Brazil's flag isn't very good because it has text in it and the stars make it a bit busy

but

It is very visually appealing and I like it a lot

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@Siphonay I can see some designery ways to redesign the flag of Brazil.

...It'd be ridiculously presumptuous though, because I know nothing of Brazilian culture.

But I could show you PILES of ideas I have for better flags for Seattle and Washington State. :)

@indi guys over reddit.com/r/vexillology are all for just removing the text and the stars

@Siphonay See, yeah, I think the text and stars are probably the important cultural bits, and I wouldn't know how to treat them well; there may be options besides 'remove them'

(Though text on flags is almost never a good idea at all, IMO)

@Siphonay I have a related problem when thinking about a redesign for the flag of my home city; it's named after a local Native leader who is also featured on the flag. Images of people aren't great flag features either but I also don't wanna just erase that.

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