SteemMakers is a community which focuses on uniting, helping and rewarding makers and DIYers on the Steem blockchain. You can find more info about us and how to contact us on our website steemmakers.com.
We are SteemMakers, not artists or graphic designers. We made a logo ourselves based on this design but we were not completely satisfied with it and decided to make this contest. You are completely free to design whatever you like but we have some requirements that we would like to see met.
For both the logo and the banner:
- You must resteem and upvote this post.
- Make sure we know about your entry. We encourage you to use Utopian for your entry but that makes it harder for us to keep track of everything. Add a link to your entry in the comments!
- The end goal is to have a design which is scalable without distortion. Your drawings must be in vector format and be able to be opened in open-source editing software such as for example InkScape. If you don’t have the skills to make a vector drawing you must make your design in such a way that we can easily convert it.
- The design must match the content we focus on. For more details check our mission and audience on the about page. We don't want the design to focus on a subgroup like electronics or 3d printing. We want it to be general enough to cover the whole audience. Maybe something with a technology element? Something related to the (Steem) blockchain?
- SeemMakers is open-source. By competing in the contest you hand over all rights to SteemMakers or use you have to use a license which allows SteemMakers to use and change your logo free of charge. Your work must be genuine and can’t copy the design from any other source unless you own the rights.
- You must use the steemmakers tag on your post.
- You must add some documentation about the design. Why you chose it, what it stands for, why it is a good logo for SteemMakers, ....
The logo
The logo will be used at different places and at different scales. It will be used for example at the top left corner of our website and for the steem account. Take care that it fits in the round area that steemit.com uses for the account thumbnail.
The logo must not contain gradients. We are looking for a logo that integrates nicely with our website color theme but can also easily be changed to other colour themes. We require an example that fits the current color theme.
We focus on an adaptive website and thus we are looking for a dynamic logo. You need to provide examples of how we can use larger and smaller versions of the logo. This means that the logo should work when the website is shown on a mobile phone as well as on a desktop browser. We require at least a small variant that can be used for mobile experience and for example in small avatars (think steemit.com, busy.org, discord, …) and a big version that includes our slogan "Your reward for making it". As an example we reference this design by on Kycon on DeviantArt:
And this article which has this example:
The banner
- We are looking for a banner which we can use at our steemit.com page
- Here you are completely free, gradients are allowed, focussing on many subgroups is allowed
- Obviously we prefer a theme that corresponds with steemmakers.com
What’s in it for you?
Since SteemMakers is an open-source project we encourage you to make your entries using Utopian.io. Utopian will reward every entry so everybody gets something out of this contest. You can make as many entries as you please but separate entries must be sufficiently different to apply for a reward.
On top of that we plan to reward the winner(s) something extra. We are thinking in the range of a 50 USD prize. We have no idea how many entries we will get and we will adjust the reward accordingly.
The winner(s) will also be featured on our site and in communication where applicable if he/she desires so.
Depending on the amount of entries the contest will run for two weeks.
Questions
Feel free to comment your questions below in the comments. If possible we will update the post. You can also contact on Discord.
Please upvote and resteem to increase the reward for the winner(s).
Good luck!
The SteemMakers team.
Edit: @jefpatat is maintaining a list of all entries here. This page gives you an up to date overview of all entries and some extra inspiration from replies.
Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors
My logo concepts
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@zoef/steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest
@zoef - your logo concepts using just the letters are nice and simple, although the contest asks for some design elements that help relate it to the makers theme as well as the blockchain idea to help enhance the brand/image. It would be good to see you incorporate or explain how your design achieves this. Thanks.
I updated my post with a extra image. The reason why i keep the logos simple is for visibility and how the human brain works. The brain works best with simple shapes. Therefore it is easyer to associate simple shapes with brands then over complicated once.
Hi.
I hope you like my proposal
I do. Thanks for it!
It has pased the payout so upvoting makes no sense and I can't resteem. But still I made this:
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@fabiyamada/logo-proposal-for-steem-makers
Ah yes, that's true. We only asked so to give the post some promotion.
You could give the follow up post some promotion ;-)
SteemMakers logo & banner design contest - update and feedback
I'll be adding your entry to the overview. Thanks!
Thanks!
Here's my steemit link to the contest post.I posted via Utopian but it takes some time to be approved.
