Marylandanon checking in
We put our flag on everything. Bumper stickers, t-shirts, water bottles, keychains, everything! You see the flag everywhere! Most states aren't like this. Many companies exist that solely sell Maryland flag merchandise.
dude is trolling you. you obviously have worst flag in usa.
it's like you couldn't make up your mind and said 'oh, i know, we'll just put the two completely different flag ideas on one flag and stitch them together'.
i had kindergarten art projects that made more sense.
Bro, all the cities and states do this crap. I bet you also want to >keep Baltimore weird
Too right? Or you have dog t shirts with the flag around the dogs neck? Oh yeah, real unique. Nobody does that crap.
Design and composition are a valid aspect of a flag, but they are secondary to it's actual impact.
Through the Civil War, certain designs came to be associated with very important things... regionalism, and a bloody war imprinted those symbols on the minds of people. A brief glance at them and they evoke powerful things (hell one brief view of Mississippi's old flag sent an actual shudder down some people's spine) and that is what a powerful symbol does. That IS what a flag should do. A pretty design? Eh that's for a marketing team to deal with. What does it represent?
Georgia's is at least just the Stars and Bars with a Georgia seal in the canton
There's nothing wrong with the big dipper holy fuck but you could do a little better than a blue field with the stars on there kek. Literally phoning-it-in tier.
I know this is a bit of a hot take but every flag should be re-designed to be compatible with Emoji and LULZ flags and we should implement them on LULZ immediately.
How is New Hampshire the best state but the worst flag? If I was on their state legislature I would make it a top priority to fix that shit right away.
How is New Hampshire the best state but the worst flag? If I was on their state legislature I would make it a top priority to fix that shit right away.
because they probably think redesigning the flag is a waste of money
It and colorado look like a fucking corporate logo kek
This.
Also, this is the absolute GOAT flag. You can't beat the black sun. You could learn a thing or two from this instead of the state seal flags.
It's a good symbol no doubt. A little complicated to put on a flag but when you look around these days it seems relatively simple I guess. Ultimately in the case of states their flags should be evocative of some region identity though.
I think it's very difficult to do something without looking "cheap". The problem is that flags derive from medieval European heraldry and the usual motives that look good just don't make sense for America. Like shields, lions and hearts. And most of America's beauty is in the natural landscape, not in the man made things.
I quite like the approach Macau did and stylized a lotus, even though the details on the bottom are a bit excessive. Like you could easily stylize a fir into broken up sections and pass it off as the Washington flag.
Oops wrong file, just a portuguese corruption thing
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there is already the cascadia flag
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This is very hard to draw and recognize though I don't think it works well. I would much rather drop the fir and go with the tricolor.
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It's really not hard to draw because you could stylize the tree however you want, never had any trouble recognizing it out in the wild
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Well yeah what is one of the fove trees out west a fir? Jokes aside, the problem is you got a dark green symbol over a green and blue stripe. You have to lighten the color of the green and blue to make that work.
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>lighten the color of the green and blue to make that work
We've also got this tricolor
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Yeah I like that one better
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Idk, I just don't think the tree works well, it's too complicated to reproduce in a sketch and the very dark green doesn't go well with the lighter dark green. It reminds me of the flag of Belarus.
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Cascadia, the non racist answer to the Northwest Front. Very popular with the gays in the pnw.
I have no problem with using natural plant and animal life iconography, it looks good and makes sense- but there is nothing wrong with very basic color and flag schemes. More recent european tradition of using basic designs (probably coming from naval flags and stuff) rather than complicated heraldry. See the Union Jack, US flag, Nord flags etc. See Florida's flag too is just coming from the Spanish naval design.
These types of very basic flags often derive their value and significance from having flown over historical events, wars, etc. rather than from the specific image or symbol that's on them (unlike some evolving heraldry showing lineage etc from medieval times).
From a strictly design/aesthetic standpoint- I can't stand it even though I don't mind using the constellation as a symbol. I personally find Maryland's flag hideous but it is so hideous it is actually distinctive I guess. Same for Ohio- it is fucking hideous.
california is not s tier, and maryland is objectively the best flag
and how the fuck can you justify putting retard tier designs like wisconsin, oklahoma and kansas above good ones like ohio, DC and hawaii
California and colorado have the worst state flags by far
WTF are you on?
