All of us have, at one point, set out to design something interesting on the computer and missed the mark, but this one missed the mark a little more than most:

In theory, the seal of St. Francois County, Mo., has all the trappings of a normal, classic government seal: A bald eagle pictured across a waving American flag, with a Bible, cross, shovel and pickax all encircled by the text "The Great Seal of St. Francois County" and "In God we trust."

But normal, classic government seals do not typically get a lot of attention on social media.

Posted to Reddit's "CrappyDesign" subreddit over the weekend, the modest St. Francois County seal attracted nearly 17,000 upvotes and comments describing it as "free clip-art," "Adobe photoshop free trial" and "strong 'Made in powerpoint' vibes."

I mean, look... not trying to be mean here, but... "free clip-art" is a pretty reasonable assessment of this image:

It's not great.

The comments from Reddit offered some, ah, insightful artistic criticism of the thing:

• In "Clip Art We Trust".
• See people? MS paint can still create work of arts.
• This looks like some kind of meme starter pack
• It's the angle of the eagle for me, going in for the kill lol
• It looks like they're throwing stuff at the eagle

At least the man who designed the seal in 2018, a retired mechanical engineer in his 70s, admits the seal needs some work:

"I've said a 5-year-old kid with a high fever could do a better job than I did," he said Tuesday at the county commission meeting.

The county is now holding a contest to design a new seal.

The parameters of the contest will be announced at the county commission meeting next Tuesday. Although the county is not willing to spend taxpayer funds on design fees, the winner will receive a small prize funded by donations from county officials.

Ideally, Gallaher said, the new seal should include all of the symbols on the current one, along with a new symbol representing the county's many parks. It should also include less of the color red ("It fades too quickly," he said).

Perhaps most importantly, the new seal should be "better than the seal we have now," Gallaher said Tuesday to a round of laughs.

We look forward to seeing the new seal, St. Francois County!

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