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First Things First

This was my very first contest that I've created on steemit when I was no more than one month on this platform. I started my Steemit journey last year on the first week of September and I caught the contest trends. I was actually finding ways to gain genuine followers and I'm sure you all have been through this phase where your followers are mostly bots that auto follows you. I was looking for organic followers and one of the most effective way that I've found to get genuine and organic followers are to either join a contest or organize a contest. Hence, I started my first ever contest which was a movie review. I've scouted a little and there weren't any movie review contest around at that time so I decided to catch the niche.

I remember I had only three entries for this contest and because I do not have much payout at that time, I didn't have enough STEEM/SBD in the rewardpool to give out. Unfortunately, this contest ended after the first round. Who knows... maybe I would start it up again?

Mr.Director Banner

The Idea

I wanted the banner to be appealing and just shouts, 'movie review'! Before this, I was thinking of a nice name for a movie review contest instead of just having it be 'movie review contest'. After much thought, I came up with Mr.Director. As a director in this contest, you must write a review about any recent movie within the past year or two.

With this in mind, I wanted the banner to come forth with a straight meaning. I played the 'first words' game with myself. What is the first word that comes to my mind when....

I thought of a director chair, a hailer, and a scene board. These are some of the symbols that are usually equated with movie production.

Creating Elements

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So I designed the very common director chair that you will always see on production sets and to make it even more obvious, I added the word 'director'. At first the chair looked a little flat because well, I was doing the 'flat design style' so to solidify it, I added a shadow for the chair.

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The scene board was added in also as to cover the negative space and to make the banner not look too empty. The scene board is supposed to symbolize for the word 'review'. The element to symbolize the word 'movie' comes later.

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Why not throw in some popcorn? I wanted this contest to be fun as you pick your favourite movie or a movie that inspires you to review it. Hence, adding the popcorn to symbolize going to the cinema and chilling.

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So here comes the element that symbolizes movie or the theatre. These two masks have been the symbol of great productions in the past and I thought hanging it up would just help push forward the movie vibe.

Finalize

Wualahh!!! This is the final banner. I used a quill ink type font to match the whole banner design's atmosphere. If you like this banner, I'm allowing you guys to use this and start your own movie review contest if you guys want. It's FREE TO USE! Credit or no credit!

Anyways, it's about time I shared this from my dusty steemit folder of old designs.

Tummy Cramps Banner

The Idea

Here is another contest idea which was supposed to go hand in hand with Mr.Director. It was supposed to let you guys choose whether you would like to write a movie review or tell a joke. Tummy Cramps was a name I came up with for this joke telling contest. And the banner you see speaks for itself.

Creating Elements

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Everything was pretty straight forward. I didn't need to add too many elements here. A plain simple character and then the font. It doesn't have to be complicated, at least when from afar, this banner will attract you.

Finalize

Added the font to match the vibe of this banner. Also, this banner is FREE TO USE! You can go ahead and start your own joke contest. I eventually compiled the two together and maybe you can carry on this legacy and run this two contest hand in hand. Here is the double contest thumbnail for you.

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