Swan Mark

Note: This is only a WIP, I have yet to finish the crest.

I have taken on a personal project of redesigning my Scottish family crest.

My Scottish blood comes through the Lindsay clan, who's motto is "Endure fort" which basically means "endure with strength". I haven't been able to track down what the very original crest looked like, but all designs on the internet work off the same themes.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w1DpdnEdqA8/THu-QjP1u9I/AAAAAAAAAF4/ToTZr4aWmwo/s320/crest_big.gif

What I really wanted to portray in this mark, is strength, pride, and a slight sense of royalty. I have really tried to modernise what the crest was, stripping away a lot of it, leaving only a silhouette of a swan, and a crown in negative space.

Hope you like it!