mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
Honestly, it's kind of growing on me
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GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Don't love the color scheme, but the design is cool.
Some of them have far too much of an Indiana vibe. Also, a butterfly? Really?
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- Batavia
This one is my favorite. Most of them are just not good. Really makes me wish I submitted my flag idea, based on the weak ones that were made finalists.
Yeah the color I go back and forth on. Would love to see someone mess with the colors to see if there's a better combo out there for this design.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Could be worse it could be the flag of a dystopia of the Illini My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan club
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Twitter is going have fun dunking on this flag competition
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Those two flags in particular really remind me of flags of Communist states. I'll leave my comment at that point.
I like the creativity of the Abe silhouette/state outline one.
But on a flag it’d be too hard to discern exactly what you’re looking at…especially while it’s flapping in the wind.
But on a flag it’d be too hard to discern exactly what you’re looking at…especially while it’s flapping in the wind.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
In a vacuum, the Abe-Illinois one is also my favorite. It at least has a clear identity related to the state. But Abe wouldn't be very visible on a flagpole when the wind isn't blowing very strong.
I thought this too. Cool idea, bad flag.
ugh , a new flag , really ?
does everyth8ng today need to get reduced down to just 3 bland colors and 3 geometric shapes ?
cant state govt work on things that really matter ?
like reducing taxes and crime and people fleeing the state in droves ?
"I would stay in Illinois longer or respect it more, if it only had a new flag" said no one ever
does everyth8ng today need to get reduced down to just 3 bland colors and 3 geometric shapes ?
cant state govt work on things that really matter ?
like reducing taxes and crime and people fleeing the state in droves ?
"I would stay in Illinois longer or respect it more, if it only had a new flag" said no one ever
I don't love the Butterfly, but I wouldn't mind if the state colors became orange and blue . . .
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Yeah it is for me to.
It has a certain visual harmony with the Chicago flag with the six pointed stars and horizontal lines and simplicity, while being totally thematically pointed toward the rest of the state. That's a neat trick. And no Illinoisan is so city-bound that the "driving through the cornfields" feeling the flag delivers doesn't resonate.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
You think that because it is.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Avatar checks out.You think that because it is.
mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
Yeah, conceptually it’s decent. The colors are all like two shades too light, I think.
socalini
- So Cali
As a former Southern Illinoisian, it feels accurate. Seems like it should have something representing Chicago though. Illinois has a uniqueness in that it has this contrast of mostly rural/small town areas, but with an iconic city and lake anchoring it to the north. Maybe a skyline off in the distance, behind the rolling fields, under the sky. Just spitballin'.
Not a flag, but the bottom of these New York license plates aimed for a similar rural/urban juxtaposition with Niagara Falls/ the Adirondacks on one side and the Statue of Liberty/NYC Skyline on the other, then out to the lighthouse at Montauk Point.
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
While not as explicit or easy to see, our own certainly tries the same theme:
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