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Thanks so much Michael, and I'm glad you enjoyed the tail-end of the American plates! Unfortunately, I don't think European plates are on my radar as I don't have too much of a vested interest in designing for Europe (as someone who's never been there) Nice catch there! I did deviate from Florida's normal stickers because of the visibility concerns about having a black-on-yellow sticker on top of a yellow background I really appreciate your kind words there! I'm glad that my efforts to give each jurisdiction an accurate and appropriate plate paid off As cool as an African series would be in terms of designs, I personally don't have too much of an interest in designing plates outside of North America --- After a month-long hiatus from design work due to my move to Oregon, I'm back to start off my Canadian license plate redesigns! ALBERTA My Alberta design revives the jagged, retro wordmark that the province used on their license plates from 1984 to 2019. Complementing the angles of the wordmark is an abstraction of the mountains of Banff National Park, with each “peak” shaped like a map of Alberta. The provincial coat of arms serves as the serial divider. --- I've only been to Canada twice in my lifetime, so I don't know too much about the Canadian provinces aside from what I learned in J.J. McCullough's YouTube videos. As I've done with the American plates, I'm opening up the comments to any design suggestions for any of the remaining 12 jurisdictions in Canada Looking forward to this (relatively) quick series!

I think it'd be cool to do other countries as well. Thanks so much! I do have plans of making Canadian plates, but those will have to start next month (at the earliest) because I'll be busy in the coming weeks. As far as other countries are concerned, the most I might be willing to do is my homeland of the Philippines The dots in the i's of the Wisconsin wordmark are already wheels of cheese. I like the use of the current shields. Especially for something traffic related. Thanks so much! I'm glad that someone finally caught on to the renewal stickers! I wanted to make sure that those and the serial fonts were as accurate as possible, right down to the sticker colors I have heard of the history behind the Wisconsin state highway shields, and it does make for an interesting design. I kept the cheese to the dots on the "I" to keep the cheese references subtle --- COMPILATIONS ALABAMA - KENTUCKY LOUISIANA - OKLAHOMA OREGON - WYOMING You can also read all about these plates on my Behance page! CALIFORNIA: https://www.behance.net/gallery/138247417/United-Plates-of-America-PART-ONE ALABAMA - MISSOURI: https://www.behance.net/gallery/138654139/United-Plates-of-America-PART-TWO MONTANA - WYOMING: https://www.behance.net/gallery/143973585/United-Plates-of-America-PART-THREE --- It was a real pleasure to work on this series, and I'm really glad it's gotten a relatively positive reception. To get some "local" insights and suggestions about certain places, I consulted several people to help me out on this project. A HUGE shoutout to @raysox, @DCarp1231, @NicDB, @stumpygremlin, @CDCLT, @tBBP, and @TenaciousG for making sure these designs are as authentic as I can make them --- As far as what's next, I am thinking of going through Canada's plates! That'll have to wait a month or so, though, so enjoy these 56 plates in the meantime

Thanks so much for helping out with Wisconsin, and I'm glad you liked it! I'd never seen that Something Special from Wisconsin logo before, and it's such a fun coincidence! --- Last but not least! WYOMING My Wyoming license plate is heavily inspired by a fictional Wyoming sports logo designed by Jordan Grimes, which features colors from the Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park. The hot spring motif is combined with the mountain scenes featured in previous license plates, and the red border and shade of blue is taken from the state flag. The historic bucking bronco used on Wyoming plates since 1936 remains. --- Compilations coming up a little later!

WISCONSIN At the request of @NicDB, I eliminated the state’s longtime “America’s Dairyland” slogan to reflect Wisconsin’s urbanizing population. Inspired by the 1998 Sesquicentennial license plates, my redesign combines several Wisconsin landscapes: dairy farms, the Apostle Islands, and the Milwaukee skyline. The wordmark is inspired by an optional plate design and contains two truckles of cheese above each “I”. The serial divider is inspired by Wisconsin’s unique state highway shields and the state’s motto is found at the bottom.

I think it's in the center of the salish art "cell" just to the right of the whale. The blue shape has a little notch out of the top right, like an abstract shape of the state. That is correct! An abstract map of Washington can be found to the right of the whale Thank you very much! It took me a little longer so I can get the details just right, and I'm glad it paid off! Thank you so much, I'm happy you enjoyed Washington! Funny you mention sparky's Battle of Seattle thread; I actually skimmed through that entire thread to gain some Salish design inspiration for my license plate! I did try to keep eastern Washington in mind for the design but honestly, I think the mountains would help represent them in this design. I'm glad you think it represents the rest of the state very well, though --- WEST VIRGINIA The main focal point of my West Virginia license plate is the New River Gorge Bridge and is depicted like the state's optional "Scenic" license plate. The mountainous landscape of the state is represented by a smoky sunrise over the Appalachians. The "Almost Heaven" tagline above the state name is a reference* to "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, which cemented West Virginia into music history. *Referencing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was inevitable with this one --- Two more states left!

