Viber launches Sticky Fingers 2

MANILA, Philippines - Viber, a leading mobile messaging app, launches the second run of its global sticker design initiative Sticky Fingers. This time around, Sticky Fingers focuses on having creatives from all over bring their favourite cities to life with the “My City, My Vibe” theme.   

Stickers are a core part of Viber’s service and millions of people use them every day to convey an emotion, a reaction or simply to share good vibes with their friends and families. Sticky Fingers 2 is a great opportunity for Filipino artists to showcase their design talent, represent their cities, each unique vibe they carry and share it with the rest of the world.

Twenty finalists will be selected by Viber and its panel of judges, each to receive $1,000. From those top entries, five artists will be chosen to get the opportunity to work with the Viber design studio to develop their character into sticker packs, and a revenue share for every sticker sold of their design. Aside from these, the final five will receive exposure across Viber’s social media channels.

The competition is now open with Filipino creatives being able to send their entries up until Nov. 18. As the 20 finalists will be picked based on the quality of their submissions, and not by their country of origin, the more entries the Philippines produces means higher chances for Pinoys to make it as finalists.

Stanislav Makarenko, aka “Drawk” (the Selected Artist of the first Sticky Fingers)  shares, “I have been drawing and sketching characters since 2008, but being Selected for Viber’s first Sticky Fingers Creative Invite was a dream come true,” says Drawk. “It was such an incredible feeling to be selected, but also a great responsibility. I got the opportunity to work alongside professional artists at an international level, to travel more and now my sketches are in a sticker pack that will be used around the world.     

Sticky Fingers 2 “My City, My Vibe” sticker design initiative will be accepting submissions until Nov. 18 through www.viber.com/MyCityVibe. The 20 finalists to be announced on Dec. 9, and the five selected artists on Dec. 15.  

For inquiries, follow Viper Sticky Fingers 2 on viber.com/viberph, facebook.com/viberph, twitter.com/viberph, and instagram.com/viber or follow the hashtag #MyCityVibe.