Flag advice super thread

[Mount Seymour]

I'd also recommend Inkscape. It's free, vector, and quite versatile.

[Bandanara]

Right now, I'm asking help from ya'll to vote for which of these three crudely drawn flags of mine I should use. I drew these on MSPaint on a very old computer that can't even download another paint program I still somehow own because my normal computer has broken beyond repair and I'm currently barely functioning on this...thing.

Anyways, these are my three flags. I'll make a poll so ya'll can vote for which one is the best. I'll check the poll in a week and whichever one is voted the best, then I'll get that one. I'm going for, obviously, a Wild West theme. My flag right now has proven ineffective towards drawing for countryballs and it's kind of an eye sore by itself, so I made these four flags for ya'll to judge. Please, give me your opinions on which one I should use and vote!

Flag 1


I was going for a lone cactus thing, y'know? With the colors you feel are associated with the Wild West -- the sunset colors.

Flag 2


Then there's the same flag but with an Imperial Japan kinda thing. With the sunrays beaming out of the sun. Obviously, when I find a better computer to use, I will spiffy it up if it is chosen. This goes for any of the flags that are chosen.

Flag 3


This I got inspiration from by that New Vegas song Lone Star. "Looone Staaarr shiiiineee dooowwwnnn oooonnn myyyy hoooommmeee tooownnn," y'know? Yea, that's where I got the inspiration from. Since my capital is Las Vegas, I would associate Las Vegas with the star and its glory shining over the entire nation, which is the desert and cactus.

Flag 4


Like I did with the sun, it would be the star but with its beams much more...strong. Like Vegas is seriously telling you to come move here and make gambling your livelihood like all the residents of the city do.

So those are my flags. Excuse the shabbiness, as I state again, I used MSPaint and I couldn't download a better paint program because this computer is so...old...so please give me your opinions on which flag I should use and why!

[Federalist Unions]

Number 2

[Almonaster Nuevo]

Number 1

It's the only one where the cactus is the key element.

[Emericia]

Number 2.

[Harkback Union]

Deffo 1 or 2.

Maybe with a slightly smaller circle. 3 and 4 have bad color scheme.

[Savojarna]

I'd go with #2, but general recommendation - I would make the soil completely straight if I were you, it'd look a lot more flag-like.

[The New California Republic]

Flag 5 (the one you are going to make when you get a new computer).

[Consular]

Number 1

It's the only one where the cactus is the key element.

This

[Sierra Lyricalia]

Number 1

It's the only one where the cactus is the key element.

This

...and doesn't evoke Imperial Japan with the sun/star's rays emanating all over the place.

[Xioadda]

4

[Mount Seymour]

Personally, I'm partial to Arizona's flag, which is very similar to these, so I don't have as much of a problem with the rays.

I just can't bring myself to like the circle in the first one. The others could all be good with a better program

[Nordwalsh]

Trying to figure out an attractive way to impose this emblem onto a flag.

THIS was the flag before a socialist revolution, and I toyed with swapping out the swirly symbol on this flag with the commie symbol, but it just doesn't look right to me. I also tried removing the cross (because aggressive state atheism) and the blue-and-red on blue-and-red just looks bad.

I think it's more or less impossible to keep the red-and-blue-bicolor like I want. I'm also trying to avoid an overabundance of Commie Red and the Hammer-and-Sickle in an attempt to separate myself from the plethora of generic socialist states infesting NS (as evidenced by my absolutely stunning and unrivaled creativity in using the GDR's compass-and-hammer).

Any suggestions from you fine folks?

Edit: This one is a throwback to one of the original incarnations of my nation; I could easily pass off the purple-white-orange as the flag of the old empire, but I dislike the generic idea of a seal on a tricolor.

[Savojarna]

As you can see, there's a problem with my flag - the star doesn't really fit onto the Finnish flag that well. If the star is in the middle of the flag, the blue appears somewhat awkwardly above the star's horizontal line. If I move the star up to align nicely with the horizontal line, it appears weirdly pushed up. Making it bigger also doesn't really seem to work. Do you have another idea how to solve the problem? I wanna keep the Finnish flag because a blue and white Scandi cross makes a lot of sense for a Nordic island nation, and the star is supposed to be our symbol of communism. I don't want a hammer-and-sickle-type of symbol cause we aren't USSR commies and the theory of "union of workers and farmers" that it symbolises never really took off in Savojarna.

[Cemberia]

As you can see, there's a problem with my flag - the star doesn't really fit onto the Finnish flag that well. If the star is in the middle of the flag, the blue appears somewhat awkwardly above the star's horizontal line. If I move the star up to align nicely with the horizontal line, it appears weirdly pushed up. Making it bigger also doesn't really seem to work. Do you have another idea how to solve the problem? I wanna keep the Finnish flag because a blue and white Scandi cross makes a lot of sense for a Nordic island nation, and the star is supposed to be our symbol of communism. I don't want a hammer-and-sickle-type of symbol cause we aren't USSR commies and the theory of "union of workers and farmers" that it symbolises never really took off in Savojarna.

