Weird question, but...

Just out of curiosity...
I've noticed some members' icons have coats-of-arms. As someone who is interested in Heraldry (I'm SCA), can I ask...Howdjamakem?
:lol:
-Chance

ChanceArgo wrote:

Just out of curiosity...
I've noticed some members' icons have coats-of-arms. As someone who is interested in Heraldry (I'm SCA), can I ask...Howdjamakem?
:lol:
-Chance

For most of us (excluding Bishop Justice) I made them using a combination of Jedi symbology, traditional ecclesiastical blazons and the individual persons coat of arms.

Please allow me to re-phrase; what I meant to ask was, was there a special program/software you used to design it?

ChanceArgo wrote:

Please allow me to re-phrase; what I meant to ask was, was there a special program/software you used to design it?

PhotoShop

and a little Illustrator too.

I wanted to comment, i love you avatar ChanceArgo, it's soooo cute.

Photoshop and illustrator? Aha.
(Two programs about which i know nothing. LOL)

Innocence_Lost, I'm glad you like it. Cat macros rock, don't they?

MTYFBWUA,
-Chance

Mine is actually my family coat-of-arms I loaded from my computer. I have a better version hanging on my wall, but the core (colors, sword, and balances) are the same.

Okay, Rev. Justice...lemme see if I got this...

Azure, a Pair of Scales balanced on a sword palewise bladed argent, within a bordure Or.

-Well, that's how I'D blazon it. Am I close?
-Chance

Yes, you are correct. Azure is another word for blue and Or is yellow. The sword stands for military achievements and the balances for the office the surname stood for. Members of my family have always been part of the military down through time. I've been able to trace my linage back to the first crusade, after that, the record disappears. I actually have a family member from the first crusade that is buried in Istanbul, Turkey.