Imagine having some hipster liberal arts garbage as your state flag
They probably used 6 million taxdollars to create a website so people could submit their flag designs only to choose a israeli artist because well we all know why
Great flag- it is unironically the most common front license plate on the raod where I live. But I've always thought they really should have found a way to solve that problem of the blue stripes running into the blue field on the left.
I would have done a blood stained banner flag with the Georgia seal in the red band.
I concur, & at a minimum it WAS S tier. However the changed " New" Georgia flag is Shit Tier. Funny how the State went to shit the same time they changed the flag.
Isn't the new Georgia flag a confederate flag too?
Yes it's just the stars and bars with a georgia seal, but in the Civil War, when the war started they had no time to come up with flags etc. They just chose a sort of generic flag that was quickly replaced by the fairly organicly popular 1862 Army of N. Virginia battle flag (the rectangular version is what we now know as the rebel flag). It was a square flag which was placed in the canton over a white field, i suspect this was done out of simplicity because theyvwere hard upbfor resources at the time, and this was known as the stainless banner. This was confusing becuase when not waving, the flag just looked white. So they added a big red band on the bottom near the end of the war as the 3rd flag which became known as the blood stained banner.
I concur, & at a minimum it WAS S tier. However the changed " New" Georgia flag is Shit Tier. Funny how the State went to shit the same time they changed the flag.
It looks like an actual flag of some medieval province of Spanish Netherlands, but it's an actual American flag. I think it's the least "different" looking to me.
Never really liked many state flags because all my favorite states have the most boring flags. WA has some of the most beautiful mountain ranges on the planet in or next to it and the flag is literally just the dude's face. Same goes for OR and MT.
Well you are right to chose, the simple, but easily distinguishable flags, as the best ones. Flags with text or a jpeg of the coat of arms or some shit, is an abomination.
Illinois is too high.
the down syndrome bird is more endearing than most of the other shit flags
it was really tough picking between texas, nm and arizona
maryland runs away with it and hawaii a distant second
The flag is literally an individual section of the American flag showing Texas standing on it's own, the Lone Star, the only state to have done so.
Texas ain't real.
>gets filled with liberals, naggers and spics
heh, nothing personal kid
Arizona's flag is so gay, it makes Washington State's flag look cool.
Objectively shit taste.
the flag is the only good thing Arizona has, leave them alone
New Mexico and Maryland are the best
not a union jack appreciator?
Which state has the union jack?
hawaii
It's not bad. Better than aby solid blue flag i guess.
Marylandanon checking in
We put our flag on everything. Bumper stickers, t-shirts, water bottles, keychains, everything! You see the flag everywhere! Most states aren't like this. Many companies exist that solely sell Maryland flag merchandise.
>Most states aren't like this
Texas is very much like that
ok well 1 is not most of 50
Are you an American visiting Australia or an Australian that has spent a bunch of time in America because you seem to know a bunch about this country
dude is trolling you. you obviously have worst flag in usa.
it's like you couldn't make up your mind and said 'oh, i know, we'll just put the two completely different flag ideas on one flag and stitch them together'.
i had kindergarten art projects that made more sense.
Bro, all the cities and states do this crap. I bet you also want to
>keep Baltimore weird
Too right? Or you have dog t shirts with the flag around the dogs neck? Oh yeah, real unique. Nobody does that crap.
I once saw t-shirts that had the LaFayette Courts on them with the words "Bodymore, Murdaland"
How dare you rank NC a C?
putting a date on your flag is fucking gay
mississippi has a really cool flag though, the last one was more based but a lot less impressive as a design
Design and composition are a valid aspect of a flag, but they are secondary to it's actual impact.
Through the Civil War, certain designs came to be associated with very important things... regionalism, and a bloody war imprinted those symbols on the minds of people. A brief glance at them and they evoke powerful things (hell one brief view of Mississippi's old flag sent an actual shudder down some people's spine) and that is what a powerful symbol does. That IS what a flag should do. A pretty design? Eh that's for a marketing team to deal with. What does it represent?