Thanks so much! I definitely agree with you there, and I much prefer the original version of the Rainier plates over the current ones. Lucky for you, I also thought it was weird that the Evergreen State doesn't have any green on its plates... --- WASHINGTON My Washington license plate redesign is based on the landscapes and the indigenous Salish art (which also inspired the region's sports identities) found in the Pacific Northwest. Hidden in the illustration is the Space Needle, a whale, and a map of the state. A script state name is a reference to a prototype Washington license plate from the 1990s and the placeholder logo for Seattle’s NHL team.

VIRGINIA Virginia has a unique history of black license plates, so I decided to combine that history with the state’s current tourism campaign with its unique black, white, and red color scheme. The typography for the state name is inspired by the optional George Washington Bicentennial plates and the shape of the black “box” is inspired by the colonial architecture seen in Mt. Vernon and Monticello.

Thank you so much for your kind and insightful words! I'm glad you've really enjoyed the series, and that really means a lot to me I've always known that Mount Rushmore was controversially sculpted on Native land, but I never knew about the non-presidential proposal for Mount Rushmore! I really wish I could recreate a president-less Mount Rushmore for you, but it doesn't look like there were even prototype sculptures built without the presidents; all I was able to find was this illustration unfortunately --- VERMONT Vermont’s timeless green license plates are updated with a forest gradient reminiscent of the state’s namesake Green Mountains. The thirteen stars from the Green Mountain Boys flag make its license plate debut in the lower-left corner of the plate. At the request of the Vermont DMV themselves (the only time so far that a DMV account actually responded to a plate concept!), I changed the treescape from evergreens to sugar maple trees

It's official for the Padres:

UTAH Here's the direction I think the Utah Jazz should have taken with their black/yellow redesign The beehive is an important symbol for Utah, so my license plate redesigns are based around a hexagonal honeycomb theme. The beehive seen on state highway shields and used on license plates from 1975 to 1978 returns as the serial divider. Replacing the Delicate Arch optional plate is a honeycomb representing the state’s two distinct landscapes: the snowy peaks of northern Utah and the red rocks of southern Utah. At the bottom is a quote that is attributed to Brigham Young’s first sighting of the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS My redesigned license plate for the U.S. Virgin Islands is a return to the yellow “Our Islands, Our Home” license plates last used from 2000 to 2005 and retains the map of the territorial islands that have been seen since 1994. The bottom of the plate references the many coral reefs seen in the territory, and the colors are taken from the official madras design for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Y'know, you're totally right! A revised Tennessee license plate can be found later on in this post, and thanks for the feedback! That was actually intentional! I didn't want the stars to clash with the rest of the design, so I made sure to make them subtle. I did lighten them up just slightly, though: --- Before I proceed with Texas, here are some more edits to recent plates! A friend of mine suggested that I make an alternate South Dakota plate that features the Sitting Bull Monument instead of Mount Rushmore, so here are the two South Dakota plates: As for Tennessee, I wasn't fully satisfied with the version that I put out. So in addition to "Soundtrack of America" tweaks suggested by @jzn110, I also changed the vertical blue bars at each end of the "sheet music" to light gray so that there's a little more breathing room in the design: --- TEXAS For a place with as much state pride as Texas, I wanted to go for a simple and bold design based on the Texas flag. The flag striping pattern is based on one of the finalists for Texas’ 2009 license plate redesign, and the slab serif font is reminiscent of the wordmarks that the Texas Rangers used from 1972 to 1993.

Ahh, I see! Good to see you again after all these years! --- TENNESSEE ORIGINAL DESIGN WITH BLUE SIDE BARS: My Tennessee redesign plays off the state’s “Soundtrack of America” tourism slogan with a design that honors Tennessee’s contributions to country and blues music.A country music-inspired wordmark is placed above an abstracted map of Tennessee. Inspired by the horizontal lines in posters created by Nashville’s legendary Hatch Show Print, horizontal sheet music lines form the background of the license plate. The colors and tri-star roundel from the state flag make an appearance.

Thank you very much! It was so tempting to go the easy route with South Carolina and give its plate the 2009 Indiana plate treatment, but I'm glad you like how the nighttime scene ended up! Glad you like Florida, and welcome to the forums! I do remember hearing about the Miami-Dade county sticker situation once! I totally understand your point, but I've been going with the most populous county for any state with county-based stickers or numbering just for simplicity's sake. If it were to be implemented in real life, I'm sure Miami-Dade stickers wouldn't exist! --- SOUTH DAKOTA Every South Dakota license plate since 1952 has had an illustration of Mount Rushmore. To differentiate my redesign, I decided to add references to the native Sioux tribes: the background is a blue gradient stylized like a Sioux star quilt, and the Sioux name for the state is listed at the bottom. The shades of blue are inspired by the state flag, and the star dividers from 1976 to 1986 make a return. --- Ten more jurisdictions left!

