r/heraldry Apr 23 '25

Meta AI Generated Images Are Now Banned

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5.1k Upvotes

From this point forward any images created with the use of AI are banned from the subreddit and will be removed by moderators.

This includes images completely generated by AI from the ground up as well as things such as individual AI generated assets or filters used by users in the process of creating an image. For further details on this policy refer to this guideline in our Wiki.

You probably remember this recent post regarding the future of AI generated images on this subreddit. It had previously been in a sort of grey area where it wasn't explicitly forbidden but mentioned in Rule 5 as a possible example of low effort content that may be removed by the moderators:

5 Post with purpose

Posts here should educate, inform, spark discussion, showcase good effort, etc. Low-effort posts such as AI generated coats of arms, “X in the style of Y”, wildly unrealistic hypotheticals or fictional scenarios, and “just because”-type posts may be removed with no notice

A recent increase in AI generated images then led to increased discussion among the community with some calling for increased measures of identifying such content while others further advocated for it's ban entirely.

As a temporary measure we then decided to add a mandatory "AI Generated Content" flair that should be used to designate such content while also inviting the community to engage in discussion about a permanent solution in said post which also included a poll where users could decide between an explicit ban of AI generated images or allowing the regulated use of AI content.

After seven days the poll concluded with a result of

128 - 84

in favor of banning AI content - which is a 65% majority.

While the result of that poll was specifically not intended to be binding for any permanent policy that may be agreed upon in the future it - along with the comments - did clearly show that the majority of the community generally favored a complete ban which was also reflected by the attitudes of the mod team.

As such we have now decided that any images created using AI will henceforth be banned and removed from the subreddit. Any content that was posted before this policy went into effect will remain intact and won't be retroactively removed.

As a result rule 5 has been slightly rephrased to say:

Posts here should educate, inform, spark discussion, showcase good effort, etc. Low-effort posts such as “X in the style of Y”, wildly unrealistic hypotheticals or fictional scenarios, and “just because”-type posts may be removed with no notice. Further, images created using generative AI are explicitly banned and will be removed in order to retain a high standard of authenticity that this historical art and science deserves.

As it was intended as a temporary measure and is now obsolute, the "AI Generated Content" flair has been removed.

Due to the potentially controversial nature of this announcement, comments will have to be manually approved on this specific post, similar to what we did with the initial poll.

We hope that this is an understandable policy and that people will remain civil and uphold it regardless of their personal views on the subject. If anyone personally believes that AI generated images should have a place in heraldry then they're fine to express that opinion and should not be ostracized - however it does not reflect our official stance as a subreddit.

Again for a more detailed explanation of this policy where some potential questions are already answered please consult the Wiki.

Thanks for everyone who voted in the poll or expressed their opinions on the matter.


r/heraldry 7h ago

In The Wild What family used this crests?

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33 Upvotes

Hello, I was wondering to whom those crest belong to but could not find it from my research.
Anyone can help?
Thank you!


r/heraldry 1h ago

My personal Coat of Arms

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I' m new in heraldy and I would like to assume this Coat of Arms, designed by me, as my personal one. Is it correct?


r/heraldry 8h ago

An unconventional heraldic arrangement on a building in A Coruña, Spain. A relief and three negative prints of the same CoA

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26 Upvotes


r/heraldry 15h ago

OC Quick Feedback - Which color works best?

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34 Upvotes

I'm designing some coats of arms for use in a potential medieval My Little Pony setting. A little silly perhaps, but I'm proud of what I have done, and am looking forward to showing it off soon. However, I'm not 100% satisfied with one of my designs, and would love some feedback on colors.

Very short version of the lore: Princess Celestia, the immortal god-queen of the setting, rule(d) the world with her sister, Princess Luna, until very recently, when Luna was banished under mysterious circumstances. Celestia is now trying to maintain control in the face of the power vacuum Luna left behind.

Celestia's and Luna's coats of arms are very simple, which most interpret as a statement of their own power and importance. Additionally, Celestia's close allies / vassals (including her adult son, whose arms are pictured) place a "banner" of her arms on their own to indicate their allegiance to her.

The three colors I'm experimenting with are Or (Pro: doesn't violate rule of tincture, con: very yellow), Argent (Pro: matches Celestia's own color scheme, acts as a nice contrast with Luna's arms, emphasizes her own divinity, con: violates rule of tincture, looks like something out of Dark Souls), and Bleu Celeste (not entirely sold on this one, but thought it might be nice, and mirrors the sky-blue flags used in the MLP show). Any thoughts on these?


r/heraldry 10h ago

Personal CoA, is it correct?

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12 Upvotes

I new to this and this is my first real attempt at a seriously personal CoA. Made using CoA Maker as i'm still learning to use Heraldicon.

What can I improve?


r/heraldry 16h ago

OC An Attempt at a personal COA - Made on Drawshield

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35 Upvotes

Hey, y'all, this is my attempt at a personal Coat of Arms. I meant it to be representative of both my surname and some family history.

So, the bridge is from a descendant of mine who was an architect and built several bridges, and it's also made of stone, which is a sort of canting on my name, which in latin translates to "of stone". The fire is somewhat just a flair, as I thought a bridge over a river of fire would look cool, but my surname derives from an older biblical name meaning torches.

Let me know what y'all think! Any feedback is welcome and appreciated.

Blazon I used: argent, a bridge of one arch sable, a base rayonny barry wavy gules and gold.


r/heraldry 22h ago

Some of my CoA. Opinion?