Georgia's is at least just the Stars and Bars with a Georgia seal in the canton
that's fair enough, but for me with no experience living in mississippi, the new one looks better
Ever since Mississippi cucked, Georgia officially has the best state flag
alaka's flag is intensely bland
>Big dipper is bland
>For a state so remote you can see stars from pretty much anywhere
>Only state with northern lights
homosexual
There's nothing wrong with the big dipper holy fuck but you could do a little better than a blue field with the stars on there kek. Literally phoning-it-in tier.
I live in northern Wisconsin and we’ve been able to see the northern lights four or five times this year already
Yeah but it's unlikely, where as all of Alaska is in the deep red.
I know this is a bit of a hot take but every flag should be re-designed to be compatible with Emoji and LULZ flags and we should implement them on LULZ immediately.
How is New Hampshire the best state but the worst flag? If I was on their state legislature I would make it a top priority to fix that shit right away.
This.
Also, this is the absolute GOAT flag. You can't beat the black sun. You could learn a thing or two from this instead of the state seal flags.
Why is Arizona hated so much?
>Mississippi flag
>A tier
It was
gurs was S tier unironically
anon, don't you know? that is a man made wicker hive. you have to destroy the hive to get the honey..
I like the direction the new Utah flag went. I think there room for improvement with it, but it’s a hell of a lot better than the old one.
yeah I agree, much, much better than before
the current one is very nice too
because they probably think redesigning the flag is a waste of money
>the current one is very nice too
no it's trash
The new flag is pleasing. And it pisses off a lot of Mo's here in SLC area who gets hard from tradition. It's a win/win.
GOYSLOP
I live in Utah and I fucking hate this shit
I will NEVER fly this college liberal arts major looking ass flag in my entire life
the mormon reveals himself
I left the mormon church at 18 and convinced most of my family to leave too
Mormons are better than you tho in every way
sounds like you really haven't left after all
No you just have really bad taste in flags
it looks too minimalistic and like a graphics desgin major made it
It and colorado look like a fucking corporate logo kek
It's a good symbol no doubt. A little complicated to put on a flag but when you look around these days it seems relatively simple I guess. Ultimately in the case of states their flags should be evocative of some region identity though.
I think it's very difficult to do something without looking "cheap". The problem is that flags derive from medieval European heraldry and the usual motives that look good just don't make sense for America. Like shields, lions and hearts. And most of America's beauty is in the natural landscape, not in the man made things.
I quite like the approach Macau did and stylized a lotus, even though the details on the bottom are a bit excessive. Like you could easily stylize a fir into broken up sections and pass it off as the Washington flag.
Like I'm a shit artist and this is definitely not a douglas fir, but here's the attempt
Oops wrong file, just a portuguese corruption thing
there is already the cascadia flag
This is very hard to draw and recognize though I don't think it works well. I would much rather drop the fir and go with the tricolor.
It's really not hard to draw because you could stylize the tree however you want, never had any trouble recognizing it out in the wild
Well yeah what is one of the fove trees out west a fir? Jokes aside, the problem is you got a dark green symbol over a green and blue stripe. You have to lighten the color of the green and blue to make that work.
>lighten the color of the green and blue to make that work
We've also got this tricolor
Yeah I like that one better
Idk, I just don't think the tree works well, it's too complicated to reproduce in a sketch and the very dark green doesn't go well with the lighter dark green. It reminds me of the flag of Belarus.
Cascadia, the non racist answer to the Northwest Front. Very popular with the gays in the pnw.
I have no problem with using natural plant and animal life iconography, it looks good and makes sense- but there is nothing wrong with very basic color and flag schemes. More recent european tradition of using basic designs (probably coming from naval flags and stuff) rather than complicated heraldry. See the Union Jack, US flag, Nord flags etc. See Florida's flag too is just coming from the Spanish naval design.
These types of very basic flags often derive their value and significance from having flown over historical events, wars, etc. rather than from the specific image or symbol that's on them (unlike some evolving heraldry showing lineage etc from medieval times).
>See Florida's flag too
You mean Alabama's flag
Yeah that's true. Well sort of both I guess.
Utah will eventually tire of outsiders telling us how to be Utah.
what did they do post the contest on reddit? complete trash suggestions
They had a contest and then threw out the top 2 winners for being racist.
mormons are cucked
Hey, its that guy from Massachusetts that we vote against everytime but somehow wins. Better vote harrder I guess.
