Personally, I always liked this one by James W. Cadle. Simple and effective, without any awkward map or esoteric symbol.
Wow... that is really ugly.
Looks like Pac-Man is hungry!
The Flag of United Earth
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Actually those are olive branches, symbolic of peace.
One good thing about the globe on the U.N. seal is that it’s a polar azimuthal equidistant projection, so just about every bit of land is shown except Antarctica. And nobody lives in Antarctica except penguins and a few bored scientists.
Personally, I always liked this one by James W. Cadle. Simple and effective, without any awkward map or esoteric symbol.
I agree, it looks pretty good to me.....
I would vote for something as stylistic and simplistic as the classic Bohr atomic diagram:
...but have it represent, of course, Sol and its planets, with some sort of special emphasis on that pale blue dot which is the third planet.
...but have it represent, of course, Sol and its planets, with some sort of special emphasis on that pale blue dot which is the third planet.
I know. It was a typo (too many gladiator movies recently).
On one of those fansites I mentioned earlier, I recall there was a basic United Earth flag that showed every continent, but then there were also "local" United Earth flags with the same globe and olive branch motiff that catered to specific regions more (one for North America, another for South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, etc.--even Antarctica).
Doesn't really embrace all the world's peoples, though. It tries to be thorough: surprisingly, the RoC is represented, despite its lack of asserted independence. The Cross of St. Andrew, the Cross of St. Andrew, and the Union Jack? Redundant much? So where's Euskadi? They've got an autonomous zone.
(It would be better-workable as a Federation flag, since species do at least represent more "natural" units than recognized sovereign states, and is less likely to be dramatically underinclusive.)
(It would be better-workable as a Federation flag, since species do at least represent more "natural" units than recognized sovereign states, and is less likely to be dramatically underinclusive.)
That's actually a great idea.
^ Duplicating wholesale would probably raise a number of objections, especially if the Olympics are still around.
But like Cadle's, it has the virtue of simplicity; even a child can draw it with reasonably good precision, if not accuracy. (I would not be surprised if a similar philosophy is employed when designing effective logos.)
Complicated designs, like those with outlines of continents, should be avoided like the plague.
But like Cadle's, it has the virtue of simplicity; even a child can draw it with reasonably good precision, if not accuracy. (I would not be surprised if a similar philosophy is employed when designing effective logos.)
Complicated designs, like those with outlines of continents, should be avoided like the plague.
Some flags of United Earth that I made:
The top two use the Olympic colors (plus a couple extra to symbolize all the continents) along with the UN flag (bit of a mess of colors though):
The top two use the Olympic colors (plus a couple extra to symbolize all the continents) along with the UN flag (bit of a mess of colors though):
^ 21 down is my favourite. Very nice!
These are more or less the only workable ones. I quite like n.3, personally. N.4's shape is intriguing, but blue over green is awful.
I was going for a play on Brazil's flag with that last one, and Number 3 was a modification of the EU flag.
If you (or anyone else) want to mess around with the colors and designs to make them more to your liking, go for it.
If you (or anyone else) want to mess around with the colors and designs to make them more to your liking, go for it.
On behalf of all gays, we pick this one.
Or maybe this one, a play on the EU flag.
We could make the background green, so the Muslims would be happy.
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Well, Brazil would make a good Earth's flag (without the equatorial scroll and southern stars). Apparently, someone beat me to it.
In general, I prefer flags that use the Rule of tincture: "metal (i.e. white or yellow) should not be put on metal, nor colour (i.e. any other colour) on colour". Heraldic silliness aside, it's a good rule of thumb, as it makes for easily recognizable (and usually aesthetically pleasing) flags.
In this case, going for alternative colours, I would try something like this:
(Moon more or less in scale with Earth, and the gold and purple more as symbols of age and nobility than actual naturalistic colours.) I'm not completely happy with it (especially with the positioning of the moon) but I'm too tired to see straight right now. Feel free to try different combinations!
I like the multi-flag of Earth entities and world colonies posted by T’Girl on Page 2. Not because it’s aesthetically pleasing but because it reminds me of this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hdiuRMK3UQ
I liked the gay UN flag better when it was China's 1912 republican flag. 
I also like the one where Habsburg Japan has taken control over Earth.
In seriousness, I sort of like T'Girl's multicolor EU flag, although I generally find the astronomical ones the coolest for some reason (which is aesthetically odd, since flags with mere geography are the lowest of the low).
I also like the one where Habsburg Japan has taken control over Earth.
In seriousness, I sort of like T'Girl's multicolor EU flag, although I generally find the astronomical ones the coolest for some reason (which is aesthetically odd, since flags with mere geography are the lowest of the low).
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