State of the Sndbox - Week 38 [Crypto Art Challenges, New Projects and Interviews]

State of the Sndbox is a weekly newsletter that provides the latest in Sndbox activities, projects, and provides the best resources in creative empowerment for the Steemit community. To get up-to-date on all of our development throughout the week, be sure to follow us @sndbox. This SoTS was guest authored by our very own @luvabi.

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This Week in the Sndbox

Welcome to the 38th State of the Sndbox newsletter! This past week, we talked about @kr-marketing, Cryptokitties, projects within the incubator, the @hardfork-series team, our Ripple Logo Art winners, and our new livestream series, Blockchain and Bourbon. We celebrated our milestone of 10,000 followers and put the focus on Litecoin this time for our weekly crypto-art challenge!

For a more thorough breakdown of what our members have been up to, be sure to go through our weekly Sndbox Selections of the Week and Sndbox Project Update posts that we publish each Monday.

Kr-marketing Art and Infographics

@leesol and @leesongyi's @kr-marketing project was highlighted as we learn about their short-term and long-term goals that include influencer marketing, online and offline ads, as well as continuing their distribution of infographics created specifically for the Korean market. Soon, they plan to target colleges, movie theaters and partner with companies to ultimately motivate partner institutions to invest in Steem. Read more about their plans to translate their amazing infographics so that Steemians outside of KR can also enjoy and leverage the content by visiting the post here.

Blockchain & Bourbon

Watch out for it Fridays at 4:00pm EST.

We told you guys we were letting our hair down last month when we held the first episode of Blockchain and Bourbon. We are happy to let you know we are loving it and we are making the Blockchain and Bourbon a weekly webisode! We teamed up with David Abelson, veteran producer and founder of Mob Rule News, as we publicly announced our weekly livestream of this series across multiple channels including Dlive, Facebook, and the Rize mobile app. Read more about Blockchain and Bourbon here.

Ripple Art Challenge Winners

Crypto Art Challenge Round 3 on Ripple gave us a taste of Banksy, Kandinsky, Russian "Suprematism" art, Art Nouveau, and Japanese eccentric art. Utilizing Ripple and transforming it in their own interpretations with inspiration from various Art forms. Congrats to @soydandan, @aaronhong, @bombshell, @creativista and @katalinaooma who came out on top with their select artistic creations.

Check out this post for full details of these artworks and the honorable mentions.

The Hard Fork Series team

The Hard Fork Series is a futuristic thriller by award winning Director, Doug Karr (@dougkarr) and poet and novelist, Eric Vance Walton (@ericvancewalton). @creativecrypto talks to these two talents about building a team that will help create a disruptive new precedent for the filmmaking industry. They shared their experiences with integration of cryptocurrencies into the film, the dystopian or utopian possibilities they explored, and their goal of getting the Hark Fork Series out to introduce blockchain to a mainstream audience. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

Litecoin

Our 4th Crypto Art Challenge puts the spotlight on Litecoin! What is this challenge about? We ask artists, graphic designers, and craftspeople of the world to pick a famous artist or style, interpret the Litecoin logo, and put their imagination to work! With only a few hours left to submit, check out the Crypto Art Challenge Guidelines here and be part of the top 5 of this week's Art Challenge. Submission will be accepted until April 18, Wednesday, 10pm EST.

Project Updates on Art Funding, Novels, and Music Workshops

A walkthrough of empowering projects on the blockchain includes @soyo's marketing campaign in Korea, @reddragonfly gallery by @denmarkguy in Washington state, @elizacheng's MyJuniors and MakeMeSmile campaigns in Malaysia, @dougkarr's new chapter of Dwelling, the @hardfork-series film project, and the @blockmountain project.

Visit this post to learn more.

Strong Pawsition for Future of Assets - CryptoKitties

Cat's that are also Ethereum smart contracts that you can collect, transfer, breed, or destroy. @creativecrypto reports on the phenomenon of CryptoKitties, the digital asset that was all the rage late last year, inspiring new crypto-integrated collectible lines and games on the blockchain.

More details on these adorable bundles of decentralized code here.

Milestones and the Steem blockchain

We are ecstatic about reaching our milestone of 10,000 followers!

Nine months after we launched our incubator, we are fortunate to have the support of an amazing Steem-powered community. Big thanks to our supporters, members, engagers, and all who contribute to our activities and projects. Are you curious about the @sndbox incubator, program schedule and our work on the Steem blockchain? Check out this milestone post to learn more.

A warm thanks to @sndbox's SoTS guest author; @luvabi. Abi is a member of Sndbox's first Cohort. [Guest Authors receive 20% of the SBD rewards, and an opportunity to showcase projects developing within the incubator / broader Steemit community.]

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