Heraldecember

The home of #Heraldecember, the yearly heraldic art & design challenge. Created by @TariToons

[heraldecember]

And once again - now for the fifth time - we kick off a new edition of #Heraldecember! Things are the same as the previous years, but if you need a refresher, please check out the FAQ, and if things are still unclear after that, feel free to drop us a message. Actually, you should check the FAQ either way, because there might be some useful info in there you might not yet be aware of.

This year's prompts are inspired by various famous novels from around the globe.

As a little extra from us, we are providing you with fillable sheets this year. One large poster sized variant for all 31 days, and four separate sheets for easy printing out at home. You can find them attached below the cut. These sheets are of course entirely optional to use.

And with that we wish you happy emblazoning!

[noordzee]

@heraldecember 31 | Cold

This design was actually suggested by my partner @fortheninth for "Apart" but I'd already drawn a lion I really liked, so I saved it for this!

And with that, I'm finished with another Heraldecember! I'm getting better at doing these on-schedule! I had a lot of fun :)

[noordzee]

@heraldecember 30 | Garden

Based on Rebecca Sugar's song Everything Stays, about finding a stuffed animal lost in the yard which had gotten faded after months in the sunlight. It struck them that things can change even when staying in one place. Because it's a childhood story, I made the helm a little felt costume helmet.

[daily-online-deer]

[tarisbackyard]

#Heraldecember 2025 - Day 29: Gold

Per bend Azure and Or, terminating in two ears of barley counterchanged.

https://youtu.be/KLVq0IAzh1A

[noordzee]

@heraldecember 27 | Leopard

The Latin says "Don't Play With Fire."

[noordzee]

@heraldecember 28 | Road

I'm fascinated by medieval pilgrimage imagery, I find it charming how they would collect badges along the way. These aren't based on any actual holy sites, though.

[noordzee]

@heraldecember 29 | Gold

Referencing the phrase "selling shovels in a gold rush," a rather morally dubious but certainly lucrative way to actually profit from one.

[tarisbackyard]

#Heraldecember 2025 - Day 30: Garden

Vert, fretty Or aspersed with roses argent seeded and barbed Or.

[beastlyanachronism]

@heraldecember Prompt: Counterfeit

Last day of the month and I finally had the time and energy to participate in the event! I've only done three of the prompts, but it was very fun. Hope it runs next year too!

[beastlyanachronism]

@heraldecember Prompt: Feast

Well, it had to be Obelix for this prompt!

[tarisbackyard]

#Heraldecember 2025 - Day 31: Cold

Argent, three hazelnuts proper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Wishes_for_Cinderella_(1973_film)

[beastlyanachronism]

@heraldecember Prompt: Leopard

This prompt made me think of Bagheera the panther, so this shield refers to the moment at the very end of The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Bagheera buys Mowgli's freedom back by slaying a bull, and he says this line. It's one of the very few scenes in books that have actually made me cry.

[tarisbackyard]

#Heraldecember 2025 - Day 24: Talent

Argent, an ox rampant Sable, horned, yoked, and ringed Gules, overall a saltire of the last.

[tarisbackyard]

#Heraldecember 2025 - Day 25: Room (for improvement)

Quartered: 1. Bleu Celeste three tulips palewise Or, Rosé, and Gules, stemmed and leafed Vert. 2. Azure, a mullet of six Or. 3. Beige, a clock face Sable. 4. Argent, an apple proper. A chief Vert a badger passant proper. A canton Argent, an airplane bendwise Orange. An inescutcheon Azure, a flame proper.

This hurt to make. Merry Christmas.

[tarisbackyard]

#Heraldecember 2025 - Day 26: Apart

Impaled, the second Or, a heart inverted Purpure.

[noordzee]

@heraldecember 22 | Mandarin

I looked up mandarin oranges and wound up down a rabbithole reading about citrus crossbreeds, which reminded me of elaborately quartered crests for royal family trees. So this is a crest for the lemon's lineage: a pomelo and a mandarin orange make a bitter orange, which is then crossed with a citron.

I'm on vacation, so it's phone photos for the rest of the month!