According to the county's official website, the golden/yellow color represents the wealth of the county and the richness of its fields, while the blue wavy bands represent Deer Creek, Bynum Run, and Winters Run. Atop the shield is a two-handed forearm, the one holding a quill to symbolize the signing of the Bush Declaration, and the other holding a sword to symbolize Aberdeen Proving Ground.
The county motto, "At the Risque of Our Lives and Fortunes", are the final words of the Bush Declaration.
This flag has some great symbolism, and the coat of arms by itself is great. I just wish that this flag incorporated these elements in a way that was more readily visible at a distance.
My favorites are probably the flags of Niigata and Okayama. They have really appealing colors imo, and the symbols are great as well (especially Niiagata's).
This flag was used back in 1918 to celebrate Illinois' 100th anniversary of statehood. I personally wish it was straight up the state flag as opposed to what we have now.
From what I can gather, this particular design was proposed by Puerto Rico's New Progressive Party (Partido Nuevo Progresista or PNP), which advocates for Puerto Rican statehood. The circle definitely has its appeal, though I think I'd prefer something closer to the current flag.
I think I'd prefer something closer to the current flag.
I think the most common idea is alternating rows of 9 and 8. The circle is especially good for differentiating though, so an in-progress campaign would probably like it.
Yeah, the one with alternating rows is the one I see most and the one I'd prefer. You make a good point about the circle being different though. Honestly never thought about it that way, but with that in mind, I can see why the PNP would opt for something like this.
With the sharp points it looks more like a flag of that sex abuse cult everyone pretends is a legitimate church than as one assumes you were going for indicative of a city skyline.
You could make the angles of the white less steep to alleviate that but then would need face its seeming focus of The City for a flag ostensibly of an entire state.
While I'm never a fan of coats of arms on flags — displaying the coat of arms is what, well, the coat of arms is for — this is actually pretty solid. The background is a Scottish flag with swapped colors, which makes sense given the province literally being called "New Scotland", and the royal arms use a small set of colors that go well with the rest of the flag.
I really like the redesign. Although the flag is already good, removing the hope banner was definitely necessary. I like the blue background but honestly I think I like the white one more for some reason. Maybe the white conjures more of a state flag look than a random flag you’d see on the water. The maritime connotation was definitely intentional and this is just one person’s opinion. Great work, hopefully you make some more of these.
Glad you liked it! I think I see where you're coming from on the background. Yellow on white is pretty rare due to the colors having less contrast — in fact, yellow on white violates the heraldic rule of tincture, which states that "metals" (yellow & white) should not go on each other. This makes Rhode Island's use of yellow on white a lot more unique than yellow on blue, even if I feel the latter looks better.
Also, thinking about this had made me realize that this is eerily similar to the EU flag).
Since I already like Rhode Island's flag a lot, I didn't want to go too far from the original design. I decided to make the following three changes:
The background was changed from white to blue. I felt yellow on blue popped a lot more due to the higher contrast, and it helps a lot with the nautical vibe.
The "HOPE" ribbon was removed. It's fine, but I prefer the flag without it.
The ratio was changed from 29:33 (🤮) to 1:1 to match maritime signal flags.
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