u/OnlyZac

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  1. 145points

    [OC] 🪶🦃 I made the sacred cod post. Here is my attempt at the Massachusetts flag redesign. 🐟🌊 (i.redd.it) [I Made This!]

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  2. 224points

    [OC] 🪶🦃 I made the sacred cod post. Here is my attempt at the Massachusetts flag redesign. 🐟🌊 (i.redd.it) [OC]

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  3. 54points

    I made a hat for my SAFC makeover crest (i.redd.it)

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!wave

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That’s okay, thanks

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Thank you for your comment! I tend to prefer filling space in a flag but I agree, fish + feathers could be made smaller here.

I like your idea for editing the waves

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Thank you, yes those would be good ways to simplify on the design and make it easier to manufacture/print.

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Thanks! Mass is a state with a lot going on, it’s hard paring things down

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That’s very nice of you, I like the flags you make! Happy cake day

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I made the post yesterday about the sacred cod; here is my attempt at a new Mass flag and the symbols I picked.

Symbols:

- 6 turkey feathers. This motif is lifted from one of the finalist designs for the Massachusetts flag redesign contest. Mass was the 6th state to join the union.

- The North American turkey is Mass’s co state bird with the black capped chickadee.

- Red color darkened to cranberry maroon invoking the colors of higher education in Massachusetts, similar to UMass, Harvard, MIT, BU, and Boston College among others. Also bogs.

- The cod/fishing industry is important to Mass. This also represents the wooden Sacred Cod statue that hangs in the Massachusetts state house.

- The white is the waves of Massachusetts bay/Atlantic.

- The blue represents the name of the state, which is “by the blue hills” in the indigenous Massachusett Wampanoag language.

Do you like it? What do you think.

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This flag is OC excepting the turkey feathers used in one of the finalist designs. Fish is sourced from heraldicart.org

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I’ve tried reaching out to their socials and so far no response, unfortunately

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Georgia would historically have a much bigger Cherokee population in these borders

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Excellent

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Not sure how to do that or if it’s possible

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I think the process sputtered, loss steam, and ended after the lackluster results and muted response of the finalists.

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Thanks! Me too.

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https://preview.redd.it/1d80x0mke8yh1.png?width=1992&format=png&auto=webp&s=c321fc1406c4b38cdb20e5afaf1a95d96cd2e156

Here is the crest in digital format as well, I love this sport and my city and the club!

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The pine is a great symbol too

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That’s not a bad idea!

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Thank you for your nice words! That function only works in the [r/vexillology](r/vexillology) subreddit, this is [r/vexillologyUS](r/vexillologyUS) which is separate.

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Massachusetts was the sixth state admitted to the union.