Creativity is the process of having original ideas which have value. - Ken Robinson

Let's prove that, Ken.

I need some creative help!

It's been 15 years now that I studied Computer Science in Media. At that time I was even able to design 3D animations.

But I got out of practice 😏

I want a nice logo for my blog, so I thought the best way to get one might be to advertise a design competition on steemit.

Graphic Designers on steemit, where are you?

The Design Competition

As we learned in the very beginning of this article, creativity is valuable.

That's why I'd like to organize this pitch as a design competition.

The winning logo will be rewarded with 200 SBD and the most popular with 50 SBD 💰💰💰

These are a lot of doughnuts, so a real sacrifice for me!

If one of your blog posts generated a payout of $200 it would currently bring you on steemit's trending page. So I thought rewarding a creative performance like that would be pretty fair.

Are you motivated?

The rules of the game

1. The creation needs to include the word surfermarly.
2. There are no specific rules regarding coloring, font style or design in general. However, the whole 'world of surfing' should be somehow reflected in the logo. Think about the ocean, the beach, sun, surfboards, etc.
3. Bear in mind that the logo will be the basis for a further logo animation I need for my videos. So think about having a version with a transparent background that might be used in my vlogs.
4. The format needs to be suitable for the usage in any digital medium. If you could provide even a vector graphic, this might be contributive during the selection process. So: mention it! The logo needs to be scalable (300dpi resulution) in any case.
5. The logo needs to be a 100% original creation, NOT including any third party elements (and related copyrights).
6. All proposals need to be submitted by publishing them in the comment section of THIS article. If you want to do a separated blog post to promote your entry, do it! But don't forget to drop the logo here anyways. We need them all present on one page!
7. Of course, other users can upvote the submissions then. However the logo that receives the most upvotes doesn't need to be necessarily chosen as winning creation.
8. If the most popular logo (most upvotes from other users) wasn't the winning logo, I would reward it with 50 SBD. Then the winning logo would receive 200 SBD and the most popular logo 50 SBD. If the winning logo was the most popular, too, the creator would receive the full reward of 250 SBD. So go get your friends voting for you! 😉
9. All proposals have to be submitted until next Thursday 17th of August 2017.
10. The winner will be announced on Monday 21st of August 2017.
11. Once elected the winner, the creator assigns and transfers the full right of use to @surfermarly.

EDIT (10th of August, 9:30 pm UTC): Since I've been asked several times in the comment section: the style needs to be 100% surfermarly. What does that mean? @rubenalexander designed a card for me yesterday that perfectly fits in. So this might be a nice orientation (not a must) for you regarding style/coloring:

EDIT (10th of August, 9pm UTC): In the unexpected event of not receiving any valuable proposal, I reserve my right to not reward any of the participants. Submissions need to meet a professional standard as well as ALL of the above mentioned general rules.

Did I miss something? Do you have any questions? Are you ready?

Well then let's have some fun though!

I'm excitedly looking forward to the results!

Please let me know if you have ANY questions on the contest.

Best of luck to all the participants!

Marly -

Usually I don't ask for resteems, but in this case I'd really appreciate if you shared the article with your friends. The more creatives, the merrier! THANK YOU!!! 😍

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