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I feel like the icon for NAMBLA, which is usually used as a symbol for BL, is meant to look Greek because of the historical association of pederasty with Greece. However, it doesn't make as much sense for GL, so I thought about what could be more specifically connected to GL. Here are a few ideas I'd thought about a while ago, but never really had a context to share:

A Corinthian column.
https://imgdrop.io/image/QZMxW

"The proportions of the orders were by the ancients formed on those of the human body, and consequently, it could not be their intention to make a Corinthian column, which, as Vitruvius observes, is to represent the delicacy of a young girl, as thick and much taller than a Doric one, which is designed to represent the bulk and vigour of a muscular full grown man." - William Chambers

Pink Calibrochoa
https://imgdrop.io/image/Pink-Kiss-Calibrachoa.QZVFT

Some of my own designs:
https://imgdrop.io/image/QZhiE
https://imgdrop.io/image/QZkHK

This was inspired by the waist to hip ratio of girls and young women usually being less than mature adult women. It's meant to be rectangular, but graceful.

Edit: changed from image to links.

I cannot see the images, but only the word "Image". Or is it just me?

FairBlueLove wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:40 am I cannot see the images, but only the word "Image". Or is it just me?

Not just you. Images need to be uploaded as attachments, or shared as links. This is a security feature that prevents IP address harvesting.

I look forward to seeing the designs.

FairBlueLove wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:40 am I cannot see the images, but only the word "Image". Or is it just me?

BLueRibbon wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 1:39 pm

FairBlueLove wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:40 am I cannot see the images, but only the word "Image". Or is it just me?

Not just you. Images need to be uploaded as attachments, or shared as links. This is a security feature that prevents IP address harvesting.

I look forward to seeing the designs.

Changed to links.

This link seems to work. https://imgdrop.io/image/QZkHK

Looks great.

A while ago a friend said the appeal of the pink calibrochoa was to do with how the pigments were concentrated in the center. It puts them out of order of how they usually appear in the MAP flag, but it might help it stand out more. So here's another color scheme based on the flower for the concave rectangle. Personally, I like it best of the three.
https://imgdrop.io/image/Qft8q

Lightie Twinkle wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:58 pm Looks great.

Thank you.