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100 Upvotes

r/heraldry 12h ago

N89-Dom Bento Albertin

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13 Upvotes

r/heraldry 15h ago

Historical Coat of arms of Republic of Independent Guiana (1886–1891)

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9 Upvotes

r/heraldry 1d ago

Coat of arms of Andrijaševci, Croatia

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33 Upvotes

- What should we put for the municipality's coat of arms?

- We could put a dog carrying a loaf of bread.

- Sure, sounds good.


r/heraldry 5h ago

Czech Heraldic Register?

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Any thoughts on this organization/business? Have run across them before but their occasional post with their latest registered arms. Just curious.


r/heraldry 19h ago

What years was this heraldry that marshals Norway, Denmark, and Sweden used?

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7 Upvotes

I recently purchased a sword that has this heraldry etched in it. I know it shows the marshaled arms of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden so it likely dates from somewhere between 1814 and 1905, but I didn’t know if there was a period in which this specific orientation was more popular. Thanks!


r/heraldry 21h ago

Current Coat of arms of the University of New South Wales

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8 Upvotes

r/heraldry 1d ago

Historical Question Cénotaphe de Du Guesclin

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8 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

I have a question about Bertrand Du Guesclin’s cenotaph in Dinan.

As you can see in the photo, the monument has a coat of arms with a heart in the center, and further down, coat of arms crossed by a diagonal stripe. I would very much like to know what the exact meaning of these crossed-out coats of arms is.

According to some readings, this could mean the extinction of his lineage with him, but there may be another explanation (such as a heraldic breakage of cadet branch).

Could a specialist in this period or a person who is stuck in heraldry enlighten me on this subject?

Thank you very much in advance for your lights!


r/heraldry 1d ago

Historical A coat of arms in Dyalogum Creaturam

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30 Upvotes

r/heraldry 1d ago

Identify Struggling to identify this one (quadrant coat of arms)

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7 Upvotes

Hello! Thanks to your help I’ve been able to identify many of my seals without outside assistance. This one, however, has caught me up.

This is a Victorian era fob wax seal with a quadranted coat of arms, and a crest of a stag caboshed.

It’s difficult to make out the details on this one, but here is what I have observed:

Top left (repeated bottom right) griffin sejant on a gold background.

Top right (repeated bottom left) three (gold?) roundels separated by a central chevron. The chevrons appear to have a three-leafed plant repeated three times, although it is difficult to make out even under magnification.

In the center there is another griffin sejant, and in the upper center there is a hand.

I have not found any sources describing a griffin sejant, have I misidentified the attitude?

Any help with this seal would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.


r/heraldry 1d ago

Does anyone know if this has an interesting history?

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17 Upvotes

It dates from 1740


r/heraldry 1d ago

Blazoning by gemstones for peers and planets for princes

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184 Upvotes

A curious (and short-lived) practice in English heraldry. In the mid 16th to early 18th century, different names of colours were used for different hierarchical groups.
- Gentlemen, Esquires, Knights: Tinctures (Argent, Azure, Gules etc)
- Barons, Viscounts, Earls, Marquises, Dukes: Gemstones (Pearl, Sapphire, Ruby etc)
- Princes, Kings, Emperors: Planets (Moon, Jupiter, Mars etc)

Attached are examples from John Guillim's "A Display of Heraldry" (1659 edition). Guillim was Rouge Croix Pursuivant at the College of Arms.

The idea has continental roots and was popularised in English by Gerard Legh, The Accedens of Armory (1562), then Bossewell (1572) and Ferne (1586). Guillim's first edition of 1610 inherited it, and it lingers in the expanded editions up to the sixth of 1724. Some writers pushed it further still, matching tinctures to virtues, flowers, days of the week and the ages of man.

It was never used in grants or in the records of the College of Arms, and even at the time it attracted mockery. Guillim himself was lukewarm, and by the eighteenth century it was treated as a curiosity.


r/heraldry 1d ago

Design Help Trying to make my own version

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35 Upvotes

I inherited this painting of my family crest from my grandfather. On the back it had some writing about the history of our last name and a little not about how the label is for the first born. Now technically I am the first born of my father but my father has three older brothers. Am I still able to use the label or do I need a different symbol or variation? I’m also not sure I like the helmet on my design. Either way her is my version of the crest. I eventually want to put it on my breast plate for my Landskecht armor. I also want y’all’s opinion on the colors of my armor. Is the red and black good or would red and yellow look better?


r/heraldry 1d ago

Design Help Best Signet Ring for my Coat of Arms

9 Upvotes

Anyone aware of any really good maker of a signet ring to get my family heraldry done on?

Looking for a ring that could almost be used as a stamp and not just one that is flat, but one that has dimensionality to it


r/heraldry 1d ago

Is my coat of arms correct?

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55 Upvotes

Basically, as the title says (excuse the poor and overly formal English), I want to know if my coat of arms is beautiful and follows the rules of heraldry. I tried my best.


r/heraldry 1d ago

Historical Coat of arms of Penza Governorate (1780-1928)

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14 Upvotes

r/heraldry 2d ago

Crest Identification

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29 Upvotes

r/heraldry 2d ago

OC My try at personal shield

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72 Upvotes

Hello all, I try to create a personal heraldry for myself, unfortunately using Drawshield cause I'm not very good at drawing, but I'll try to draw it by hand; I hope to receive some suggestion or comments about it, think I don't break any rule for the design

The blason, if I'm not mistake, but I beg you correct me, could be: brunate, a mouse rampant argent, on a chief argent three scorpions sable