you'd like. The gallery of finished commissions is at the bottom of the OP, so check it to make sure you're not making a commission that has already been finished.

[Nistertal]

Kengrieland, I'm impressed! You are setting new standards with the weaving flags. I gotta google how to to do that ASAP
Glad to have you here!

@Anglo Saxons: I cleaned the flag up a bit:



Larger Versions in the Spoiler:

[Kengrieland]

Form
[list][*]Nation Name: Greater Iceland
[*]References:Well Kinda like the Austrailian flag but with icelandic flag instead of BRitish
[*]Color Scheme:Blue,White,Red
[*]Specifics:The Icelandic Flag,The Icelandic coat of arms and maybe some Stars
[*]Preferred Image Size:I dont Care
[*]Extras: i dont care

I hope you like this. I used the same blues and reds as in the Icelandic flag and used the New Zealand flag as the basis for this flag. If you would like any other alterations, don't hesitate to ask