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UPDATE: Winner announcement: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1735156.msg17451737#msg17451737

The bounty:
0.5 BTC for the winner + 1 0.999 silver coin to be released soon
All other participants get a to be released brass token
(shipping included in the EU, about 3-5$ for shipping elsewhere in an untracked letter)

Requirements:
A self designed TWO TONE hologram (2 layered)
The hologram needs to be 25mm in diameter
There should be a cutout in the very center to show the firstbits of an address (about 8mm in width and 3mm in height, the addresses will be printed on a 1cmx1cm circle)
"XEROLA" should be added to the design element
The hologram design should be done in Adobe Illustrator or converted to an .ai file. PSD is also accepted.
(The fireeye (my avatar) can be used too, but should look good and placed correctly :P)
(A rendering of the hologram is very helpful)

What determines a good and a bad design?
A good design has a geometrically symmetrical design concept. There should be design elements such as waves or other patterns that "decorate"  the hologram and make it stand our of all other holograms.
A bad design is just pasting bitcoin logos and a few shapes into a circle with no concept and/or design knowledge. It won't get you a brass token.

You can take existing holograms as an inspiration, but you shouldn't copy paste the design. A few examples of good holograms are the casascius holograms, crypto Imperator holograms, microsoul holograms... Maybe have a look into them before you start working.

When will the winner get announced?
The winner will be picked and announced by me on the 15th of January 10th of January. Deadline for submission is 9th January 18:00 GMT. The winner must send me the .ai file before the payment is sent.

Good luck!

Here's the Xerola logo and my avatar if needed:
https://i.imgur.com/EUM8Z6f.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/BgMiZC6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IW9t9u7.png

The funds are being escrow by Blazed:

Okay if you think im spamming on your thread I will delete my first post.But I want to participate to the contest.

Sure, I'm welcoming any participant :)

Funds are being escrowed by me -> https://blockchain.info/address/15SKWUBRiTbLvmDnQjTAQsGsiNF9WQ6Ugs

The funds have been escrowed ;)

Not really what I'm looking for. I'll judge that as the classic "copy and paste" design worth nothing.
Please take a look at the current holograms on the market.
But hey, you got yourself a token.

Even if our designs look like shit we are still eligible for a token you say ? Interesting, I might have to try my hand at this after reading some.

Never said it will be a brass token. You can try, get surprised ;)

Here is my entry i will try to design more in the coming days thank you.


https://i.imgur.com/o4SAbzn.png

reserved :)

when the contest closed ? and what the winner choosen ? VOTE or choose by OP ?

thanks

reserved for update...
btw nice prize

The "window" of the hologram is misplaced. It should be in the very center of the coin. Nice design btw

Prize highered to 0.5 BTC!  :)
Added more information to OP

https://scontent.fcgk3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/15844534_10207961240328905_7944398992174921867_o.jpg?_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeGN2jw1mZ2iT3T8OjA2z5q-oIdvUEk_CjUw4P4KSaQ8XT-9pyRdpqQX9PpLWFtYOMDG0GEADsl_gmdtalb7YNuaok4GABp-epGK7qg7QPCoJ0ROLc0cNISzIoFJ_Fw9lvM&oh=64e60d98efe7ea92bdca56baea37f581&oe=58E51EC1



my imagination

Guys, how often do I still need to say this, but the address first buts will be shown in a window in the VERY CENTER of the hologram, not anywhere else.

yeahhh wait for update

https://i.imgur.com/SjarDpC.png


I will likely submit a few different versions (if allowed). For now, here is the first.

Very nice design! You are free to post as many versions as you like :)

Reserving this spot for my entry :D Will edit this post once my entry is done. For now, let me good luck all the participants. Cheers!

Edit: I don't have any time to make my design for this contest.

My submission 2 versions: http://puu.sh/t8KEh/0ce9901471.png

peace.

Reserving spot for myself.

The entries so far were really amazing.

Here's my entry :)

https://i.imgur.com/bVXSlWy.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/0SUTbqv.png

did i win?

Design changes can be made as required. Thanks

https://i.imgur.com/cM7dtQj.jpg

This is one AWESOME design! You definitely have good chances to win :)

Here is another entry thank you and i`ll try to edit the first entry


https://i.imgur.com/Ptjculg.png

my simple disain  8)

https://i.imgur.com/P6V9Mre.jpg

btc adress:

15Mp1aQwvG7xq3NYU4iq5HqD9nfZyUeZH6

What is this?! I asked for a hologram.

my hologram

https://i.imgur.com/WDvXKGs.jpg

btc adress:

1nQceV9NwbcLkxun7wCySW8ZZmH9JuB5r

All you did was rip the logo from these pages and carelessly throw the logo on top, nice.

http://www.outsidedesigns.us/logo-design-ideas-free.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asgelWh4cZw

Here's my entry.


https://i.imgur.com/6PDI488.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/C4GlOmU.jpg

oke sory sir
ralat
my disain sir

https://i.imgur.com/QFxTtvm.jpg

btc adress:

15Mp1aQwvG7xq3NYU4iq5HqD9nfZyUeZH6

Here is my design. ( My first ever designed hologram for a coin  :) ) . Thank you!

http://i.epvpimg.com/hmPjd.jpg

Just to clarify this, pasting my logo onto the Ubuntu logo doesn't make it a hologram and you definitely won't earn yourself a token.

Hey buck

here is my holy :
http://oi66.tinypic.com/nqwpp4.jpg (http://oi66.tinypic.com/nqwpp4.jpg)

Once again, pasting my logo on a background WON'T get youreself a token.

who win

https://i.imgur.com/jlgErDz.jpg

This is NOT a hologram. Just pasting my logo onto another.

 wait for update...