Work has been extremely slow this week, so I'm able to breeze through the states! SOUTH CAROLINA My South Carolina license plate depicts the state flag as a nighttime beach scene, with the crescent moon lighting up a single palmetto tree and the Atlantic Ocean. There are 46 stars to represent the state’s 46 counties; 8 of the stars are slightly larger to represent South Carolina being the 8th state in the United States.

RHODE ISLAND This simple design for Rhode Island features the state flag for the first time in its license plate history, with the stars rearranged so that the anchor is more prominently featured. Some finalists of the 2022 Rhode Island redesign contest feature the waves from the current license plate, so a sublimated wave pattern is seen in the background.

PUERTO RICO The color scheme for my Puerto Rico license plate is based off of the pre-American Puerto Rican flag from 1895, which uses a lighter shade of blue than the current one. Flag elements are used to portray a beach scene, complete with a sand-colored gradient. The wordmark is inspired by street signage in old San Juan and is inside a bomba skirt, referencing the traditional Puerto Rican music and dance style. In the middle is a traditional Taino coquí symbol, representing the island’s symbolic frog.

PENNSYLVANIA This license plate for the Keystone State depicts the keystone on a structural arch for the first time in license plate history. The arch has a brick center to represent the colonial-era architecture of Philadelphia and eastern Pennsylvania. Steel beams form the outside of the arch to represent the steel industry of Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania (including a wordmark inspired by steel I-beams). Blue and gold have been on the state’s license plates since 1923, so those colors remain. An alternate license plate commemorates the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence with a patriotic color scheme.

I'm super excited about this plate for the state I'll be calling my new home in a few months! OREGON Although Oregon’s current douglas fir license plates have become iconic to the state, I decided instead to tweak the retro license plates that I ended up loving on a recent trip to Oregon. Originally used from 1955 to 1973, my modernized gold-on-blue plates feature the beaver from the back of the Oregon state flag and the wordmark from Travel Oregon. A sublimated wood pattern references the state’s vast forests and love for the outdoors.

Same for me Re-linked the image, so Ohio should show up for y'all here now!

Thanks so much!!! Glad it's approved by an Ohio resident The red/white/gray Ohio plat you're talking about definitely grew on me through the years; I really liked how simple it looked from far away, and I always thought of the triangle thing at the top as an abstract Ohio lakeshore map Glad you're enjoying the series, my friend! Hawaii is definitely one of my favorites in the series --- OKLAHOMA The centerpiece of my Oklahoma license plate redesign is the return of the state flag shield previously seen on the state’s plates from 1990 to 2017. Similar to the flag and the current license plates, the background is light blue in color. The sunburst design is inspired by the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2018-19 City Edition jerseys, which were themselves inspired by Native American art. A flowy serif font is inspired by Oklahoma’s 1982 sunset license plates.

OHIO Ohio's newest license plates are honestly such a trainwreck, so here's my simple remedy! After a series of very cluttered license plates in the 2010s, I decided to keep it simple for my Ohio redesign. This red-based plate focuses on the uniquely shaped Ohio state flag, which adorns either side of the Ohio wordmark like one of the concepts for Ohio’s 2013 license plate redesign. The map from Ohio state highway shields serves as the tittle for the “I” in the wordmark. Despite the 2021 plates having flat-screened numbers, I decided to re-emboss these plates for my redesign.

Thanks so much! I'm glad you like 'em! (Personally, I really like how Nevada turned out in the end!) --- Finally finishing through the long list of the N's (nine total!) NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Located east of the Mariana Islands is Mariana Trench, the deepest trench on Earth which goes down to 36,000 feet in depth. Inspired by MacOS’s depiction of the submarine Monterey Canyon, this design shows off the dark depths of the trench. The latte stone (used as ancient Chamorro building stones) and star from the territorial flag serves as the divider, and the territory name is listed in the native Chamorro and Carolinian languages.

Glad you like it! Thanks for all your suggestions, and I'm happy that it's approved by someone from North Carolina! I was honestly surprised to learn that y'all have had the same exact plate design since 1982 Thank you very much! I wanted to make sure that the New York plate was simple yet effective --- NORTH DAKOTA Despite its presence as a slogan on North Dakota license plates since 1958, visual elements of the International Peace Garden have never been featured on the plates! The main focal point of this plate is the garden’s Floral Clock, which depicts the bison and features the prairie rose, the North Dakota state flower. The clock is set at 11:02 to represent North Dakota’s statehood date of November 2, 1889. The bottom half of the plate combines the layout of the garden with a patchwork of agricultural fields, and the green and gold are taken from the North Dakota coat of arms.

NORTH CAROLINA The main focal point of this license plate is the typography for the state name, inspired by the plates used from 1939 to 1941 as well as serif, pirate-style type that references the coast’s history of pirates. At the upper left corner is a rendition of the Wright Flyer in the shape of North Carolina. At the bottom is a coastal dune landscape that rises to the Blue Ridge Mountains to represent the diverse landscapes of the state. Shoutout to @CDCLT for the North Carolina advice in the making of this plate; there was definitely some artist's block involved