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A black cat stands in an awkward profile pose, on hind legs with one front paw raised and one lowered, looking directly into the camera while holding a small red fluffy toy in its mouth. Caption: Basically, any European coat of arms…

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  • Yamainwitch@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hahah man, styles have changed a lot. Thank you for your informative reply, I’m headed down a Wikipedia rabbit hole 😁

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      1 year ago

      Another consideration is recognizeability and reproduction. When you want hundreds of banners, or maybe even put the image into thousands of metal armors, you don’t want a superrealistic picture.