RE: Tips on the US National Insignia
Now that we’ve gotten Mr. Star flying right, we’re going to join him with his insignia family parts. We’re going to build the insignia in phases so we understand the geometry and how the parts go together.
Learning Point 1: The star’s radius is the basis of other part dimensions.
As mentioned before we are limiting our discussion to the geometric relationship of the individual parts that make up the finished insignia. The insignia had parts added through the war, and each part has a dimensional relationship determined by the star’s radius. The star’s radius is key to all of it.
It’s very important to remember how key the star is to the rest of the parts. Note also, that the blue circle and star have the same radius at this stage of the insignia.
Later you will see that the blue circle gets surrounded by a boarder so it appears the star shrinks. But the star does not shrink as the insignia evolves.
We’ll start with the circle…….. then we’ll add the star.