Hello folks,
Thanks for the help getting my membership straightened out.
Now, onto the fun stuff.
I got some great ideas from the previous thread where I posed some questions about ways to pass on arms to my forthcoming little tyke. Thanks to everyone who contributed. I have, more or less, settled on maintaining the shield and coming up with a unique crest for the youngling. I figure that this method would allow for a unique look for the kiddo while still maintaining the familial ties expressed by a coat of arms.
The wife and I have more or less settled on names for a boy or a girl and I have started coming up with ideas for crests for the boy. I was hoping I could share some here and get some feedback/criticisms/suggestions.
I have two basic motifs I’m thinking.
First, and to be honest not my favorite, is a Griffin holding the crest nebulee from mom’s shield
http://i.imgur.com/t3QI6rp.png
Second, the one that has grown on me, is a saltier nebulee either supported on Wings gules or winged itself. Here are a few variations
2A.
http://i.imgur.com/R5WzB1z.png
2B1.
https://i.imgur.com/hjHWbB8.png
2B2. (would be blazoned the same as above just turned)
https://i.imgur.com/YXK9pPG.png
2C.
http://i.imgur.com/AtYIQoO.png
So. what do you wonderful people think? Any and all feedback would be awesome.
What vector program did you use??
FWIW I like the last one
FWIW the first one; though while the kid is little, perhaps a less hostile-looking bird
Medugal;105543 wrote:
What vector program did you use??
FWIW I like the last one
I like the last one too… hmm, i need to futz with the art a bit but I think that one is the best one…
I use an outdated version of Adobe Illustrator that I picked up somewhere for the vector parts but then GIMP because I suck at working with vectors.
Michael F. McCartney;105555 wrote:
FWIW the first one; though while the kid is little, perhaps a less hostile-looking bird
Toh-MAY-toe, toh-MAH-toe…
So it’s a cat-bird (kitty-birdie?) with your wife’s chevron ... even with the furry ears, I still like it better than just the wings with the odd saltire, but that’s just my personal reaction.
If you do go with the wings & saltire, could the outline of the saltire be a little lessbusy/bulky in the center? that is, more like the interior corner of your wife’s chevron?
Toh-MAY-toe, toh-MAH-toe…
So it’s a cat-bird (kitty-birdie?) with your wife’s chevron ... even with the furry ears, I still like it better than just the wings with the odd saltire, but that’s just my personal reaction.
If you do go with the wings & saltire, could the outline of the saltire be a little lessbusy/bulky in the center? that is, more like the interior corner of your wife’s chevron?
Have you considered having the wings with the saltire on them?
"On a vol Gules a saltrie nebulee Argent" or something like that.
mghofer;105561 wrote:
Have you considered having the wings with the saltire on them?
"On a vol Gules a saltrie nebulee Argent" or something like that.
That’s an interesting thought. But I’m having a tough time visualizing what it would look like… Do you know of something similar you can link me to for a visual cue? I’ll tinker with something myself too.
http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/ProjectPics/v291_20070017_arms_KHK.jpg
I think the second one is more illustrative.
mghofer;105732 wrote:
I think the second one is more illustrative.
Oh I do like that… I might need to do some mucking about with something like this