Kill The Messenger
Cover Art and Banner Contest
The Official #Unity4J Campaign Theme Song
“Kill The Messenger” by @jamesgetsit and @v4vapid
You can stream KTM live on Choon as well as on Soundcloud where you can also download the track for free.
Choon
SoundCloud
Be sure also to check out our latest collaboration in solidarity with Julian Assange - "Break Lights"
Purpose of the Contest
- To promote Kill The Messenger and #Unity4J
- To spread awareness of the plight of Julian Assange
- To give the Steemit community and opportunity to participate in the campaign.
We’ve released KTM for free on Choon and Soundcloud but we also plan on releasing the #Unity4J theme song on iTunes and Spotify as soon as possible. Having eye-catching cover art and thumbnail for the track is something very important to us and one of the catalysts for the contest.
When we sat down to pen ‘Kill The Messenger’ we really wanted the song to capture the urgency of Julian’s situation. We hoped we would find some contributions that could capture the essence of the music while also being easily recognizable to people as they peruse their social media feeds.
We think winning design in both categories does that and more.
The Winners
This contest had two categories:
- Cover Art / Thumbnail and
- Social Media Banners / Headers
A purse of 50 SBD to be awarded in each category.
There was also the chance that the same participant and design could win both prizes with an exceptional entry. And this is exactly what has occurred.
The Winner of both categories and 100 SBD total goes to the design team of:
@themonkeyzuelans !!!
Magnifico!
https://steemit.com/killthemessenger/@themonkeyzuelans/esp-eng-diseno-para-unity4j-design-for-unity4j-soundtrack-kill-the-messenger
I encourage everyone to check out their fantastic post detailing the process in which they constructed their graphic design. Congratulations, when we saw this post we knew we had found our winners!!!
We had so many wonderful entries we‘d like to thank all the participants who participated in both contests, thanks you so much for your hard work and effort!
Participants
@jejes @putri12 @yusaymon @thoughts-in-time @palikari123, @wews @ramses.ber @joshuaky @jayboi @thefedora @seveaux @marvel1206 @bifilarcoil @raxxell @themonkeyzuelans
As a token of our gratitude, I will be giving out some BONUS UPVOTES to the following participants.
@jejes, @thoughts-in-time, @palikari123, @putri12, @ramses.ber
who all made outstanding submissions, thank you again!
#Unity4J
The situation is very serious for Assange at the moment, where he likely faces eviction in the days or weeks to come. This is a clear violation of Julian’s human rights and if he is handed over to UK authorities, this is a very dark day for publishers, journalists and for free speech around the world. It sets the frightening precedent that anyone speaking truth to power can have their rights stripped away and be detained without charges.
In the face of such a dire forecast a groundswell of non-partisan support is emerging lead by journalists, activists and organizers. Chief among them the powerful tandem of @suzi3d and @elizbethleavos who have created an army of online activists in a matter of days. The Discord channel jumped from a dozen people to over 1200 after opening the server to the public. This movement is drawing inspiration from history and the Free Mandela campaign that spanned several decades.
People are fighting back.
Fighting for justice.
Fighting for Truth.
Fighting to save Assange.
As Julian has been fighting for truth and justice with Wikileaks for over a decade now, it is now our turn to fight for Julian!
Join us!
I urge you to visit the Discord server and see how you can contribute to the campaign. Only those that are willing to do work and contribute in some way need join.
https://discord.gg/nCZf6v
Otherwise, you can show your support and keep up to date with the latest news and actions by following the official account right here on Steemit.
@unity4j
Liquid rewards or any donations will go to the Wikileaks Legal Defense Fund.
https://justice4assange.com/donate.html
You can also visit the official #Unity4J website | http://unity4j.com/
FreeAssange
Unity4J
Woohoo!!! So awesome to win this contest!
We want to congratulate the rest of the participants @jejes @putri12 @yusaymon @thoughts-in-time @palikari123, @wews @ramses.ber @joshuaky @jayboi @thefedora @seveaux @marvel1206 @bifilarcoil @raxxell.
We have read, learn and understand a lot about this movement to support Assange in the past couple days of design process so thank you for that because all what's happening around it totally worth to know and spread.
Thank you @jamesgetsit and @v4vapid for the opportunity to be part of @unity4j movement this way!!!
