Everything has to start small. The same counts for blogs. These days, the blog-o-sphere is dominated by a couple of blogs that have many readers. I'm pretty sure you've heard (and seen) blogs like PSDTuts, Abduzeedo and Noupe. One day, I hope Marcofolio.net becomes one of those big websites too.

But did you ever wonder, how these awesome websites looked liked in the good old days? Look no further, because here's a list showing blog layouts before they were big.

The image above is showing my website (Marcofolio.net) on Jun 09, 2002. It wasn't my domain back then, so I don't know what kind of website it was. If you want to take a guess, I'm all ears.

This article is showing the old designs of popular blogs that currently have a beautiful layout (mostly design blogs). It's possible that the moment the screenshots were taken, the owner of the site is someone else than now (like my website).

We're already almost halfway this month, and the first part of this months imagedump hasn't been placed yet. But don't worry, here it is to save your day and cheer you up. Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from August 2008.

Don't forget to check out the other imagedumps and stick around to see part 2 of this month.

Here's a no-brainer for you: Pictures of Machines / Cars + HDR equals? Answer: One hell of a combination. I mean, what's not to like? HDR photos are a real hot topic these days and cars are already loved for a long time.

I selected 25 outstanding photos of machines / cars in HDR, just to take your breath away for a couple of minutes. So be warned: Don't forget to breathe.

Sit back and enjoy the ride! If you want to try creating these images yourself, make sure you check out the HDR Tutorials Roundup.

As some of my readers will know, I've been on a vacation for a while. I wanted to share the summertime feeling with everyone by creating a summertime compilation poster.

In this Photoshop tutorial is explained how to create a nice compilation image: Cutting and selecting objects from pictures, placing and combining them in beautiful artwork.

You can download the PSD from this tutorial in the download section.

This is the first time I created something using this technique, but I believe the outcome is really good.

Time for a little bit of design inspiration from other artists. Today in the spotlight, Javier Velasco from Spain.

Javier Velasco was born in Madrid in 1974.He studied design at "Infographic Studies Centre" in Madrid before training in painting at the "Arco Verde" Artistic Centre in Madrid. He now works as Art Director for a company dealing in new technologies.

Many people own a widescreen monitor. This is mainly because most laptops are widescreen and more laptops than normal PC's are sold. Another thing that people love these days is working with dual screens (two or more screens). I'm working dual too: 15,4" on my laptop, together with a 21" widescreen. It really improves my workflow as a programmer / designer.

One of the problems with these wide screen resolutions, is that many backgrounds (wallpapers) will not fit since most of them are made for a normal screen. This is the reason I collected 33 of the most breathtaking dual- and widescreen wallpapers.

If you don't own a wide- / dualscreen monitor, don't hold back to check out this article. Most backgrounds are a great design inspiration too.

I just came back from my awesome vacation and wanted to give my readers a better day. Here's another imagedump, with a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from July 2008.

Hope this will make a smile on your face. If not, you could also try checking out part one of this month. Enjoy!

This tutorial is inspired by one of the creations I placed in the beauty of 3d typography article. By combining the powers of Illustrator and Photoshop, you can recreate this awesome technique.

Typography is a really hot topic at this moment in the design sphere and neon light is and has always been an effective way to attract users. Combine these two to make some beautiful artwork.

Most of this tutorial is done in Photoshop, the 3D characters are created in Illustrator. If you don't have Illustrator, you can also try making 3D letters in Photoshop.

Get ready to make some amazing typography artwork. You can download my final result as PSD from the download section.

As a web developer or programmer, you want to make your software as dynamic as possible. This means that you can easily change the code or contents, without digging in and rebuilding your original source.

(Flash) Image rotators are a pretty effective and attractive way to show your images. Most of the times, these Flash image rotators are not dynamic and need to rebuild every time you want to change the images. Here's a solution for this problem, because I'll explain how to create a Flash image viewer by reading directory contents.

Just place all images you want to rotate in the same directory as the Flash file and this script does all the work for you. If you want to add an image, just place it online and the Flash viewer will show it.

Check out the demo of the Flash image viewer, or download the flash image viewer by reading directory contents from the download section.

A while ago I placed another freebie (4x high resolution textures) online. I got a couple of reactions from people that really liked the textures. That texture pack has been downloaded over 100 times.

Now I'm presenting you another high resolution texture pack to download: Old and Rusty. This texture pack contains 5 high resolution textures from old and rusty objects.

You can download the "Old and Rusty" textures in one big pack from the download section, free for all kinds of use.