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various Visual Identities make a world convincing
nemchenk:
eleazar, what about reversing the ticks on the x? That's the problem with it I think -- that it looks too much like a cross-hair. EDIT: Something like the rough mockup here:
BTW, does Humanity 80-years from now consider the Moon to be part of the Earth-Moon system?
Finally, the Union Jack is a good example -- while the RAF badge has its colours, the flag itself is actually quite a complex layering of different flags. So, the RAF badge is actually a simplification of a more complex visual identity... ;)
Guildenstern:
Okay, I've got a rough idea on what might work for the Phalanx flag. The earth in greek symbol is a crosshair (not an x, but a plus with a circle around it) and the symbol for moon is a cresent moon upright. So what if we take the Earth symbol and place it to the left of the flag and the moon symbol on the right in the center could be some sword/spear combination with a latin phrase inscribed on a circle forming the field. What comes to mind for the center graphic is a rampant shield with a spear crossing it. This should place the spear and shield between Earth (Us) and the Moon(Outside). Does this work okay or do we need a new symbol for outside? A prototype should be forthcoming once I build it and host it somewhere.
Guildenstern
Jagger:
I'm in NZ, Born and Raised, I like the most recently posted Oceania, I would have placed more emphasis on the southern cross as Oceania to me is majorly Australia+NZ (Population) as Japan etc. is generally considered Asian. But that'll be because I'm in the region, skewed viewpoint.
Peace symbol is a combination of N and D in Sempahore. Nuclear Disarmament, grew to be anti-war in general, hence peace.
The more you know...
I would personally try (And may end up trying, although any 2d art I do will just be concept, to flesh out my ideas for better artists to consider) to incorporate a shield into the logo, as part of the phalanx thing (A major part of the greek phalanx was the shield) and an overall feeling of defending the earth, spear is good as it gives the feeling of agressive defense (Offense) without the nastiness that a gun says, as well as the whole phalanx thing.
Not too fond of the moon = outside idea, Phalanx was put in place to defend from aliens, and it was always assumed that they were outer solar system at the closest (I'm sure you all know the spoilers) so moon probably wouldn't represent outside suitably. Maybe look at something traditional for a defense force and say that they kept the 1950's phalanx flag or dont show the old flag and only reference it.
I guess if art was provided for 50's and modern Phalanx and they worked in that context, use both in the game.
And yes I am aware I sound pretentious, I like to be thorough so that someone can get something from what I say. It's worth it if it helps improvement.
Guildenstern:
Perhaps tossing the moon symbol out and moving the shield and spear onto a low- res earth graphic with a starfield behind it? We could then have a ring of white "atmosphere" around the Earth graphic in which to place writing of some sort. This would also give us a patch version by dumping the starfield.
Do we like that idea better?
Guildenstern
UlteriorMotives:
Posted these under a new topic earlier not having seen this thread. No idea if the flags are set in stone already, but here's some designs I came up with:
Asian Republic - tried to use symbols from the more prominent Asian countries Korea (taegeuk), Japan (rays from the naval flag), and China (yellow stars on red).
New Africa - Took three of the panafrican colors, red, yellow, and green and combined them in a flag similar to Burkina Faso's, except with a vertical bicolor as opposed to a horizontal one.
Middle-Eastern Alliance - Picked the Panarabic colors and arranged them in five stripes so that they still feature the former flags of non-Arabic countries such as Iran and Afghanistan.
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