OC My attempt at redesigning New York's flag

ThatOneKirbyMain2568, 4 months ago

When I was going through redesigning all of the U.S. state flags, this is one of the first designs I made. Here's the symbolism:

• The colors are reminiscent of the orange, white, & blue pattern used in many of New York's state flag.
  • The blue has been replaced with the purple of the Iroquois flag.
• The white shape in the center holds several meanings.
  • It resembles a crown to represent New York being the Empire State.
  • It points upward to represent New York's motto: "Excelsior" ("Higher").
  • It looks somewhat like tall skyscrapers because duh.

mipadaitu, 4 months ago

I like it, very good design, but for some reason it kind of feels like a college flag and I’m not sure why.

FfaerieOxide, 3 months ago

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.