BrandedGIFS-JB

Who Am I:

My name is Jack, you may know me from Telegram as Jack Black. I have been using crypto to barter goods and services since 2014, but I really wasn't able to invest until later in life, so I am still living on an artists diet. (Sunshine and paint fumes) I am focused on making Bitcoin & Crypto GIFS to further penetrate the mainstream echo chambers of traditional finance.

Why Memes Are Important:

Although our society has come to know memes as funny cat photos with captions, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkings first coined the phrase "Meme" in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. A meme is defined as an element of a culture or system of behavior passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.

With this definition one can come to understand that most of the shared reality that we live in could be considered to be, or has at one point been a meme.

I work from the belief that money is a meme of time transfer between humans, and Bitcoin is a superior form of that meme. While I love Bitcoin, I do see it's flaws and firmly feel that Monero holds some of the values that I want in a cryptocurrency.

It would be an honor to contribute to my favorite project in the space, while at the same time applying my craft, and earning an equal energy exchange for my efforts.

A single Telegram channel is an echo chamber, but taking over all Telegram channels with popular and situationally useful GIFS has the ability to weaponize laughter & humor.

• https://imgur.com/a/4eETkXM

Once created all material is cross platform. I just happen to spend my time on Telegram currently.

Examples:

Some Monero GIFS I've made so far (NOT to be counted agaisnt the proposal final count)

• https://imgur.com/a/BQ5tAkO

Some Monero Stickers I make for fun and add to when the mood fits.

• https://t.me/addstickers/Monero_Stickers

I used to release my GIFS into the wild, but I've recently began to collect them in one place

• https://t.me/MagicMoneyTelegram

To give you a better idea of my process, here are the PSD draft files of a GIF I made inspired by a still image from the Monero TG (https://t.me/monero/349327)

I traditionally work through multiple drafts to tweak each GIF to my liking before final release.

PSD Files - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LEPIbjO65rZZ6k8XbPSO8G8uMAOzYysS Rough Draft - https://t.me/monero/349335 Final Version - https://imgur.com/a/9qDA5CG

Nitty Gritty Finances:

I would love to be able to work on a funded proposal, however I know we are community funded and development/code takes priority. I will likely continue to make content regardless of the outcome of this proposal, however that being said it would be very motivational to be compensated for efforts. I firmly believe exposure through the guise of entertainment and whimsy is powerful. A picture is worth a thousand words... and a gif is normally 30-300 pictures...

Milestone #1 (closed) 13 GIFS - 5 Monero Milestone #2 12 GIFS - 5 Monero

Deadline 9/1/2019

Please feel free to contact me privately or reach out should you have any comments, concerns, or queries.

Telegram @Jackblackiswack Twitter @BTC_Obsessions

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I've recently applied and am waiting for approval on a GIPHY Artist account. This will allow access to material via the GIPHY API which is essentially available on every mainstream social media platform (Even Bumble)

Hi everyone,

I have been doing gifs for some time now and they really are a great way to communicate ideas and ease relationships between the community.

Gifs are fun and always transmit short messages about Monero and feelings. For me, this is code, is a different type of code with a different language. Human language is so complex that is beautiful to see artists transmit nice ideas.

I have seen @JackBlack's work and he has really good talent. I see myself as a beginner next to him.

Gifs really take a huge amount of time and I know how the layer editing workout works. It has a lot of detail on it and could take you several hours or day to finish one.

Anyway, I support this proposal, amazing to see artists show their talent and search for community support.

About the XMR amounts, well, I personally do this for free, but I give them away not so often because of the amount of time they take.

Thank you @JackBlack >:)

Too kind Mr. @lh1008

Your contributions & collaboration inspire beyond your scope of perception.

It has been a wonderful stretch working with the Monero community. Thanks to everyone who has reached out and shown their support privately as well as in tangent with my efforts.

If my calculations are right we've seen an ~82% increase in organic traffic to the decentralized community at t.me/xmrgif 16---> 112

The highest viewed GIF sitting at a wonderful 654 unique views (forwarded to t.me/binanceexchange)

That is right. There are less of us than you may think. Despite a boasted ~10,000 Telegram members, authentic views are at an all time low.

GIPHY API integration did not go as planned. Please contact me if you have a contact at https://giphy.com/ or alternate ideas on getting an account approved for content distribution.

As an alternative, and with the help of an anonymous community member, all Monero content crafted has been added to a Telegram bot re-callable using Telegrams inline search in ANY TELEGRAM channel. t.me/MagicMoneyRobot

@MagicMoneyRobot monero

@MagicMoneyRobot xmr

Thanks for playing. Remember. You are Monero.

I would like to see a few more "thumbsup" before approving this.

Closing due to lack of interest.

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