Steem, Bitshares and EOSIO have a natural synergy, @officialfuzzy's Cross-Chain Synergy Art Challenge is here to highlight this synergy between the three.

https://steemit.com/eos-project/@officialfuzzy/cross-chain-synergy-art-challenge-1-beyondbits-and-steem-and-open-eos-prizes-inside

https://steemitimages.com/DQmb42KQS9CFMS8fCdyGfMSHcbBN7KodUosWGinPCuSKKpE/cryptocrosschainsynergy.gif

This is my entry in the Cross-Chain Synergy Art Challenge. It's an animated gif (If animated entries are not allowed in this contest a single high resolution frame is included below.)

https://steemitimages.com/DQmU16hHTPiWubkPEvxaJufBKEMDHEvztcqk7zm23yUjYP9/cryptosynergydrawing.jpg

I had the idea to make some animated gears interlocking and moving together to show functional synergy. It was once I had a gear sketched out with Krita that I had the realization it would be smart if the cogs where instead a "chain of blocks".

https://steemitimages.com/DQmeyq3PC8DBaHfoh8Bf9NsvBBrpdjV1xkzGqAL8mGDzpbz/cryptosyenergysketch.gif

Using basic guides I drew out a 4 frame loop that the blocks would move through in a circle.

https://steemitimages.com/DQmSRX6AEbz5WrVKsu8Syweqv8DxG6X7HVHyx4XGUkhj1TZ/cryptosynergyvector.jpg

For the logos I had a hard time finding any high resolution images with an alpha background, so I manually redrew the logos as vector art with Inkscape so I could use them however I wanted.

https://steemitimages.com/DQmdX4tEQ8a2BHAWw4kWmRggavs1nccbcdPCzxPNBmw8Qhd/cryptosynergy3.jpg

High resolution frame.

Putting it all together I manually outlined and shaded the sketches of the blocks with Krita, and offset the timing and rotation of them so they fit together.

https://steemitimages.com/DQmb42KQS9CFMS8fCdyGfMSHcbBN7KodUosWGinPCuSKKpE/cryptocrosschainsynergy.gif

The redrawn logos where placed in the center of the rotating blocks and given an animated pulse of their own. I placed the BitShares logo in the center since BitShares (and Open Ledger) is a bridge between STEEM and EOSIO.

Thanks a lot for reading and I hope you enjoyed my art and process.

https://steemitimages.com/DQmeg7nDyne6YUcs3gziWoXVQ2yiBbvPxBttmjjHakgTYRe/cc.png

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