My first business deal on the Steem Blockchain is COMPLETED: LOGO is done!! Full story!!
Around 5 weeks ago I made a blog post offering max. 250 SBD to have a logo designed for me. I wanted it to be a real business deal on the blockchain.
I chose @twistychips to make my logo.
Today he sent me the final design.
It is more than I ever could have expected.
Celebrating my new Logo with a nice glass of red wine, it's Friday after all.
FINAL LOGO:
FULL STORY
I spoke to @twistychip on Steemchat and he asked me several things before he could even start with the logo.
He wanted to know what I would use the logo for, what I wanted it to portray and to send him logo's I like and don't like so he has an idea of where I wanted to go with it.
I send him this text:
To tell you a little about myself. Before the age of 27, I was a very closed person. Liked dark clothes and being by myself most of the time. I spend a lot of time playing video games (world of warcraft) and was perfectly happy with that. My world was small.
At some point I realized my life was not going anywhere so I decided to do something about it. First I stopped smoking then started to gain weight and exercising. I went out more. I spend more time running my IT business. It became way more successful because of that effort. I got into crypto in 2013. I'm more outspoken and 200% more confident than I used to be. Managed to find a girlfriend too :) Her name is Bianca.
I also like colors now. I now always wear colorful socks (happy socks) and more and more colorful T-shirts. I have a hard time listening to negativity too. I try to avoid it if I can or deal with asap. I also show emotion way more than I used to. I like to be surrounded by people that have a positive outlook on life.
At the age of 33 I feel better than I ever felt before. My goal is to become financially free and from there I want to help others.
I found Steemit in July of 2016. Started to blog on there. Had a great time. Never stopped blogging. Recently I started to vlog. Was a bit scared at first but I like to try new things. I hated new things in the past. Now I feel very comfortable doing it.
I would like the logo to be a reflection of my transformation.
On Steemit I blog about crypto, life in general and grilling and chilling. I recently bought a green egg (grill) and having a blast with it. But this is the now, I like to keep discovering new things so I'll no doubt mix it up in the future.
I would like to use the logo on a t-shirt, coffee cup, apron and blog posts and maybe other things I have not thought of. I would like it to be versatile. Scalable for different purposes would be cool.
I send you some logo's that I like and that I don't like.
You already told me this process might take longer than I would think. I hope this is a good start.
Cheers, Exyle
And I send him these logos as requested: Logo's I like and don't like.
I then send him the promised 25% down payment
These are the first drafts he sent me. I chose the pixelated for him to work on. I liked it the best plus the idea behind it was brilliant. At this point, I thought we were almost done and I would receive a JPG in the mail with the Logo. I was so wrong.
The pixelated one is because what you are doing is mostly all digital, and the colors on the black background is a symbol of your life transformation, you are coloring in the colors to your old dark past.
He went to work on the pixelated logo. He sent me this as a follow-up. I loved the 3D version and asked him to build upon it. It was around here that I started to realize this might take a little longer.
He did. As you can see all the letters are 8 blocks compared to the draft above here. I loved it. I thought we were done. But @twistychips was not.
He had one more idea up his sleeve and sent me this. Asking me if I was open to this idea. I had to sleep on it. The letter shape stands for the different directions in my life. In the morning I knew this was the direction we had to go. He went to work.
I received this not much later. I loved it but I had some doubts. It felt right, but not completely. Like he was on to something but something was missing. He said: 'let me play around with it a bit more'.
FINAL LOGO. The next day he sent me this. It was perfect! From concept to this in 5 weeks. I am blown away.
MOCKUPS
This was my first business deal on the Steem Blockchain and it was a perfect experience. I have paid @twistychips for his services straight away. I am in awe of his professionalism as a designer and businessman. I would recommend him to anyone.
And that's it. My next project is to get this LOGO on T-shirts and others product. I'm hoping to find someone on the blockchain to do this for me. As I believe businesses on the blockchain is one of the things that will make it grow.
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I'm very happy that you liked it! It's been so smooth and easy working with you! If you ever need any help, just give me a buzz! :)
Also I wanna thank everyone's support for this business deal and my work. Really really appreciate it!
I also made a post about this, if you want to, you can click here to check it out. :)
You can also check out my other work as well. :p
The logo looks incredible! Great job! I think it's incredible the role you're both playing in advancing business on the Steem block chain.
Great design @twistychips ! do you work on #steemgigs? I'm trying to sell signatures too
Thank you! No, I have never heard about that! I should check it out!! Thanks for letting me know!
That's awesome, well done!
Thank you man!
Hey, @twistychips! Awesome job, it couldn't be more exyle than that. :)
Thank you so much!
This is truly exceptional.
I learned a lot, thanks!
This is awesome. It's seems like you just started this project yesterday. I really dig the finished logo. @twistychips did an outstanding job and really brought your vision to life.
I really appreciate you giving us all a front row seat to your entire business transaction from start to finish. It's been a great example and learning experience of how easy and efficient you can conduct business transactions over the Steem block chain from anywhere around the world. You both have laid the ground work and developed the blue print for many more business transactions going forward!
This is something people need to see & hear about in hopes of encouraging more business transactions on the Steem block chain and attracting businesses to Steemit. Steemit has so much to offer businesses via direct marketing/contact with their target demographic, super fast payment and feeless transactions. Great job brother! Re-Steemed
I believe in this lies a fantastic future for the Steem blockchain.