Mistakes to Avoid when Designing a Flag
by Kevin Smith AuthorCreating
your own custom flag is a unique way to advertise your business. However,
deciding to take on the task of designing it yourself, instead of leaving it to
a professional, can be disastrous if you don't know what things to avoid.
Colors
One
huge mistake non-professionals make when designing a flag is choosing the wrong
colors. You can't just choose two bright colors and be done with it. The colors
need to go well together so your flag is noticeable.
Not
only that, but the colors need to have enough contrast. Choosing two colors
that look good together is thankfully simple enough. You just need to trust
your eyes. Contrast requires a little more work. You'll have to create a mockup
of your flag and then use a photo editor (you can find plenty of photo editing
websites that will work just fine) to change it into grayscale. If you can
still easily tell the colors apart, they contrast well enough.
Details
You
should avoid having too much detail. It's tempting to put in a bunch of
pictures or a lot of text that gives more detail about what the flag is for.
But that will overcrowd the flag and make it hard to read.Text should be large
and simple. One or two vital words is plenty of text. There should only be one
or two pictures on the flag as well. If you have a logo, that should be
perfect. Logos should be simple yet recognizable pictures that can be seen from
a distance, which is exactly what you want.
A
simple arrow pointing in the direction of what your flag is for is acceptable
as well. Try to either pick one or the other. You should be trying to keep it
as simple as possible.
If you're still unsure about
designing custom flags,
look around for inspiration. Find flags that you think look good. Identify the
elements that you think makes them good flags and use that as inspiration. And
look at bad flags and figure out what why they don't work. Then do the opposite
of whatever they did. Do that and your flag should look great.
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