Flag Contest for A Taco Archipelago

[Taco Island Charities]

Flag Contest for A Taco Archipelago

Our RMB roleplay region, A Taco Archipelago, is off to a thriving start! Just like the successful contest and vote for the region's name, TIC will be sponsoring a contest for the region's flag!

Post flag ideas in this thread or telegram image links to Taco-Island-Charities. Flag images should be at least 450 px. by 300 px., but they also need to look good when scaled to fit the NationStates flag requirements:

SPOILER: Click to show

Your flag should be in PNG, GIF, or JPEG format, no larger than 250KB, and appropriate (i.e. conforming to site etiquette and being reasonably flag-like)....

Your image will be resized to fit on your nation page. Generally, images come out best if they are rectangular: about two-thirds as high as they are wide. Technical details...

Automatic Flag Resizing

Your flag will usually be resized to fit within 428x284 pixels. Both height and width must fit, so if, for example, your flag is perfectly square, it will be resized to 284x284....

Exceptions: You can have a bigger flag than usual if its filesize is small enough: If it's under 150kB and the image fits within either 535x355 pixels or 321x568 pixels, it won't be resized.

Please submit images by August 7^th. You can use the Symbols of 10000 Islands thread for inspiration. Voting will be done on the forum, with an option for telegram votes for nations that can't access the forum. Chief Executive Markanite has the final say on the flag and can disqualify inappropriate entries.

The winner gets 100,000 from TIC! The runner-up will receive 25,000 .

Happy designing!

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[Taco Island Charities]

NS dispatch version: www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1409206

[Paffnia]

Attn: Sorya, Haganham, Almonaster, Grea Kriopia, San Kalungsod Saludong, Nooooooooooooooo, Free Las Pinas, Kohnhead, Wille-Harlia, Dorab

[Tommerton]

Hello! I would like to participate in this flag contest.
I would like to ask something; I am preety good at designing basic flags, but i am not good in applying emblems to them, because they quality of it is always destroyed.
So, could i submit a semi-finished proposal? I mean, a flag that is perfectly ready except from the fact that the central symbol is missing from it.
Thanks in advance!

[Paffnia]

Jul 24, 2020 15:00:38 GMT -5 Tommerton said:

Hello! I would like to participate in this flag contest.
I would like to ask something; I am preety good at designing basic flags, but i am not good in applying emblems to them, because they quality of it is always destroyed.
So, could i submit a semi-finished proposal? I mean, a flag that is perfectly ready except from the fact that the central symbol is missing from it.
Thanks in advance!

If you have both the background and the emblem, I can try to put one on the other for you.

[Tommerton]

Many thanks for your willingness to help!
I have the base flag ready, but i do not know which is the emblem of A taco archipelago.

[Paffnia]

Jul 24, 2020 17:15:48 GMT -5 Tommerton said:

Many thanks for your willingness to help!
I have the base flag ready, but i do not know which is the emblem of A taco archipelago.

There isn't one yet. Feel free to design one.

[Taco Island Charities]

First submission, from megistos:

Here's a submission for the ATA Flag (No Letters):

If you want to view it from a dispatch:


If you want to view it from ImgBB:
i.ibb.co/9v5MY2V/ATA-Flag-Submission.png

Inspiration:
I'm a active member of ATA, so I browsed the posts, and I look back on the times where there were underwater cities, namely Aurora from Zaberaz Hapang. Then we see 'Atlantis', by Krystalveil, and 'Neptune', by me. At those periods, ATA was probably at the best period in it's life so far, so I made the flag a sun (because Krystalveil is like the 'sun' nation (Plus they dominate the region anyway.) and the dolphin reflecting those times, which like I said earlier, was underwater

[Krystalveil]

Hello,

Krystalveil's Proposal



(https://i.imgur.com/a7OLV2H.png)

It features 4 symbols - the sun (similar to the stars from 10000 Islands), the fish and 2 zodiac signs - Libra and Aquarius - all in a bright yellow on the distinctive blue of 10000 Islands.

The Sun represents the divinity and therefore the magical implications in our lives (a very popular topic in ATA).

The Fish represents the new beginnings (ATA brought after all a new age of RP in 10000 Islands).

The 2 figures of the zodiac, also representative of 10000, not only are associated with Uranus and Venus and space exploration - another very popular activity in ATA, but also represent how intelligence and justice.

[Tommerton]

Hello all! 
After much consideration, the Most Serene Republic of Tommerton humbly requests to allow it to submit it's proposals.
May we not that they are unfinished. They need an emblem; however, as i am not an experienced designer, i have left it without an emblem, so you can add one when it is created.

• First Proposal:

The color blue symbolises how beautifull this region is; the color red symbolises the pain which brought it in it's current form.
On the top, there is a star, which symbolises diplomacy, the preffered way of solving conflicts.
Ot the bottom, there is a sword, which symbolises war, sometimes the only way of really solving conflicts.
In the middle, there is a white circle, which shall be filled by a potential emblem or everything else that could work.

• Second Proposal:

Essentially the same design; see the above for details. The sword is replaced by a shield; it symbolises the protection this region offers to it's members, and the fact that we can overcome many problems only when we are united. Also, it is noteworthy that the positions of theese 2 items has changed. And again, this white circle on the middle needs to be filled with something.
Best regards!

[Free Las Pinas]

FLP's Submission

renowned for our white-sand beaches, blue-green waves, and roleplay on the RMB!

This line could be found on A Taco Archipelago's WFE, which served as my inspiration when choosing a color scheme. Then, I proceeded with planting a palm tree, which can be found on almost every 10000 Islands official design. Lastly, I added the signature 10000 Islands stars with eight rays. Hope you all like it!

I also thought that making an emblem (like Tommerton said) would be cool, so I made two based on my favorite 10000 Islands logos. Since that isn't part of the competition, I'll keep them in a spoiler.

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{Spoiler}

[Osea]

Taco Island Charities, Hello everyone!!!! heres my submit and some cookies 🍪🍪🍪 !!!



I may or may not make a second one, cya guys!!!

[Nooooooooooooooo]

I will join with the flag of my puppet state, PolitFree




Edit: Yes, that is the nation's flag.

[Taco Island Charities]

Submissions close on the 7^th!

[The H Corporation]

Here we go! 
The flower represents the beautiful region is the ATA, the stars I want to think they represent a union of all of the nations that made the ATA region very interesting with it's RP. I put a circle there because it looks cool with the flower, the triangles represents the tacos and the color Yellow of the flag is just to make it more jazzy

[San Kalungsod Saludong]

I'm submitting my flag here BRB. Completing the Design. What date is it? It's already August 7 here. 

[San Kalungsod Saludong]

Here's the PNG, I will post resized and Waving Flag GIF Format Too..

[Taco Island Charities]

Submission from Porymonia:

ATA flag commision:
imgur.com/a/P6cdhfW

[San Kalungsod Saludong]

The GIF Version

[Taco Island Charities]

Voting is open: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39766/vote-flag-contest-taco-archipelago

[Taco Island Charities]

The winner: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39820/new-flag-taco-archipelago