Coat of Arms - Order of the Couch

[theoldwolf]

Much back-and-forth over at The Confusion Couch about a coat of arms, a motto, something that will represent our camaraderie and flights of fancy.

Bmonk has given us a crest to work with; his description: "Black shield with a white couch, and a jagged green border. Above the couch a gold star. Green = Pibgorn’s color for her world. Jagged border (“dancetty”) for the dance of the fairies, but also to indicate confusion. Black for the darkness of the confused surrounding the couch, and also for the faithfulness of the couch crew despite being in the dark. The gold star for the “favorites”, but also for the enlightenment that eventually comes to us."

I took the liberty of gussying it up a bit, with a cauldron for a helm, signifying all the good recipes we share, and Pib and Dru rampant, because I like to look at them. So there. No other reason. Motto: Omnes me confundit - "Everything confuses me".

Here's a place to gather together any and all suggestions. No sign-in is required to post a comment. No idea will be considered foolish, or too loony. Comments will be screened, however, and may take until the next morning to become visible if they are posted late in the evening.

Once we have something that everyone is either pleased with or can live with, I'm going to see what can be done about formalizing it.

Ready? Go!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I like what you've got here:
a) Fixed the shape of the shield
b) Re-incorporated bmonk's original, elegant design, reducing the size of the border by about 1/4
c) Repaired the proportions.

I don't care for this... it looks too contrived. Particularly the pot it looks like a photograph, needs to blend with the other art style.
d) Provided an option with a covered cauldron as the helm with a fedora as the crest.

The more devices I try to work in, the more cluttered it looks. II'm thinking at this point, keep it simple. I agree on this too, Why do we have the star? I cannot remember what it has to do with OTC.
I do have a thought about Pib and Dru... Pib has short hair and short plummage while Dru's is all long... it looks unbalanced to me, I'd like to see Pibs hair longer and Dru's plummage shorter.
I'm not crazy about the hat maybe because it is so big perhaps if it were smaller? I like the thought of it being on the cover cookpot possibly... cocked to one side? or in stead of a star... and then again I'm inclined to the chefs hat since we have some incredible cooks....
We must have a couch but how to draw it. Dang Escher for not being a memeber!