The winner of the Giving Steem logo competition is 
Congratulations!
The two runner ups were 
Thank you very much to everyone who participated. The designs were really superb and I had a hard time selecting the winner and places.
I hope you agree, baring the question of personal taste, that the winner's design will do the job admirably.
I inserted all the designs into different images to test them out and I thought you might like to see them in place. Please bear in mind that some were not designed to be as small as they are and many had a background which I attempted to remove. I think they are a fantastic set of logos.
What's next?
My plan is to put nirado's logo on all my posts as an indicator of the Giving Steem initiative in action. All my posts will be set to 50/50 and all SBD post rewards will donated to help people in difficulty.
For more information please read...
https://steemit.com/giving-steem/@benjojo/giving-steem
Once I've started donating, my intention is to post a summary of what has gone out, to whom and for what purpose.
I will use artwatch's beautiful design with its original background as the main image to these posts.
I really hope more Steemians will use the Giving Steem logo and adopt some kind of formal approach to helping Steemians and others in need. These efforts may be the precursor to a revolution in how we implement charity and insure one and other against calamity.
I especially hope that those benefiting the most from Steemit presently will consider investing some of their resources into their fellow Steemians directly.
Thank you again to all of you who took part in the logo competition, your creativity was an absolute pleasure to witness.
Happy Steeming
edit - I forgot to include that the steem part of the rewards for this post will be split between every artist who's logo features in this post equally.