Here is another try thank you.

Hello. What about this work?

https://i.imgsafe.org/e76151e4d3.jpg

Two days to go! I've seen amazing submission, keep it up :)

PS. the actual size with measurement can be done later.


http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd230/Alien2142/12bw.png

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd230/Alien2142/2.jpg


maybe i will try something more if i get time tomorrow :D

Two more entries.

https://i.imgur.com/M63ZwRY.jpg

My entry.
Changes can be made until design suites your preferences.
Cheers
https://i.imgur.com/uxDxtcE.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/efVDlZO.jpg?1

Another try, good luck to everyone who joined the contest. cheers


https://i.imgur.com/NJd0h8B.png

Nice design, but the hologram should be round shaped.

sending my design...

https://i.imgur.com/yy1F43D.jpg?1

2ND DESIGN!!!

https://i.imgur.com/Vy5aw0h.jpg?1

The contest has been closed for new participants. Winner will be announced tomorrow.

Nooo!!! Wait... Here's my entry, I have spended my last two vacation days with it... and it's my first hologram, so maybe you could give me a feedback, if you have time to ;)

With Color:

https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=EF605D9EE33778DC&resid=EF605D9EE33778DC%21454&authkey=APtm1LkVPiYWmR8

Two Tone:

https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=EF605D9EE33778DC&resid=EF605D9EE33778DC%21455&authkey=AG2gM03D6kUuhD0

or if you like it more with dotted lines:
  color: https://1drv.ms/i/s!Atx4N-OeXWDvg0gU4IRB3RxNQyro
  two tone: https://1drv.ms/i/s!Atx4N-OeXWDvg0npXCmtw_3k3S7_

I hope this work had a kind of sense ;D

(The golden chain is there because of the blockchain technology of Bitcoins, which is for me a symbol of trust (in golden even more so))


EDIT 2021:
Good job Microsoft in making these links invalid:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Atx4N-OeXWDvg0bvOAgOxi9prplg (https://1drv.ms/u/s!Atx4N-OeXWDvg0bvOAgOxi9prplg)

Winner announcement:
It was very hard for me to decide a winner for this contest. There were amazing entries, however the ones that caught most of my attention was mjbmonetarymetals' and acorn's entries. So I decided to announce two winners rather than one. Both are receiving 0.5 BTC as a prize. Mjbmonetarymetals please post an address on the thread in order for Blazed to release the escrow. Acorn I'll contact you to give me an address and I'll send the payment manually.

Acorn's entries:

Mjbmonetarymetals' entry:

All other entries will receive a token, unless the entry was one of the "bad" ones. Will announce a list soon.

Awesome!
Congrats @Mjbmonetarymetals & @Acorn :D

Congrats to both the winners acorn and Mjbmonetarymetals. I feel sorry for chichidori, he posted like 4-5 times, well better luck next time. You were an amazing host Zeroxal.

Congrats to the both winners, it is very well deserved!! 8)

There was a few other very good entries, some of them look so professional, but what surprizes me the most, it's HOW MANY of the good entries didn't respect the basic requirements written right on the first page in the first post.. ??? "There should be a cutout in the very center to show the firstbits of an address (about 8mm in width and 3mm in height...)"

this is great news !!  :D

btc deposit address

159Wy5N8pVJrddL2HfR669rRpN85LUGNoc

Congrats acorn and Mjbmonetarymetals  :D
It was a good contest!!

Congrats to Acorn and Mjbmonetarymetals you both deserved to win especially Mjbmonetarymetals's design. So Awesome... :)

Congrats and nice work on that holo design. I was impressed with multiple designs here...

https://blockchain.info/tx/8727cbada1f0fb37ba65e5e38c92f023ca038193d184eed0611fbb9b9b53277b

Thanks everyone for participating! Here's the list of who deserved a brass token:
acorn
mjbmonetarymetals
Chichidori
TechnoX_X
Cryptoheadd
es2thekay
npredtorch
Acid sun
alizzaku
iced208
creativeeditors
kaeluxdesigns
mr.anonym
bircoinblog

Only a few were excluded because of little to no effort was put into their designs.
Please expect these coin to ship out in March, I'll request shipping addresses once ready.

Yeah, I specifically stated that on OP, but somehow only a few noticed that...

To everyone else:
Thanks again for participating! Really good and high quality designs, very well done! Although you didn't win the 0.5BTC, you won a place in my heart - along with a soon to be released brass token :)

Are Submission through PM not considered for Token ?

Sorry, I haven't looked through those submissions yet. Will look through them and update again.

Edit:
You seem like to be only one that submitted a serious design via PM. Updated my list.

Congratulations on the win. cheers mate.

dammit man, i would have created a hologram if i would ever get noticed of this.
however zeroxal, which kind of hologram technologies would you wish to apply on the winning holograms? :)

wow congrast for winner

Just piping in to confirm that I received 0.5 BTC from Zeroxal for my chosen submission. Congrats and cheers to everyone else who participated. And, thank you Zeroxal.

Ok , Thank you for updating the list.

I suspect he's been winner
congratulations to Winners, i like your style

great design for winner, congrats for winner awesome design

this contes its over or i can still trying make some design ?

The contest is over. Thanks

Those are some sick designs.  Waiting for your coin release :)

Indeed. The coin has been released here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1746500.0

nice brass, yeah gold brass i like it
wait for free brass token for participant, Because I was one of the of participants here, but my sketch hologram unacceptable