Contest: ENTER May 2016 Art Challenge - Flags!

[B.J.]

Your challenge for May is to design (or redesign) a flag or banner for any of the many governments, groups, entities, or whatever in the Star Trek universe. Many have been shown in the shows and movies over the years, but you're welcome to redesign any of them. Could be a ship, baseball team, planet, species, anything!

Some examples:
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Flags_and_banners
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Flag_of_the_Federation
A few from STVI: Vulcan - Romulan - Klingon (Having a hard time finding the others from this movie!)

Guidance and inspiration:
The 5 Basic Principles of Flag Design - Don't use these as rigid rules, more guidelines.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/

One request, try to avoid a "bedsheet" design, which is just a logo on a solid color flag (basically what the Federation flag is), try to use the entire flag as your canvas. Of course, if it looks good, feel free to ignore this!

Flags and banners should be fun and relatively easy to design, so feel free to submit multiple entries. And I expect to see a lot of entries!

As always, email your entries to ptrope "at" gmail "dot" com by the end of the month, as well as posting them in this thread.

List of previous challenges:

Spoiler: List of Challenges

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Jan 2010 - Metamorphosis - BK613
Feb 2010 - Trek in Winter - Flux Capacitor
Mar 2010 - The Future of Refreshment - B.J.
Apr 2010 - "B"-Movie Poster - ITL
May 2010 - Cheese Factor Eleven - Tosk
Jun 2010 - Animal Kingdom - Starscape
Jul 2010 - Health & Safety - BK613
Aug 2010 - Star Trek Rocks - Ihlecreations
Sep 2010 - Where No "Mad Men" Have Gone Before - Starscape
Oct 2010 - Another Time or Place - neoworx
Nov 2010 - The Captain's New Duds - KNH
Dec 2010 - Locutus's Legacy - Dac
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Jan 2011 - Multiverse Madness - Ptrope
Feb 2011 - Gerry Anderson's Star Trek - Ptrope
Mar 2011 - Kirk, James Kirk - Ensign Ro-
Apr 2011 - Bridging Your Home - Klaus
May 2011 - Freedom! - Vektor
Jun 2011 - Shore Leave! - B.J.
Jul 2011 - Enterprise Support Craft - WinstonSmith
Aug 2011 - Known Unknowns - Morpheus 02
Sep 2011 - There's an App for That - Ptrope
Oct 2011 - Scare Trek - Solarbaby
Nov 2011 - Is That One of Our Ships? - B.J.
Dec 2011 - Sweet Zombie Jesus! It's HUGE! - BK613
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Jan 2012 - Channeling Dr. Cooper - Albertese
Feb 2012 - Good Ol' 21st Century - BK613 / Shawnster
Mar 2012 - That's Not Her Style - Klaus
Apr 2012 - A New Beginning - 137th Gebirg
May 2012 - Arms & Sigils - WinstonSmith
Jun 2012 - Costumes & Uniforms - Venardhi
Jul 2012 - Civilian Life - Albertese
Aug 2012 - Mars! - Ptrope
Sep 2012 - A Great Fall! - The Lensman
Oct 2012 - The Horror of it - The Lensman
Nov 2012 - Just Suppose - Juxtapose! - B.J.
Dec 2012 - Conference Room Inspiration - Ensign Ro-
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Jan 2013 - BREWgineering! - WinstonSmith
Feb 2013 - Cities! - BK613
Mar 2013 - March Madness - Ptrope
Apr 2013 - Beauty and the Beast - Solarbaby
May 2013 - Into Darkness - DAC
Jun 2013 - Turn Off the Dark...ness! - Solarbaby
Jul 2013 - The Unthinkable - Flux Capacitor
Aug 2013 - R&R - Klaus
Sep/Oct 2013 - The Alternative Factor - The Lensman
Nov 2013 - The Spin-Off! - Ptrope
Dec 2013 - A Blue Christmas - Starscape
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Jan 2014 - The Shape of Things to Come - smalltalk66
Feb 2014 - Second Chance - DFScott
Mar 2014 - Memorabilia Magic - Albertese
Apr 2014 - Ancient Legacies - Klaus
May/Jun 2014 - New and/or Improved - Klaus
Jul-Sep 2014 - Sports and Recreation - Ptrope
Oct 2014 - Monster Mash - B.J.
Nov 2014 - Alternative Liveries - Ptrope
Dec 2014 - Off the Rack - Ptrope
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Jan 2015 - In Soviet Russia - The Lensman
Feb 2015 - The Spin-Off/or What Became of Them? - Starscape
Mar 2015 - A Tribute to... - B.J./Ptrope
Apr 2015 - DisneyTrek - Solarbaby
May 2015 - Election Fever - Solarbaby
Jun 2015 - Get your Crayons Out -
Jul 2015 - Sing, Sing, Sing - B.J.
Aug/Sep 2015 - Famous Pictures - 137th Gebirg
Oct 2015 - TAS Remastered - monodox
Nov 2015 - The Lost Model Kits - BK613
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Dec/Jan 2016 - It's Very Cold in Space - Starscape
Feb/Mar 2016 - Back on Civvy Street - Starscape
Apr 2016 - Design Series VI - B.J.
May 2016 - Flags!

 

[somebuddyX]

Not an entry but I made a UFP Flag a while back for a Star Trek project, seen in this image. I think I might have a go at redesigning that as an entry.

 

[Morpheus 02]

Are animated GIFs allowed? A couple of concepts require the illusion of motion

 

[B.J.]

I don't see why not!

 

[Klaus]

Don't forget to send your entry by tonight...

 

[BorgMan]

Here we go!

Starfleet's Marine Corps is called upon when the going gets rough. Their motto, Nox Noctis Est Nostri, Non Vereor Noctem, reflects this prefectly: We Don't Fear the Night, for The Night is Ours. Their mascot is the nocturnal Vulcan Lanka-Gar predatory bird. And while they do prefer working in the dark of night, a single star in their flag reminds them of why they're doing what they're doing: protect the Federation from the shadows, so that others can live in the light.

SFM vehicles also proudly fly with a variation of the arrowhead, mimicking the bird's beak while still being recognizable as Starfleet. Here, a wing of Marine Darts flies over both the flag of the United Federation of Planets and the Starfleet Marine Corps, early in the evening at Earth's Marine headquarters.

Here, marines honor a fallen comrade, giving him a proper funeral in space with the SFM flag on his casket.

 

[Klaus]

...very cool. So is the middle one the entry?

 

[BorgMan]

I'm not sure what the preferred method of presentation is? An image with just the flag, or an "action" render like the middle one?

 

[Klaus]

Whichever you prefer...

 

[BorgMan]

So, um... What happened?

 

[Klaus]

Ptrope will hopefully have the poll up soon, I know from FB he was at a con this weekend.

 

[Finn]

If you mean the poll, it's only the fifth. It's not unusual for Ptrope to take a while to start a poll. Notice how this contest started on the 14th of last month...

 

[Klaus]

...it isn't usually THAT late lol, but he was in sickbay so the inmates ran the asylum.

 

[BorgMan]

Yeah, so... No me? And, well, no "official" answer to my question either. I'm kind of bummed...

 

[Morpheus 02]

Yeah, so... No me? And, well, no "official" answer to my question either. I'm kind of bummed...

Did you sent it in to the right email address? If so, I think it would be fair to ask to re do the poll