The summer vacation break is coming up soon over here and I'll be gone for almost one whole month (sorry folks!). Right now, I'm holding a contest, searching for all (potential) guest authors out there that want to share one (or more) articles with the world by placing them on Marcofolio.net.

I'll personally review all submitted articles myself and will send a notification when the article is approved. Your article is placed on the front page of Marcofolio.net in this summer (July or August).

Prizes

What would a contest be without any prizes to win?

1. 1st place: A 125x125 px banner in the "Sponsors" section, advertising your website for 2 months
2. 2nd place: $30.00 USD in cash on your PayPal account
3. 3rd place: One of your own chosen articles on your blog will get featured on the sideblog

Of source, all articles will have a link to your own website, together with a short biography of yourself. You'd be promoting your own website too!

So what are you waiting for? Start writing an unique article for Marcofolio.net that'll maybe get placed this summer. Be fast, submitting articles ends at 30th of June.

I know there are many people out there that like my blog for the monthly imagedumps. The month June has just started and I'll kick-it-off with another great picture collection. Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from June 2008.

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

Simply answer the following question.

If your answer is "Yes", please read on.

MTV is doing a casting call on all digital artists out there. Together with HP they're looking for all kinds of digital artists around the globe for their new series called the Engine Room.

Go to the website and send your digital art. This can be anything: Animations, websites, short films, sound mixes, digital art, you name it. Just show that you're creative enough to enter the room. Remember: Your only limit is your own imagination. React fast: Casting ends June 30th.

Personally, I really love this idea from MTV. Bringing several creative minds to one place to let them compete on a TV show is absolutely fascinating. I expect very innovative things to come out of this project.

A while ago, I wanted to buy me myself a new shirt for the holiday. I ended up searching online for the most beautiful design shirt, but there's just so many to choose from. Here's a round-up from what I think are the 12 most awesome design t-shirts that can give you some inspiration.

If you're not so much into design, you might want to check out the 30 funniest and geekiest shirts. If you like funny shirts, you should check out Glennz.

On the 9th of May 2008, Smashing Magazine announced a Smashing Textures Contest. The goal was set to let all readers take beautiful pictures that can be used as textures.

It was one amazing contest. They received in an enormous amount of e-mail from over 600 participants. The results speak for themselves: The Smashing Texture Gallery is one great Photoshop Resource.

My girlfriend (Amber from DressYourAss) and I were two of the 600 participants. The sun was shining and we took the afternoon to take some photo's with my camera to enter the texture contest. Two out of the ten that we send were selected by SmashingMagazine.

All photographs are taken with a simple camera on a bright day. None of them are edited in any way, exept some have non-texture parts removed. The pictures are taken in a very high resolution, perfect for Photoshop artwork.