Thank you Petike.
I must admit I've become a bit lax in double checking the rules myself.
What should the next round be numbered?
I need to check again myself, but this is actually #221 and the next one should be #222.
Thank you Petike.
I must admit I've become a bit lax in double checking the rules myself.
What should the next round be numbered?
I’ll re-number my round as 221, and invite the runner up to post a new challengeI need to check again myself, but this is actually #221 and the next one should be #222.
I like Antarctic flags, just sayingI've just seen the above - I'll think of a new challenge by tomorrow evening hopefully... I know I had a few ideas some weeks ago but what with one thing and another my mind's gone blank tonight!
Even my suggestion list is bare at the moment.I've just seen the above - I'll think of a new challenge by tomorrow evening hopefully... I know I had a few ideas some weeks ago but what with one thing and another my mind's gone blank tonight!
I think Petike left one on the previous page.
Flag Challenge № 222: Atlantis
Atlantis ... island of myth and legend. Your challenge is to design a flag for this fabled land.
You may use any Atlantis you want, from the original Greek stories to modern science fiction versions, or make up your own back-story.
(If you use one from a lesser-known story, a link to that story would be appreciated, just for interest, but is not mandatory.)
Submissions Open: now
Submissions Close: 25th April 2020 at 22:00 GMT (23:00 UK Summer time / midnight Central European Summer time / 18:00 USA Eastern Daylight time / 15:00 USA Pacific Daylight time / 08:00 26th April Australian Eastern time)
Voting Opens: the next day, 26th April
Voting Closes: 4 days later
Note on numbering: this challenge is № 222 even though it follows what was numbered as 220; challenges 211-221 were unfortunately mis-numbered as 210-220.
3.) Entry submission
Entrants submit designs in the “Discussion & Entries” thread. Restrictions on entries:
- You MUST upload the image as an attachment on this site, not hosted on another site.
- You CANNOT enter the round if you won the previous round, or if you are banned from the Weekly Flag Challenge.
- You CANNOT enter more than one flag unless the challenge specifically asks for multiple flags.
- You CANNOT enter anything other than flags and explanations. For example, you cannot add a supplementary map.
- You can change your entry as many times as you want before the closing date. The most recent design posted by a entrant will be considered their entry.
- Size limits:
- For an image in a single-flag entry, the shortest side must be 600 pixels or less, and the longest side must be 1200 pixels or less.
I like the sun, it looks a bit like a sea urchin, and the concept of each tribe/citizen acting independently but still serving and protecting the whole would make a nice political metaphor at any rate, depending on the structure of the new state. The fact that OG Atlantis was characterized by concentric rings could also make the radiating design a more egalitarian symbol? I don't know. Nice work though.Confederation of Atlantis
The unification of Atlantis in 1871 was the culmination of many over the 2000 years since the collapse of the Ancient Atlantian Empire following an immense seismic sea wave (believed to have been caused by the eruption of the volcano internationally known as Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands).
The flag of Atlantis features a gold sun with 10 stripes for each of the traditional Atlantian kingdoms, which are said to have been founded by sons of Posiedon.
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I'm still not quite happy with the sun, but I don't think I'm going to get anything I like better before the deadline.
Confederation of Atlantis
The unification of Atlantis in 1871 was the culmination of many over the 2000 years since the collapse of the Ancient Atlantian Empire following an immense seismic sea wave (believed to have been caused by the eruption of the volcano internationally known as Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands).
The flag of Atlantis features a gold sun with 10 stripes for each of the traditional Atlantian kingdoms, which are said to have been founded by sons of Posiedon.
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I'm still not quite happy with the sun, but I don't think I'm going to get anything I like better before the deadline.
Actually I had one other note: what if you changed the main color of the flag from blue to something like a burgundy? It seems counterintuitive I know, but hear me out:I like the sun, it looks a bit like a sea urchin, and the concept of each tribe/citizen acting independently but still serving and protecting the whole would make a nice political metaphor at any rate, depending on the structure of the new state. The fact that OG Atlantis was characterized by concentric rings could also make the radiating design a more egalitarian symbol? I don't know. Nice work though.
I like the sun, it looks a bit like a sea urchin, and the concept of each tribe/citizen acting independently but still serving and protecting the whole would make a nice political metaphor at any rate, depending on the structure of the new state. The fact that OG Atlantis was characterized by concentric rings could also make the radiating design a more egalitarian symbol? I don't know. Nice work though.
These are some nice ideas, but I'm not sure which I'd go with until I pin the history down a bit more than "actual ancient Atlantis was an island west of the Canaries about the size of Italy, dominated the Atlantic Ocean coast from Cape Finisterre to Cape Juby before being destroyed by a mega-tsunami and breaking up into city-states, [rest of history], reunified at the same time as Germany and Italy, currently disputes ownership of the Canaries and Madeira".Actually I had one other note: what if you changed the main color of the flag from blue to something like a burgundy? It seems counterintuitive I know, but hear me out:
Feel free to use or discard any of these suggestions, they just popped into my head and I thought I'd share.
- Given the research on color perception among the Classical Greeks, using burgundy as a "historic Atlantean color" could be a neat reference to Homer's "wine-dark sea" line, and could simultaneously be their equivalent of Tyrian purple given the historical power of the old Atlantean Empire (and the fact the color was made from sea snails)
- Second (and this is a deep cut), "The Scarlet Empire" is a dystopian novel about a socialist Atlantis published on/set in 1906, so given the year the Confederation was founded it would be a somewhat amusing topical reference.
I like the sun as a symbol, the sea urchin thing was just a coincidental double meaning to my mind. Either way an Atlantis that goes the way of Germany/Italy would make a pretty interesting TL.These are some nice ideas, but I'm not sure which I'd go with until I pin the history down a bit more than "actual ancient Atlantis was an island west of the Canaries about the size of Italy, dominated the Atlantic Ocean coast from Cape Finisterre to Cape Juby before being destroyed by a mega-tsunami and breaking up into city-states, [rest of history], reunified at the same time as Germany and Italy, currently disputes ownership of the Canaries and Madeira".
The base concept for the sun was the Ancient Macedonian Vergina Sun with 10 major rays following the ten ancient kingdoms of Atlantis.
As that is more of a Macedonian symbol, I'm unsure what I'd use, except maybe a large Alpha, similar to how Sparta and Laconia use a large Lambda.
Perhaps reduce the number of rays?I'm still not quite happy with the sun, but I don't think I'm going to get anything I like better before the deadline.
What about hybridizing the sun designs? Put a blue dot in the center of this sun to symbolize the traditional five rings of ancient Atlantis and make the rays longer like the original design for the ten tribes.
Perhaps reduce the number of rays?
Or go with a sun of rings:
I will go with a variation of this, as I've read that ancient Atlantis has three circular canals.What about hybridizing the sun designs? Put a blue dot in the center of this sun to symbolize the traditional five rings of ancient Atlantis and make the rays longer like the original design for the ten tribes.