#vexillographer

🌀 vexillographer — a role for alters whose job is to create flags for terms the collective coins.

coined by ran. tagging @radiomogai, @goatgai, @io-archival, @enderluna, and @boygirlpetewentz

already coined? consider this the ranqai version, not an alt flag. 🌀

Now taking commissions for designs for flags or coats of arms for:

Fictional countries, characters, factions, etc.

Organizations

Personal use

Really anything that could conceivably use a flag

My qualifications?

I’m a fucking nerd who designs flags for a hobby

I’m decent at it

If you want your own flag design, send me a DM here or on Discord (@ the-omniscient-tardigrade). Prices start at $10 USD per design, but might vary depending on the complexity of the job.

A selection of my past designs:

It’s about what you’d expect from such an organization. Pretty neutral, with a seal in the middle. The colored stripes feature every main color from the flags of the member states, which is a nice touch. It’s about as decent a flag as could be asked for, all things considered.

However,

over the past dozen-ish years, the EAC has been in talks to unite the members into a sovereign state which would be known as the East African Federation. They planned to have this accomplished by 2023, but a series of setbacks, most notably Covid, slowed down the process significantly, and while they’re still working on it, it’s unclear when exactly the federation will actually occur.

Regardless, while the above flag may be serviceable for an organization, I don’t think it would work on the international stage, and the Federation would need something better. So, I made them one.

This is my proposal:

The blue field remains, with its original symbolism of peace and the Great Lakes. I also kept the stripes idea, but I replaced the clashing colors with eight even white stripes for the eight founding members of the Federation.

The black pointed oval shape is based on the traditional shields of the region, which is seen in the coats of arms of Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, and on the flag of Kenya.