Hats off! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky: Hats off! The flag is passing by." -- Henry Holcomb Bennett
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
God Hates Flags
Uh, oh... We'd better watch out, Michael... the Westboro Baptists are on to us...
It is hard to go wrong with a classic horizontal tricolor, but in this case the truncated width creates a shape that is jarring and unflaglike, resembling a naval signal more than a traditional national banner. Although I like the bold use of yellow, a highly visible color underused in the flags of the world, pairing it with highlighter green doesn't create sufficient visual contrast to really get a payoff from the tricolor format.
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It is hard to go wrong with a classic horizontal tricolor, but in this case the truncated width creates a shape that is jarring and unflaglike, resembling a naval signal more than a traditional national banner. Although I like the bold use of yellow, a highly visible color underused in the flags of the world, pairing it with highlighter green doesn't create sufficient visual contrast to really get a payoff from the tricolor format.
ReplyDeleteMichael5000: D+
Michael: I think just God hates *that* flag. My eyes! It burns!
ReplyDeleteIt's not even reversible. Poor form, Westboro...
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