Flags are used to represent languages visually (though a web-search can show that plenty of people are against it (a point of view which I disagree with)), but we can't use a country's flag to represent the Dragon Language of TES, because it is not the primary language of a country (ficticious or otherwise), nor does it originate from any specific country. In short, the Dragon Tongue is not associated with any image, be it fictional or otherwise, as is Klingon:

 This is an issue of quite a few constructed languages, but they can simply construct images that represent the language, like Toki Pona and its image:

So here's my question, and my challenge:

What image shall we use to represent this language?

I want us to create such an image. If it were up to me, I'd have lime-green "D" on a black background ("D" for "Dov" and colors because they are awesome)(but the "official" flag shouldn't use Bethesda's font, in fear of copyright). Like this:

I can't assume that anyone would take a liking to my idea, so what do you guys think that it should be? Remember, the goal of this thread is to reach an agreed final design, and for it to be used.

My sincere apologies if this has been discussed before.

 

 

EDIT: Here's the best icon that we have so-far:

I think we'd probably want a rune A, since that is also what the site uses. As for colours, it seems logical to me to make them stick to the grayish theme of Skyrim. If that would look too depressing, I'd root for black letters on a spring sky blue background.

paarthurnax

In my head, my ideal flag is a silver D in a dark gray diamond.

What if, in the stead of a diamond, a cartoonish word-wall was used?

Hello I am very intrigued by this project and would like to help, you see I am a Vexillologist (Flag Designer/Studier) I design flags for fun and would like to offer my services, here is my deviant art page http://achaley.deviantart.com/

Here are some quick mockups I threw together:

The first set is the diamond flag, one with the official D and one with the official A. I think the D works better.

I played around with a custom character and liked what I came up with, so the rest of the flags use a simplified D rune.

I liked the Word Wall-like idea, so I made a flag that's concave like a wall, and an alternate version with black on the bottom to give it some depth. I then did flat versions of those too.

I assume that this is for Memrise?

Ahmuldein

I assume that this is for Memrise?

It's for general use, so yeah, also memrise. It's an image to represent the language, kinda.

here is my go at a dovahzul flag its symbol i combination of the symbol for D and Z the incials for Dovah-Zul the colors red and white represent fire and the sky

http://sta.sh/01cq7ei8lbrv

LordRorek

here is my go at a dovahzul flag its symbol i combination of the symbol for D and Z the incials for Dovah-Zul the colors red and white represent fire and the sky

http://sta.sh/01cq7ei8lbrv

Sorry, but it just looks like a Z with a dot on top; it doesn't make much sense, visually. It'd be best to stick with actual letters.

I do like paarthurnax's concave icon, but if I can get to a suitable computer, I may try my hand at making a backing that looks a bit more like a word-wall, just to show how I imagine it to look.

How's this?

It's just a quick conceptual piece. I'm not sure if you can see it well on this dark back-ground, and I should have outlined the whole wall (it would look better, trust me), but here it is. I think that the wall should be more of a stone colour, and the "D" should be darker because of it.

hiith

How's this?

It's just a quick conceptual piece. I'm not sure if you can see it well on this dark back-ground, and I should have outlined the whole wall (it would look better, trust me), but here it is. I think that the wall should be more of a stone colour, and the "D" should be darker because of it.

Christ, that looks sexy. I'd go with a little less glow though, it's a bit overkill.

I like the shape of both the flag and the letter. The glow really doesn't do it for me, though. I'd say remove it altogether or replace it with either a solid outline or a shape, like a circle or a diamond (the letter will have to be smaller). I'd also remove the two white stripes. I don't think they're necessary.

Here's some adjustments:

^Plain wall

^with diamond

^with lines

^with dark lines

^light lines and diamond

I say that we keep the line; it differentiates between it being concave vs. convex (i. e. outward-facing scroll vs. inward-facing wall). I didn't include the glow here, but if I can find a good way to lessen it, then it might be good to keep. I also don't really think that a diamond is necessary; it doesn't really add any meaning nor is it needed visually. The one with dark lines seems the best to me, and it could be made into an SVG file, which would be ideal.

What do you guys think?

Wow, these look really nice, hiith. I actually don't mind the lines in any of the above. I like the version with dark lines best.

I made a version with a black diamond and blue rune just to see what it would look like. I still think I like it without the diamond best.