(featured artist : @elliebong)

Community Building

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Although barely 2 months old, this community felt like it has been here for sometime. 2017 was awesome because we see a warm reception of #steem-cartoon by the steemit community and we get good support from our close friends and allies. We do not wish to disappoint anyone and I guess having a mission statement and a blueprint would be a good road map to chart our progress or determine our direction.

Building community isn't an easy task. @sireh has been guiding his students on the do and don't of steemit and how they can maximise their exposure. The queries about their right as authors are answered by me. A simple legal answer is this, steem blockchain does not take away your right as an author. The income you derive is not consideration to purchase right to your art work. The income from the upvotes are appreciation shown by people who have viewed your work.

(picture courtesy of @elliebong)

What to Expect in 2018

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The exposure given to the students in Malaysian Multimedia University in particular the creative multimedia faculty has been astonishing. This programme has received support from the faculty and the administration of the University and @sireh being the supervising lecturer for this project has been invited to present the results and data. With this warm encouragement this project will see itself stretching its arm into 2018 with more workshops that will be conducted by @perennial that focuses on the following areas:-

i) Quality content creation;
ii) Curation obligations;
iii) Using statistics and records in charting progress;
iv) Community engagement.

There is an active effort in engaging other faculties within the University and other institution of creative design to start their journey in steemit.

2018 will also see the introduction of a new animation series that will be spearheaded by one of the leading animator and illustrator in Malaysia that we know as @rambai. In the animation, specific efforts will be utilised to exploit Dtube's potential.

In 2018, a more systematic approach to upvotes and community support will be put in place. Steem-cartoon will have its presence in the Discord Application.

We know that there are artists that have put their heart and soul into their work. We appreciate that and in 2018, we plan to seek/purchase delegation to reward the deserving. Both myself and @sireh's votes are limited and it would be quite a travesty to us if good work are not amply rewarded. We want deserving work to receive the votes.

Invitation from Other Institutions

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As much as we are proud of successfully launching this community into the steem blockchain, our effort did not go unnoticed by other institutions. We have received a new notable and reputable institutions' invitation to conduct workshops and mentorship programme.

This effort takes a lot of sacrifices because both myself and @sireh have our daily 9-5 job and family commitment. We welcome anyone who wishes to be part of this community to render that assistance we are deficient.

Invitation for Joint Collaboration

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It is interesting to see how other communities has grown by leaps and bounds. The first of our engagement was with #steemiteducation where a few of our artists are eager to depart their knowledge by sharing their hacks that may not have been apparent from the end product.

We are more than happy to engage with other communities be it the music community or creative writing community for a more holistic creative result. We think the entire ecosystem will benefit tremendously from this effort.

(picture courtesy of @elliebong)

Conclusion

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2018 will be an interesting year for #steem-cartoon. If I could summarise our future effort, it would be as follows:-

i) More workshops for new/existing talents;
ii) Creation of an animation series;
iii) Regulating and encouraging a systematic regime of upvotes and curation effort;
iv) Seeking more SP delegation to reward the deserving; and
v) Collaboration with other existing comunities.

Steem-cartoon is pleased to announce that @sireh and @abgmie will be broadcast in a local television talkshow on the 27th December, 2017 followed by a coverage of the existing cartoon exhibition in the National Museum. This entire effort will be captured and brought to you in the next posting.