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@ady-was-here/steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest-1
Thanks. I commented on it. Just make some changes and I can approve it on Utopian.
Done, changed the GitHub link, and added another GitHub link at the end of the post with the .Ai files and .png. I'll think of a few more designs maybe I'll join again with a few other.
Sure. But just don't misuse the system. Make sure your designs are sufficiently different, original and not '2 minute works. Your first entry was perfect in those regards.
Yea, I know, I create one only I find a cool idea or concept.
I tried that :D
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@diaryjoon/trying-to-make-steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design
Nice design. Did you make your post using the utopian.io website? If not you won't be able to get the utopian support. If you need help you can contact me on discord. The invite is at the www.steemmakers.com website contact page.
I left the writing in discord :D
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@diaryjoon/6st6he-trying-to-make-steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design
@diaryjoon - the banner design is nice and clean. I would check to see that the logo design is easy to distinguish when used as a page avatar image (you can check this by putting it as your user account image). Thanks for the submission.
Avatar image :D (Does the avatar imgae mean a profile image?)
It's whatever this thing is called:
OK! Thank you :D
This is a mishmash of some different concepts to help give people some ideas (and something that I want to evolve before final submission:
I like the idea of something that looks slightly unfinished because making things is the process of getting something completed. Hope that gives you some ideas to think about :)
Shit's getting nowhere. Maybe I'll have some inspiration tomorrow.
Or maybe this could inspire someone else:
The S doesn't really... connect..
Wanted to make the M into a hammer but it didn't really work out for me :')
Anyone has any ideas for this?
Looks like you might need about three hammers to make an 'M' :D
Pipes are also good for joining things, no?
Good ideas! Thanks!
I used to work for a company in agriculture. I know from first hand experience that gears are a mess to scale down properly.
@ady-was-here had something similar for the banner as you have there in blue, with the network thing, I kind of like that for the banner
Thank you for the contribution. It has been approved.
You can contact us on Discord.
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Hey Jef,
Here's my work :-)
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@maxse/steemmakers-logo-design-submission
In case you haven't already seen this, I am putting a call out to @orcheva who seems to be turning into an expert in designing logos for steem communities at the moment :)
My 2nd entry.
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@ady-was-here/steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest-2
Upvoted and resteemed.
Maybe I'll get some ideas overnight. For how long will you keep submissions open?
Hi. Nice you are interested. I looked for a way to contact you because we like your work. We plan to run it for two weeks depending on the input we get. If you want extra info contact us here or on discord. The invite link is on the contact page of our website.
For those looking for inspiration: here are some nice examples of s and m logos: https://www.shutterstock.com/search?search_source=base_landing_page&language=nl&searchterm=Sm&image_type=all
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I share the link of my proposal! Thank you very much!!
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@orelmely/steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest
By wieske: https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@wieske/logo-design-for-steemmakers
Really nice work by @adfizz
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@adfizz/logo-and-banner-contest-for-steemmakers
hello @steemmakers ... here's my logo design proposal https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@chimzycash/logo-design-proposal-for-steemmakers
New proposal... :) thanks!!
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@orelmely/4nosjd-steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest
It's me again
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@ady-was-here/steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest-3
@jefpatat @steemmakers here is my entry
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@royalfinest/steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest
My Entry
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@yadamaniart/steemmakers-logo-design-submission
Many thanks. Added to the overview.
iam in. here you can go https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@podanrj/my-logo-design-for-steemmakers
Very solid design. Many thanks. I added it to the overview.
Hallo @jefpatat. What link overview
It's in the edit at the bottom of the article ;-)
Hi here is my entry
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@saini88/steem-makers-contest-design-logo-and-banner
Here is my design:
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@dragonrider/my-entry-for-steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest
@steemmakers @jefpatat
My logo :)
Steem Makers
@steemmakers
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@lowlevel/steem-makers-design-logo-and-banner
New logo and banner
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@ady-was-here/steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest-4
@jefpatat
my contribution :
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@auliausu/my-contribution-for-stemmakers-logo-and-banner-contest
@steemmakers this is my entry:
https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@vhktor/my-entry-for-steemmakers-logo-and-banner-design-contest
@jefpatat, seen it yet?