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I have always been fascinated with stop motion animation as a creative medium and when I spotted this gorgeous and mesmerising stop motion by Steven Briand I had to share.  Made over a period of two months this minimalist stop motion is by no means simple - the way he manages to move and manipulate the various paper geometric shapes had me wondering how he even begun to conceive  this master piece of animation. 

 Not only is the animation flawless but the sound design is stunning too - both work so well together and as a viewer you really focus your attention on the smallest geometric shift and paper crumples.  Apparently Steven completed this while doing an internship at a UK animation company called Partizan - wish I had the time to do something like this! 

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What are Idea Bounty Guest Blogger Posts? 

The world is full of creative ideas and inspiring work - infact it's so full we can never hope to find every single little cool titbit of awesomeness out there! So in oder to make sure we don't miss out on all this awesomeness we are inviting YOU the members of the Idea Bounty community to get in touch with us if you spot a cool campaign or something rad to share with the rest of the community.  If you would like to be featured on the Idea Bounty blog send us a short post on an mind blowing campaign, idea, concept or generally cool stuff to guestblogger@ideabounty.com and we will publish it! 

Im sure you will all remember our recent brief from Mainstay International and South African restaurant chain Primi Piatti where they were looking for some awesomely new fresh ideas for mixed drinks containing Mainstay. I'm sure you will also remember that we had three winners of the brief all of whom took away a Bounty of $1000 each for their drinks concepts.  

Well we are very happy to announce that Mainstay International have just launched the second phase of the campaign which involves you all now voting on which of the three drinks that took home the Bounty YOU think is the best one. The second phase of the campaign is happening through an awesome micro site that Mainstay International have set up - you can check it out here: Mainstay International Float Your Boat 

There are three drinks for you to choose from all of which have been wonderfully mocked up and demonstrated through some beautiful videos so you can try them out yourselves before voting. Check out the three drinks below: 

So So Citrus  

Fruity Fizz 

Fruit Crush 

We think they all look great and are going to be making them ourselves this christmas - so go check out the drinks and get voting here. 

One of the things that we love the most here at Idea Bounty are you - the members of our community. Without you and the awesomeness that keeps spilling from your amazing minds, Idea Bounty would not be what it is. With this is mind, we have decided to launch a new feature to Idea Bounty that will allow you to get a better idea of how well you are doing on the platform: the Idea Bounty Community Leaderboard. This is how it works:

Every Idea you submit to Idea Bounty is scored out of 10 in each of the following categories: on brief/on brand, practicality, how well the idea is expressed,  campaign-ability, and freshness/wow factor. These points help us draw up our shortlists and eventually determine who receives a Bronze or Silver award. The winning Idea (the "Gold") is selected by the client. As a creative community member, you are awarded points according to how many briefs you have won, how many awards you have received and how many Ideas you have submitted. Here's how it breaks down:

For every Gold Award (Bounty won) you receive 20 points

For every Silver Award you receive 10 points 

For every Bronze Award you receive 5 points 

For every Idea you submit you receive 1 point 

So if you have submitted a total of 10 Ideas and have won once, taken home three Silver and one Bronze Award you will have a total of 60 points (20 for Gold, 30 for Silver, 5 for Bronze and 5 for submitting Ideas). Simple. Right? 

So without further delay, here are our current Top 10 Idea Bounty Community creatives. Congratulations guys! Obviously, as more briefs come in and more Ideas, the Leaderboard will constantly update. We'll keep publishing it here on a regular basis (updates posted on the last Friday of each month) so you can keep up to date on the latest movements. We are also putting in place plans to reward all those of you who manage to make it into the top 5 positions of the leaderboard each month with a little something something - more news to follow early bext year! 

 Idea Bounty Community Leaderboard 

1) Kevin Baldwin 92 points

2) Nicky Orbine 78 points

3) Lindy Taoushiani 75 points

4) Tom Spring 62 points

5) John Carney 59 points

6) Gary Willmott 52 points

7) Amod Munga 50 points

8) Konstant Van Huyssteen 49 points

9) Richard Harris 48 points

10) Louise Payne 48 points

As always, we're always keen to hear from you. If you have any questions or Ideas surrounding the Idea Bounty Community Leaderboard please mail us at info@ideabounty.com