You guys did a phenomenal job!! As soon as @v4vapid showed me your submission I was BLOWN AWAY! So well done!!
Thank you so much!
Our main idea is always to blow minds away and looks like we made it! hahaha We really love you guys liked it! Thank you so much! 😁💥
Awesome Graphic @themonkeyzuelans! These two really know how to slam dunk some art challenges!
Incredible work!!! We love it, and thank you for contributing to the #unity4j campaign in this way...just beautiful.
We actually have a small request for you, we would like it if you could add our names into the matrix if it's not too much trouble? @jamesgetsit and @v4vapid is that possible? If you could do that for us it would be very much appreciated!
Thanks for showing us the process as well, I haven't commented on your original post yet, so we could build up the suspense a little, but really intricate stuff! You two are very talented! Where are you from?
Following you now, and once again thank you for this very special piece! Fantastic!
Of course we can add your names on it.
Do you want it on the white corrupted code like the #unity4j white tag or do you want it on the blue binary numbers?
We would rather to do it on the white code like the tag because that way would be more visible, it is on first sight and also it's not on perspective like the blue one, that perspective would make the names a little hard to read. But I'll do whatever you think would look cool 😁
Do you want this change in all the banners?
Do you want us to update our post or just drop the image here?
Sorry for the bunch of questions 😜
I think the white would be best to make it more visible, for sure!
I don't want to make a ton of work for you two but we would love to have it on the banners as well. Hope that's not too much to ask. You can drop them in the comments here or in the post, whatever's easy.
We're so excited to put out the banners once they're ready! Thank you, this is really a gift :)
That won't be a problem. We'll do it asap an will comment here with the images 😁
Amazing work!
Congrats! your work is amazing :)
Felicidades muchachos. Sabía que se lo iban a ganar desde que vi el post.
Siempre poniendo tanta confianza en nosotros. Ni nosotros nos lo esperábamos jajaja Muchas gracias señorita!
por supuesto que lo merecían!!! felicitaciones!! :3
Congrats, what a beautiful job on the #ARTivism!
First of all a big shout to all that entered .. you should all be very proud of your efforts. Wow! that is a fantastic submission .. an image that speaks so many words on so many levels, love it. Huge respect to @themonkeyzuelans you guys have a huge talent and are using it to brilliant effect. A worthy banner for a fantastic track!!
We work hard to improve our skills to develop graphic concepts/projects and that's what's paying off right now. Thank you very much for recognizing and appreciating our work!
Kinda wish it said "Don't kill the messenger". It's like a movie, we are a movie now.
Yeah, i totally get what you mean. Tbh we never imagined our song would be the anthem for U4J. It is what it is, can't rewind this movie now...
That is a great choice for it. Good job and congrats on the win @themonkeyzuelans.
Thanks, I'm glad you agree! This one really blew us away, great work @themonkeyzuelans!!
Thank you very much @tarazkp and -again- @v4vapid!!! 😜
Congrats to the winner, wish I can participate but my graphic skills are bad 😂😂😂
I hope that Assange will dodge triumphantly the blows of the US government against him.
Excellent work! Resteemed!
Cheers mate, much appreciated!
Thanks for keeping me up to date on Assange, V! Very politically tuned out at the moment, so its always good to check out your pages. Ill hit that discord in the AM.
Congrats @themonkeyzuelans, great artwork !
Thanks @v4vapid for the bonus
Congratulations on your great artwork @themonkeyzuelans and being selected as the oficial artwork for the #unity4 movement! Very well done:)
I had fun joining this contest, thank you for letting us join this great opportunity. I did not win but non the less @themonkeyzuelans deserves the spot, and Congratulations! :)
Congratulations @themonkeyzuelans
that's some really creative work @themonkeyzuelans 👍👍 congrats on the win!
aww congrats to all the winners! :)
that's a damn fine design! congrats to the winner!!
@v4vapid
That's an awesome work
There you go! 😁 @v4vapid @jamesgetsit
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amazing art with a great writing
you are doing a great job, keep it up..
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I am truly very pleased to have caught your attention in two of my posts and I wanted to thank you in some way for your vote and I could not find a way to do it and that's why I do it in this comment... Thank you very muchfor you support friend @v4vapid
Dang it, V - I appreciate you so much. I just wanted to say - really, truly, from the bottom of my heart - Thank You, it means so much to me.
No worries ;)