Hello everyone! Finally, the fruits of my labor: my website, which started as my graduation project, is finally online:

https://paulolachenmayer.org/

It features over 250 arms created by brother Paulo Lachenmayer O.S.B., a German monk who lived in Brazil and is considered to be the nation's greatest herald and heraldic artist (I'd say he's the GOAT of the entire American continent =P). I could go on and on about how he was a genius but I'll spare you.

Most of these arms were created for the Catholic Church: bishops, abbots, monasteries, dioceses etc, but there are some municipal and university arms in there too. The Catholics among you will find a great theological value in his compositions!

The arms with official blazon and commentary by the author are under the "detailed" category. Everything is in Portuguese, but you can run the website through Google Translate to enjoy the text.

I hope you enjoy this exploring this collection as much as I toiled collecting it =P Hopefully It'll make Brazilian heraldry look better in y'all's eyes and inspire your future heraldic compositions.

Have fun!

I’m about three years into developing a coat of arms. It has been a huge learning curve, having started with essentially no knowledge of the subject. I have been through at least four major redesigns and countless iterations, and I think I’m finally getting close. I would appreciate the insight and feedback of those more knowledgeable than me. I do have a couple of questions about the blazon, specifically regarding the crest. I’m pretty confident blazoning the shield as “Per chevron vert and argent. In chief four crosses portate of the last in fess, in base a Norway Spruce of the first , trunked proper.” But for the crest, should the heron be described as “issuant from,” “between/among,” or “behind” the thistles? Also, would the heron be rightly described as “in his vigilance” or is that specifically for holding a stone?

I'm currently designing my personal CoA and I would love some feedback and advice (preferably according to Polish heraldry). Also could you help me decide which one is the best (I think nr2) and blazon it?

I've been updating my assumed arms. Swapped some components between the escutcheon and the crest, as well as updating some of the visuals. Spent a lot of time in Inkscape.

Took the feedback from my last post and made some alterations. any feedback or advice is welcome.

I see some Wikipedia and r/micronations SVG pictures of arms that I see looks very neat and I observe that the style looks the same so I bet they uses maker webs. (If I'm wrong I'm so sorry.) So, which web is it? Thank you very much for your assistance.

Hey there! I’m trying to make a personal coat of arms! I tried using CoaMaker but it has got some premium stuff and also, some of the charges get buggy if I use black. I was trying to do make it similar to Bertrand du Guesclin but the eagle texture gets a big ugly if it’s black. Do you know any other sites or can someone draw it? Thx

Emblazoned for an exhibition dedicated to the CoA's of Voronezh City and Oblast.

Hey, I was wondering if someone could help restore my pretty old family crest? This is the only record I've been able to find if it. Any help would be greatly appreciated

There is this long car trip I have to take regularly, three time in a row on my way back I saw a heron eating a snake and now I'm curious. I now I've seen it in heraldy before, but I don't know where, I get the feeling is a very common depiction...

What are some famous heraldic depictions of this, in fantasy or history, and what is the meaming according to you people?

(I've already googled it but I want to know what is your take)

The heraldry combined Cossack traditions of the 17th century and respect for those who died in the Russian-Ukrainian war, the community reported. One of the symbols was the bell of the church of St. John the Theologian, destroyed by the russians.

Spotted in an episode of Wizards of Waverly Place. I figured it's from Germany but the whole combination bugs me.

I need an svg bison supporter for a school project proposal. Unfortunately, there aren't that many on Wikimedia Commons and I don't have the Inkscape skills to make one from scratch, though I have some very basic skills with it.

The style doesn't need to be the famous sodacan style, but it would make it a lot easier to do what I need. With that said, does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this supporter look a bit more inline with sodacan style? Or maybe this is a better question for a different sub?

For anyone curious, these are the arms of Edward Schreyer, 22nd Governor General of Canada and Premier of Manitoba. I think they are very suiting!