Matto ONW Outpost: Vexilolligy - The Various Flags of Stolzonia

Scan of the Hand-Drawn
Double Headed Eagle

This last week I spent primarily working on the design of the Imperial Flag of Stolzonia. After nearly giving up, an idea came to mind of how to properly design the Double Headed Eagle within Illustrator. I started with hand drawing the Eagle, and then scanning it onto the computer to trace it in illustrator, simply using the pencil tool so it would have a more 'natural' look to it, rather than being perfectly round and artificial looking. I eventually ended up completely re-designing the eagle in the centre of the flag, giving it a look heavily inspired by the double headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire. I was highly satisfied with the end result, and also learned a few new tricks about Illustrator along the way as well.

Original Pixel Flag of the Empire of Stolzonia

Holy Roman Empire Eagle

New Version of the Imperial Stolzonian Flag
PNG created from Vector export in Illustrator

I also decided to re-create the flag of the Church of Stolzonia, which has a rather simple design, but wanted to make it into a Vector version as well. I also created several alternate colored versions of the Stolzonian Flag that represent the Five Branches of the Stolzonian Military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Homeland Defense, Logistics).