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I need help making a Coat of Arms for my Nation

Firstly, I'm not making coats of arms for anyone else. Sorry. Don't use any of those generator websites, they suck.

This page has a delightful assortment of vectorized elements. I use Inkscape to put them together. You can use any vector program, such as Adobe Illustrator.

The shields are listed under "escutcheon shapes." Some have a transparent gradient shape. Put one on top of the shield design to give it a cool 3-D look. Remember that heraldry has certain rules. You can find them here.
 
Oh god, these are SO low Definition. This huge crown is like only 1 KB, if I put them together they will look like flashy crap. How did you do yours?
 
Sytarenne:
Oh god, these are SO low Definition. This huge crown is like only 1 KB, if I put them together they will look like flashy crap. How did you do yours?
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I think you fail to understand vector graphics. Just because they take up a small amount of space doesn't mean they're low definition. :P In fact vector files can be infinitely scaled up.

Technically they don't have a "definition," "resolution," or "quality." They are really text files which specify shapes that can be rendered at any scale, not pixels.
 
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