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American flag inside country map outline

American flag inside country map outline

A while ago I did an article explaining how to create a country’s flag inside its map outline and I used as an example the Australian map and flag. I’ve since had a lot of interest from Australians who wanted to use the image so I thought I’d do one for Americans as I get [...]

May 23, 2008 21 Comments Filed Under: Illustrator, Photoshop
Tagged With: adobe illustrator, american flag, australians, clippingflag, country map, country outline, drop shadow, Google, Illustrator, image search, inside, live trace, map, mask, Photoshop, photoshop document, shadow layer, stars and stripes, vector

Creating a country’s flag inside its map outline

australia-map-flag

Quite often I’m looking for a simple iconic device to represent a country without having to just reproduce the flag alone. So, as you can see above, why not put the flag inside the country’s shape. Also, it’s free! It’s relatively easy to find a country’s flag and shape on the internet and tracing the [...]

October 15, 2007 31 Comments Filed Under: Illustrator
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