Minnesota's state flag, navy with a white North Star on the left and light blue on the right, with a large loon in darker blue rising across the light blue field

Fly the Rebel Loon

Minnesota's state flag with the Rebel Loon rising out of the water. The files are free and in the public domain. Print it, sew it, paint it on your garage, or sell it at a craft fair. You don't need to ask.

Get the files

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PDF is the one to send a printer. SVG is the same artwork for editing. PNG is a big image for everything else.

3x5 Rebel Loon flag

3x5 flag

The standard house flag. 5:3, same proportions as the state flag.

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Vertical 12x18 Rebel Loon garden flag

Garden flag, 12x18

Vertical, for a garden pole. Navy and star up top, with the loon rising toward the star.

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The Rebel Loon: a navy loon with wings raised inside a light blue crescent, with a red star for an eye

The Rebel Loon

Just the loon, on a transparent background. For shirts, stickers, signs, whatever.

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Download everything (.zip)

Use it for whatever you want

I've dedicated all of these files to the public domain under CC0. You can use them for anything, commercial or not, without asking and without crediting anybody. Change the colors or crop it differently if you want.

Getting one printed

Send shops the PDF. It's vector, so it prints sharp at any size, and the SVG and PNG are the same artwork if a shop wants another format. Here's how to order a flag, stickers, or shirts. I'm not affiliated with any shop named here.

Flags

I've ordered from Anley and they've been good. They make custom flags with no minimum order, so you can get just one. For the 3x5, go to their custom flag page and:

  1. Pick 3 x 5 ft.
  2. Pick Double Sided. Single-sided is one layer of fabric, so the back shows the design mirrored.
  3. Pick 2 Side Grommets if your pole has clips or rings, or Sleeve if the pole slides through. Side grommets add a white strip on the left edge, which is the pole side anyway.
  4. Upload the 3x5 PDF and check out.
  5. Watch your email. They send a proof within a few business days, and nothing prints until you approve it.

For the garden flag, use their custom garden flag page. It's already double-sided with a sleeve sewn on above the design, so just pick whether you want a stand and upload the garden flag PDF. Their garden flags are 12.5 inches wide, half an inch wider than the file, so add this to the order note at checkout:

Please scale the artwork to fill the full 12.5 x 18 inches with no white edges.

Anley quotes about 10 business days from order to your door. If you'd rather use another shop, search for custom printed flags and follow the same steps: 3 x 5, double-sided, grommets or a sleeve, upload the PDF, and approve a proof before anything prints. For a garden flag somewhere else, ask them to sew the sleeve on above the artwork instead of folding it out of the 18 inches, so the top of the star stays out of the seam.

Stickers

I've printed Rebel Loon stickers with Sticky Brand, and they came out really good. On their vinyl stickers page:

  1. Pick Custom for the shape. The Rebel Loon file has a transparent background, so they cut right around the bird.
  2. Pick 3" x 3" for a laptop or water bottle, or go bigger for a car.
  3. Pick Matte or Gloss. Both hold up to rain and sun.
  4. Pick how many you want and Standard or Rush production.
  5. Upload the Rebel Loon PDF and choose Receive Proof Before Printing. They email a proof within a day, and you can ask them to adjust the cut line before it prints.

Shirts

Afternoon Printing in South Minneapolis printed the February shirts, so they already know this design. They screen print by hand, and their prices are built around orders of 15 or more, so shirts work best as a group order for a block club, a team, or a bunch of friends. Email orders@afternoonprinting.com with:

  • The Rebel Loon PDF attached.
  • How many shirts, in what sizes, and what shirt color.
  • Where the print goes and how big (e.g. 10 inches wide on the back, or 4 inches on the chest).
  • When you need them. They usually take 10 to 15 business days after you approve the invoice and pay.

The design is three ink colors: navy (PMS 648), light blue (PMS 305), and red (PMS 187) for the eye. It looks best on white, gray, or light blue shirts. On navy or black, the dark parts of the loon disappear, so ask them how they'd handle it. Check your spam folder for their reply. Their site says replies sometimes land there.

Where it came from

Bernardo Anderson, a web developer in Moorhead, drew the Rebel Loon and put it in the public domain in 2026 (FOX 9 has the story). The flag underneath is Minnesota's state flag, adopted in 2024. My part was small: I set the loon into the flag and made files that print cleanly.

Want to give back?

This site doesn't sell anything or take donations. If the flag means something to you, give directly to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, a nonprofit that's provided immigration legal services in Minnesota since 1996. In February, a run of Rebel Loon shirts and hoodies printed by Afternoon Printing in Minneapolis raised $17,700 for them.

Donate to ILCM

Now go hang it where the neighbors can see it.