What were the top 2?
curious as well, was the blue stars and stripes one?
...and then it's back to sex-slaving your cousins and killin' naggers, praise Joe Smith.
Alaskas flag is the true masterpiece.
no it's not, the australian flag is a good example of how to use stars properly
I can't seriously believe anyone would value the old Utah flag when it's so bland
From a strictly design/aesthetic standpoint- I can't stand it even though I don't mind using the constellation as a symbol. I personally find Maryland's flag hideous but it is so hideous it is actually distinctive I guess. Same for Ohio- it is fucking hideous.
<Ohio flag hideous
Into the trash your comment goes
God damnit
Kek it looks like some shit at an airport you'd use as a wind marker. Or like one of those jap fish flags kek.
Not bad, but my flag ranking is better.
california is not s tier, and maryland is objectively the best flag
and how the fuck can you justify putting retard tier designs like wisconsin, oklahoma and kansas above good ones like ohio, DC and hawaii
Ohio needs some love. Only flag that doesn't look like a flag. It's slowly turning into a giant dick yelling "Fuck you!" to the rest of them.
Ohio is the objectively best flag of the bunch, arguably in this galaxy.
Yeah or that.
But still personally I really like the red/white-heavy of the Blood Stained Banner and would have liked to see a carbon copy of it from someone.
Sorry, meant for
California and colorado have the worst state flags by far
WTF are you on?
Imagine having some hipster liberal arts garbage as your state flag
They probably used 6 million taxdollars to create a website so people could submit their flag designs only to choose a israeli artist because well we all know why
Colorado is complete trash I agree. One of the worst.
California is not bad in theory IF THEY STILL HAD ANY FUCKING BROWN BEARS. Kek retards.
>Illinois C tier
bait
mississippi is the only good tbh.
I like the idea of putting a magnolia leaf on a flag... but it can never be a good because of what it replaced.
>american
Never heard of em. I only know Alabama and our beautiful 49 sisters.
This is best US State flag ever period.
Great flag- it is unironically the most common front license plate on the raod where I live. But I've always thought they really should have found a way to solve that problem of the blue stripes running into the blue field on the left.
I would have done a blood stained banner flag with the Georgia seal in the red band.
Thin white separator obviously
Isn't the new Georgia flag a confederate flag too?
Yes it's just the stars and bars with a georgia seal, but in the Civil War, when the war started they had no time to come up with flags etc. They just chose a sort of generic flag that was quickly replaced by the fairly organicly popular 1862 Army of N. Virginia battle flag (the rectangular version is what we now know as the rebel flag). It was a square flag which was placed in the canton over a white field, i suspect this was done out of simplicity because theyvwere hard upbfor resources at the time, and this was known as the stainless banner. This was confusing becuase when not waving, the flag just looked white. So they added a big red band on the bottom near the end of the war as the 3rd flag which became known as the blood stained banner.
As Austrian I say the right one is the best flag ever only seconded by picrel
I like the way the blue runs into the side with the seal
I concur, & at a minimum it WAS S tier. However the changed " New" Georgia flag is Shit Tier. Funny how the State went to shit the same time they changed the flag.
Ohio flag looks like Nepal
the colorado state flag looks like its the logo for a supermarket
>Wisconsin below California and Oregon
Do americans a favor and stay fucking roo’s in your Chinese colony. We don’t need nor want you here.
Maryland and Ohio should switch, then some state far lower could be switched for Maryland again.
Baltimore cannot be overlooked, and its containing state cannot be in the top half.
Neither can St. Louis
I am puzzled. What was it about Maryland that makes you give it such high esteem?
It looks like an actual flag of some medieval province of Spanish Netherlands, but it's an actual American flag. I think it's the least "different" looking to me.
Never really liked many state flags because all my favorite states have the most boring flags. WA has some of the most beautiful mountain ranges on the planet in or next to it and the flag is literally just the dude's face. Same goes for OR and MT.
Well you are right to chose, the simple, but easily distinguishable flags, as the best ones. Flags with text or a jpeg of the coat of arms or some shit, is an abomination.
Best country in Scandinavia btw fuck Swedes and Finns
>Wisconsin
with one simple fix, I have made our state flag into triple SSS tier
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
let me call my Flag Aesthetics expert