Flag for Earth

[superluminal]

Janus,

I too like your blue-with-planetary-symbols approach. But as cotton said, goose it up a bit.

 

[Gondolin]

My flag is simple and needs no legend.
It is simple unity.

Vote for me.
I'm invert_nexus.

You have my vote.

 

[Janus58]

Janus, I like your flag with the astronomical symbols on it, but jazz it up a little more. Let me see what you can do. More color. Moor Emotion. :m:

More color, eh?

Okay, let's try this:

The Sun's spectrum radiating out from the Sun is added.

 

[Avatar]

hippies would love that flag

 

[Janus58]

LOL two mercuries!
LOL laughing my arse out!
oh boy, i should be going to sleep soon.
anyway, how do you do those flags janus? that's pretty cool.

Create a bezier patch with your favorite 3D renderer.
Assign the proper Sine equation to the control points.
Apply an image map of your flag design onto the bezier patch.
Vary the phase over a number of renderings.
Assemble the separate renderings into a animated GIF.

 

[superluminal]

I'm getting wood.

 

[Cottontop3000]

Me too. lmao. Nice, Janus. I guess that makes me a hippie.

 

[draqon]

 

[invert_nexus]

Create a bezier patch with your favorite 3D renderer.
Assign the proper Sine equation to the control points.
Apply an image map of your flag design onto the bezier patch.
Vary the phase over a number of renderings.
Assemble the separate renderings into a animated GIF.

Now do one with the flag standing still and the pole waving...

 

[draqon]

How am I supposed to do that?

 

[invert_nexus]

How else? With the power of MAGIC!!!

Heh.
Nah. I was talking to Janus. Forgot to paste the quote in. Fixed it before you even posted...

Of course. You could always follow this simple advice:

Create a bezier patch with your favorite 3D renderer.
Assign the proper Sine equation to the control points.
Apply an image map of your flag design onto the bezier patch.
Vary the phase over a number of renderings.
Assemble the separate renderings into a animated GIF.

You'd need to alter the recipe somewhat though. So the pole would wave rather than the flag.

 

[Janus58]

Now do one with the flag standing still and the pole waving...

Okay, if you insist...

 

[invert_nexus]

Sweeet.
I'm trippin, dood.

 

[lixluke]

How did you make the poll move on that gay pride flag?

 

[Zephyr]

Woah ... that is one cool flagpole. The flag is pretty neat, too.

 

[Facial]

I like this one as well. It is diverse and complex in its design.

 

[Hapsburg]

since we are not going to encounter someone with another flag within our solar system, why don't we have a solar system flag?

But doing that would make future colonies on other planets think that they are equal to their mother-planet: Earth.

Besides, the thread specifies an Earth flag. Thus, this:

should be the flag. The Earthen Eagle (represent the human spirit and will to soar above our previous potential) clutching the globe (representing earth, and the will for humanity to make earth more glorious by expanding our planet's domains beyond the skies), on a white misty field (representing clouds, or the sky that the eagle is lifting us beyond).
The letters are there because I forgot to edit them out before putting it on photobucket.

 

[spiritual_spy]

im thinking Black With a red cresent moon surrounded by stars..

 

[lixluke]

I like this one as well. It is diverse and complex in its design.

Yes and very gay.
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us_gay.html

 

[Gadren]

Recently, I've been studying vexillography (or flag-designing), and I thought I should point you to NAVA (the North American Vexillogical Association).

http://www.nava.org/

I'd recommend that you take a look at their guides to designing a good flag: "Good Flag, Bad Flag" and "A Flag for New Milford".

Basic rules:

1. Keep It Simple
The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory…

2. Use Meaningful Symbolism
The flag’s images, colors, or patterns should relate to what it
symbolizes…

3. Use 2–3 Basic Colors
Limit the number of colors on the flag to three, which contrast well and
come from the standard color set…

4. No Lettering or Seals
Never use writing of any kind or an organization’s seal…

5. Be Distinctive or Be Related
Avoid duplicating other flags, but use similarities to show connections…



Learning good flag design can make the difference between Denver's flag:

^_^

and Pocatello's:

O_O


And I might as well show you the flag I've been designing recently...it's not for Earth as a whole, but rather a scientific community in my imagination:

The dark blue background represents the night sky and the many mysteries to be discovered. The white flask represents science in its experimental stages, and the surrounding gear represents both practical science and the sun (the spread of knowledge to the world). The proportions of the flag are that of the Golden Ratio.