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My attempt at redesigning New York's flag (media.kbin.social)
submitted 9 months ago by ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.social to c/vexillology@kbin.social
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[–] ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.social 1 points 9 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@lemmy.world 1 points 9 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@kbin.social 1 points 9 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.