Artists' Highlights at C-squared

Hi everyone !

I've been spidering around Steemit's visual art spheres for a while now and it has always been a passion of mine to support, recognize, and highlight artists and their works :D And I've done like... six issues now (scroll to the last section for links, if you need to check them out). But if you see the above header for these artists' highlights, I've only been using the C² logo .... which is.... not very artistic, right? Hahaha~

So anyway, some very nice people have decided to grant me funds to run a contest to try and source a better banner art for launching my future artists' highlight issues!!!

Therefore I would like to announce the first Art Contest sponsored by Hive account@c-squared !!!

Theme: Spotlights!

If you've been paying attention to the Artists' Highlights, I feature TWO artists at a time, highlighting their stories and showcasing 3 posts from their Steemit blogs to try and capture not only their talents, but also their personalities, what they are into, what they bring into our platform, and who they are. Things like that. Because I think each post might only show a glimpse of a given author's offering and most of us may not have the luxury of paying attention to their entire history as a whole, and since I've organically been looking at a lot of blogs, I thought this is a good way to utilize my knowledge to help others "see" these artists a bit better.

So, the theme for this contest would be SPOTLIGHT!

Here is an example of a design that I am after:

You may use this design and tweak it as you please, and you may also come up with your own design :) The important aspects that you must include are:

1. There must be two spots allocated so I can include the avatars for the featured artists
2. The banner must include the Title of "Artists' Highlights" and the Hive account@c-squared logo (which you can find at the top of this post)

RULES

1. Artworks must be new and created for the purpose to enter this contest.
2. Step by step presentation would be nice.
3. The artworks must be yours, including the design/concept of the piece if you are entering your own design/concept.
4. Please resteem this post if you are entering. Upvotes are not necessary but appreciated.
5. To enter: create a post featuring the artwork, and post your entry as a comment to this post, and use the tag #c2contest.
6. By entering this contest, you are agreeing to provide Hive account@c-squared with the high resolution file and if your entry is selected as the winning entry, you are agreeing for the use of your artwork for the purposes of Hive account@c-squared's publications in the future. Credits will be included to your Steemit name.
7. Deadline is: Wednesday April 17, 2019 at Midnight UTC (8:00PM EDT US).

PRIZES

Now the exciting part ! Prizes ! Wooo~

Since there will only be one winner, the structure will be as such:

1. First Prize: 50 Steem

2. Honorable Mentions: 2 Steem per participant (available up to 10 participants) - Totaling 20 Steem

3. Thank You for Participating: 0.5 Steem per participant (available up to 20 participants) - Totaling 10 Steem

Total Prize Pool: 80 Steem

Any questions, queries, eldritch curses? Please comment below :D

I hope to see a lot of entries for this very first art contest sponsored by Hive account@c-squared :D :D :D

If you have been living under a rock, Hive account@c-squared is a group launched to promote manual curations of quality contents off Steemit. We browse all genres and categories and we welcome everyone to contribute and highlight underrated posts through manual curations. Join the discord ! Join the appreciation of others ! Anyone can curate \o/

Much love,
Hive account@veryspider

Log of previous issues

Issue 1: @Arrr and Hive account@thilah
Issue 2: @EdgarUVM and @Zsolt.Vidak
Issue 3: Hive account@chrisdyer and Hive account@sanderjansenart
Issue 4: Hive account@elenasteem and Hive account@patschwork
Issue 5: Hive account@nyarlathotep and Hive account@carlgnash
Issue 6: Hive account@mikkolyytinen and Hive account@nekromarinist

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Participate and Support

• Join the C² Discord community to participate as a curator.

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• Follow the Hive account@c-cubed curation trail at steemauto.com to support the curated authors: Hive account@c-cubed casts ~10 upvotes daily, all at 100% vote strength, on some of the best posts curated through C².

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• Hive account@c-squared is also an available curation trail at steemauto.com: ~70-100 posts are upvoted daily through Hive account@c-squared at ~10-15% vote strength. Smaller accounts, and accounts following the curation trail at a reduced vote %, will likely lose a significant portion of their votes' value if trailing Hive account@c-squared. For most accounts the Hive account@c-cubed trail is the better choice (see this analysis of the dust vote threshold changes under HF20 to understand why casting a large number of small % votes is not optimal).

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Please consider voting for us here if you would like to support out witness operations.

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