User blog comment:JERealize/Progress Bar: Issue 016/@comment-1221823-20130704054406/@comment-3483396-20130704055309

Thanks. I used a bit of a flag guide from the early 2000s. They rated the flags of the U.S. and Canada back in 2001, and California received a #13 (not bad, but considering it was a 7/10, it could have been better). I attributed it to the lettering on the flag and the bear image (though iconic, they're hard to draw). I decided to redesign the flag the best I could using MS Paint. I had plenty of original designs, but this was the prototype.