Calling Designers: Make Our Blog Gorgeous (and get an Upvote & Bounty)!

Repository

https://github.com/utopian-io/utopian.io

Receiving all the amazing contributions to our request for a Utopian mascot inspired us to reach out to our talented community of designers with another important task.

Utopian is looking to improve the graphic presentation of our announcements and formatted blog posts by having customized banners using our logo and (when applicable) the Utopian Mascot, as well as dividers and other components to make our posts look more visually appealing.

Task Details

Propose a banner for each of the following formats / post topics using the Utopian Logo and (when applicable) the Utopian Mascot. Only submit one contribution containing all the proposals outlined below.

Please make use of the latest source files from our graphics repository on Google Drive.

Utopian Weekly

Utopian Weekly is published every Friday and contains all the updates of the previous week, including development updates, marketing and PR updates as well as future plans and planned projects.

Utopian Magazine

The Utopian Magazine is a new biweekly format that us planned to deliver a digest of interesting Open Source content from around the blockchain and the web.

People Of Utopian

People Of Utopian is a new weekly format highlighting prominent community members in personal interviews.

Open Source Radio Show (Temporary Name)

In collaboration with MSPWaves Utopian will soon launch the Open Source Radio Show highlighting top content and featuring valuable community members, as well as discussion on all things Open Source. The banner designed will be used for announcements and updates regarding the radio show on the Utopian blog.

Generic, Unplanned Updates

Design a customizable banner for generic and unplanned updates that do not fit in any of the above formats. Make this one customizable for both longer and shorter titles.

Dividers, Post Elements and More

Design elegant dividers and other potentially useful post element to make our announcement more visually appealing. Keep these minimalistic.

Requirements

Please follow the Utopian color scheme, but feel free to experiment and stand out. Remember, the post thumbnail has to grab attention in the feed.

• The images should be provided in .JPG and .PDF formats as well as a downloadable and editable .AI or .PSD file
  Size - 1280 x 640px
• All texts should be legible with high enough contrast.
• Make sure your design will work well in both light and dark theme of Steemit.
• Making multiple variations and different designs will greatly improve your chance to be selected as winner. Also, please make sure your post (formating, process, construction) is well presented.

Deadline

Wed. 23th of May. The selected contribution will be announced by 25th of May.

Communication

Have questions? Get in touch with us in the #designers channel on our Discord.

Rewards

All submitted contributions to this task request will be scored and rewarded according to score as per usual.

The top scored contribution to be used in our announcements and publications will be staff picked to receive the maximal upvote for the graphics category, and the task solver will also receive a liquid bounty of 50 STEEM.