Why not make the blue lines smaller and send the red star up into the upper left corner in that box? You can also shrink the star as well. It'd retain the original Finnish flags look but you'd have a sleek look and the red star. I think it'd look good.

Like this: Example

Also, while I'm here... any critique on my flag? I'd like any criticism please! It's my first flag I've ever made myself so I'm curious how I did and what I can improve on.

[Almonaster Nuevo]

Trying to figure out an attractive way to impose this emblem onto a flag.

THIS was the flag before a socialist revolution, and I toyed with swapping out the swirly symbol on this flag with the commie symbol, but it just doesn't look right to me. I also tried removing the cross (because aggressive state atheism) and the blue-and-red on blue-and-red just looks bad.

I think it's more or less impossible to keep the red-and-blue-bicolor like I want. I'm also trying to avoid an overabundance of Commie Red and the Hammer-and-Sickle in an attempt to separate myself from the plethora of generic socialist states infesting NS (as evidenced by my absolutely stunning and unrivaled creativity in using the GDR's compass-and-hammer).

Any suggestions from you fine folks?

Edit: This one is a throwback to one of the original incarnations of my nation; I could easily pass off the purple-white-orange as the flag of the old empire, but I dislike the generic idea of a seal on a tricolor.

I see two main options.
a) Stick with a red/blue background, but configure it to act as a countercharge to the symbol.
b) Re-introduce the black from the original flag to give a contrast zone.

Like this...

or

[Almonaster Nuevo]

Also, while I'm here... any critique on my flag? I'd like any criticism please! It's my first flag I've ever made myself so I'm curious how I did and what I can improve on.

Its a lot better than many I've seen.
Some suggestions...
a) Make the gauntlet and stars brighter and a bit more saturated (i.e. more yellow). They aren't really standing out just now.
b) Give the gauntlet a black backdrop and narrow outline instead of the interior transparency. That should also lift it a bit from the bendlets.
c) Have a think about the positioning of the stars. Either on the mid-line, or on the diagonal would be more common.
Just my 2c.

[Cemberia]

Also, while I'm here... any critique on my flag? I'd like any criticism please! It's my first flag I've ever made myself so I'm curious how I did and what I can improve on.

Its a lot better than many I've seen.
Some suggestions...
a) Make the gauntlet and stars brighter and a bit more saturated (i.e. more yellow). They aren't really standing out just now.
b) Give the gauntlet a black backdrop and narrow outline instead of the interior transparency. That should also lift it a bit from the bendlets.
c) Have a think about the positioning of the stars. Either on the mid-line, or on the diagonal would be more common.
Just my 2c.

Thank you for your advice. It's a good thing I saved this in PSD format then! I'll get right on editing it up.

[Vataania]

So, I'll get straight to the point. I got 5 flags and I don't know which one of those I should use for my country.
I'm currently using no. 1. Here are all 5:
http://imgur.com/a/GhXOh

Or should I maybe create a sixth one?

The country is about scientific advancement, has as the national animal a rooster and lies in middle Europe, in the regions of Poland/Ukraine/Czech Republic, if this helps.

Coat of arms: http://imgur.com/a/zZJ1j

[Savojarna]

So, I'll get straight to the point. I got 5 flags and I don't know which one of those I should use for my country.
I'm currently using no. 1. Here are all 5:
http://imgur.com/a/GhXOh

Or should I maybe create a sixth one?

The country is about scientific advancement, has as the national animal a rooster and lies in middle Europe, in the regions of Poland/Ukraine/Czech Republic, if this helps.

Coat of arms: http://imgur.com/a/zZJ1j

From my point of view, use either the CoA in the corner or in the middle, but having a symbol in the middle AND the corner is overdoing it in my opinion. What goes where is up to you, obv, but I'd like to see the red-and-white with the CoA in the middle.

[Almonaster Nuevo]

So, I'll get straight to the point. I got 5 flags and I don't know which one of those I should use for my country.
I'm currently using no. 1. Here are all 5:
http://imgur.com/a/GhXOh

Or should I maybe create a sixth one?

The country is about scientific advancement, has as the national animal a rooster and lies in middle Europe, in the regions of Poland/Ukraine/Czech Republic, if this helps.

Coat of arms: http://imgur.com/a/zZJ1j

For my money, number 5. Simplest is best when it comes to flags.

[Vataania]

Hmm...Listening to your feedback, how about this then? http://imgur.com/a/zvcsf

[Mount Seymour]

Hmm...Listening to your feedback, how about this then? http://imgur.com/a/zvcsf

That looks the best of the ones you posted, imo.

[Kitatani]

Could anyone care to critique my flag? I wanted it to seem like a Japanese prefecture flag, but with a twist (the rune).

[Desena]

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Could anyone care to critique my flag? I wanted it to seem like a Japanese prefecture flag, but with a twist (the rune).

The contrast between the penrose triangle's very straight edges (good for a flag) contrasts a lot with the rune's jagged edges, in a bad way. The rune should have a similar art style to the penrose triangle. Other than that, I like it a lot.