Here is the first official emblazon of my arms. I am very happy with the final results and I want to thank Josh for taking the time to make them for me.
Very nice!
Beautiful!
Beautiful design. I bet it will look very striking with metallic silver for the argent portions.
BEAR!
*hides*
I’m glad you’re happy with it Jesse. It was a nice arms to work with, and I’m quite happy with the end result.
Very nice indeed. Well done Joshua.
nice picture
Just in case anyone doesn’t know the symbolism of my arms I thought I would post it again on here.
There is a type of oak tree in Spain (Holm Oak) that is named Carrasca (in Spanish).* So the acorns serve as a cant of my surname.* The three acorns represent the first three generations of the family that lived in America.* The two outside of the chevron are my parents and grandparents who immigrated from Mexico and the one under the chevron is my generation, the first generation to be born in America.* The three acorns also represent myself and my two siblings.* The chevron represents the mountains my family grew up in, both in Mexico and in America.* The bear is for the state of CA where our family immigrated to and we all still reside in.* Bears are also extremely protective of their family.* Lastly, the colors of green, black, and white were chosen because both of my parents, my brother, sister and I all graduated from high schools with these school colors (and we attended three different high schools).*
For the crest, the bear represents my university’s mascot (and current place of employment).* I work with incoming college students helping them get oriented into campus so the compass rose serves as an allusion to my occupation.* It also recalls the Christmas story of the three wise men who follow the star until they find Jesus Christ lying in the manger and therefore serves as a personal moral compass to remind me to always follow my "true north"; do what is right and follow the path to God.* I chose Or for the color because it’s the common color of both universities that I earned my degrees from.
Very meaningful.
Very nice Jesse, I like the symbolism you have for your arms.
The explanation of the symbolism will be valuable for your posterity, to let them know why you chose them; but luckily the symbols themselves are such that descendants can ascribe expanded or even differing meanings, meaningful to themselves, if they so wish, while preserving the visible symbol of family identity and unity. Nice!
Thumbs up from me!
