Heraldric symbols

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Jul 9 2002, 11:41 pm
I figure I've cluttered Design Philosophy enough for the time being, and this isn't a particularly philosophical post, so here I am.

If you had the privelage of establishing a noble house in a feudal European environment, what sort of interesting (by which I mean "easy to draw and represent recognizeably within a very small space") symbols might you use for your family's crest?
Jul 9 2002, 11:52 pm
 
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Jul 10 2002, 1:14 am
Greets.. actually I've already done this in real life and registered it. check http://www.sca.org for some real life Heraldric symbols and exaples.

LJR
Jul 10 2002, 1:24 am
My symbol:


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Jul 10 2002, 3:39 am
Leftley wrote:
I figure I've cluttered Design Philosophy enough for the time being, and this isn't a particularly philosophical post, so here I am.

If you had the privelage of establishing a noble house in a feudal European environment, what sort of interesting (by which I mean "easy to draw and represent recognizeably within a very small space") symbols might you use for your family's crest?

I dunno... maybe an ox and a tree. For no real reason, but they seem appropriate.

Lummox JR
Jul 10 2002, 3:55 am
my symbol, with the family quote underneath

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"kekekeke"
Jul 10 2002, 4:35 am
Some basic field divisions are very easy and go a long way for customizing the look of a heraldic device. Add a few geometric shapes and any ordinaries you're interested in and you have quite a variety, especially if you allow people to mix and match elements.

An old project of mine (discontinued until client eye offsets are implimented) let players pick two charges and three colors for their insignia. From just the 16 charges in the demo, they had 240 possible combinations (barring a player from using the same charge twice). With 216 available colors, that's over 2 billion possible insignia from the simple system pictured below. All that with extremely limited graphic investment in the charges. :)

<font size=-2>Admittedly, you'll never see "azure, per bend sinister vert, a smiley or" in a real heraldry book, but the rest of my charges are authentic! ;)</font>

I used http://www.sca.org/heraldry/primer/ for ideas for shapes, stripes, and divisions.
Jul 10 2002, 4:39 am
In response to Shadowdarke
Admittedly, you'll never see "azure, per bend sinister vert, a smiley or" in a real heraldry book

Ha!