I doubt anyone cares... Avatar colors off

[stormbind]

Some may have noticed that my avatar has been changing. I keep trying new things and then deciding the images aren't suitable ...

(attempts have been posted in the computer forum)

Anyway, my most recent attempt is based on the King's Colours... and, well, I thought the end result looked German!

Does anyone else share this opinion or am I imagining it?

 

[WillJ]

Isn't that shape the Iron Cross? If so, that explains why you think it looks German.

Cool-looking image, BTW.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Lose the 'Iron Cross' shape and it wont look German anymore.

 

[test_specimen]

I don't think it looks German.

It would be nice to make a petition to raise the avatar format up to 80x80 while keeping the file-size.

 

[CurtSibling]

Putting a black lined-border around the whole thing will save you having to lose Scotland's flag from the design.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I rather like it. But the un-British height/width ratio is reminicent of the iron cross.

 

[stormbind]

Originally posted by CurtSibling
Putting a black lined-border around the whole thing will save you having to lose Scotland's flag from the design.

Does look better that way. I cannot get it down to the 4Kb limit without colour-destruction though. Grr...

 

[SeleucusNicator]

It doesn't look German to me. Scandinavian, perhaps, but not German. That isn't the Iron Cross; it is the wrong color and shape.

 

[Marla_Singer]

It has always amused me that the English crown has as motto : "Honni soit qui mal y pense".

It's funny because :
1- It's in French.
2- It looks like a primary school moral lesson.

 

[SanPellegrino]

Originally posted by stormbind

Anyway, my most recent attempt is based on the King's Colours... and, well, I thought the end result looked German!

any problem with this?

 

[stormbind]

Just that I ain't German, not much anyway

 

[nonconformist]

Stormbind, as a fellow englishman, I must give you a virtual slap.
You have used the Americaised version of the word colour (in American color) in the title! Shame on you!

And and about the whole German thing, Britain has some interesting links with Germany, so it is not all out of place.
To quote Blackadder:

Darling: I'm as British as Queen Victoria!
Blackadder: So your father's German, you're half German and you married a German?

 

[Goober]

It looks fine. Nice and British, wot?

 

[stormbind]

Originally posted by nonconformist
Stormbind, as a fellow englishman, I must give you a virtual slap.
You have used the Americaised version of the word colour (in American color) in the title! Shame on you!

And and about the whole German thing, Britain has some interesting links with Germany, so it is not all out of place.
To quote Blackadder:

Darling: I'm as British as Queen Victoria!
Blackadder: So your father's German, you're half German and you married a German?

Ah, well you see.. the moderator moved this thread and changed the title

Nice quote

RG, well it could be viewed as historical-British or pro-monarchy.

The King's Colours, as depicted, is the (historical) flag of Great Britain and not the UK. It always represented the monarch.

Great Britain no longer exists as a political unit, and the UK has a similar but suitably differenced flag showing lineage only. Today, the King's Colours are reserved for the monarch.

The other symbol comes from the army, I think, but I'm not sure.

I would interpret the avatar as showing intent to defend the monarch which fits my common stance but in any case, it's not a great representation of me. Did I over-analyse it?

Guess I'll keep looking...

 

[stormbind]

Originally posted by RealGoober
It looks fine. Nice and British, wot?

Yours is nice and Canadian, wot?

 

[Goober]

Originally posted by stormbind
Yours is nice and Canadian, wot?

Jolly right, mate!

Eh?

 

[FireBall]

eh... okey...

looks perfectly fine if you ask me.

 

[Archer 007]

Originally posted by Marla_Singer
It has always amused me that the English crown has as motto : "Honni soit qui mal y pense".

It's funny because :
1- It's in French.
2- It looks like a primary school moral lesson.

What does it mean?

 

[test_specimen]

Shame on whoever thinks bad of it, or He is evil who thinks evil of it.