ENTER! Misc Avatar Contest: A Celebration of My Country

[Avro Arrow]

Through a quirk of history, Canada and the US celebrate their "national" holidays within a few days of each other: July 1 and July 4, both of which fall within the next week. So I wanted to tie the contest into that somehow, but limiting it to *just* that was way too North American-centric... this is the World Wide Web after all, and members here are from all over the globe.

So our theme for this contest is A Celebration of My Country. You may enter anything related to your country: a flag, symbol, historic building, landmark, natural phenomenon... even something like a traditional food or dress.

(There was a listing in the stickied Theme List thread for "Your Country's Wonders of the World", but I'm hoping this theme is different enough to not be too repetitive.)

Standard avatar rules apply, of course: maximum size is 150 x 150, and no larger than 140 KB if animated. As usual, no media sources, please.

So have fun, and let's celebrate our diversity!

 

[BigJake]

Are historical figures allowed? If so my pick would be...

Tecumseh, one of the major heroes of the War of 1812 (victory in which made possible Canada's later nationhood).

 

[Timewalker]

When is the deadline for entries?

 

[Ghost07]

Oh! This should be very interesting......can't wait to see these entries

 

[auntiehill]

The flag of my country, on the moon.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Are historical figures allowed?

Sure!

When is the deadline for entries?

Sorry, I forgot to mention that. I'm planning to leave the contest open for a week, and post the voting thread on Sunday, July 5.

If anyone wants to enter, but needs more time, let me know, and we can adjust accordingly!

 

[RJDiogenes]

Great idea for a contest. I can't wait to see what people come up with.

The flag of my country, on the moon.

Beat me to it.

 

[tharpdevenport]

I have no idea where it originally comes from; it was used as a photo on TheBlaze.com in the last half year; I shrunk it down:

 

[Owain Taggart]

Yeah, If I remember, I created that last one. It was pretty popular, so curious to see what everyone comes up with this time around.

That one of the moon is going to be hard to beat. But I guess I'll follow it up with this:

 

[RJDiogenes]

Here we go:

Kind of timely.

 

[auntiehill]

^NICE! There's a vote.

 

[RevdKathy]

Land of Cream and Pasties.

Last Friday was National Cream Tea day, so I just happened to have this image lying around.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

 

[BigJake]

Oh well played.

I'm going to have to up the ante here.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

It's a damn shame that The Beef isn't Canadian, or you could claim him as a national treasure, and you wouldn't even have to change your avatar. I know I swell with patriotic pride every time I see him.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Great entries so far, all!

 

[RJDiogenes]

^NICE! There's a vote.

Thank you.

 

[DimesDan]

If this counts as a media source, I have a secondary idea.

 

[BigJake]

It's a damn shame that The Beef isn't Canadian, or you could claim him as a national treasure, and you wouldn't even have to change your avatar. I know I swell with patriotic pride every time I see him.

If there was a way to work Shatner in without violating the no-media rule, I totally would.

But check out the expressive range of this Inukshuk:

(Replacing my Tecumseh entry.)

 

[Avro Arrow]

If this counts as a media source, I have a secondary idea.

No worries, that entry's fine!