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Win A Free 1-Year Account To MediaLoot

Andrew Houle — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:20:30 +0000

About MediaLoot

MediaLoot is a brand new online toolbox of premium design resources. It’s a subscription based site that offers designers awesome icons, Photoshop brushes, textures, vectors, print templates, and more. It looks very promising and is created by Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios and Mason & Natalie Hipp of Freelance Folder.

Some Samples

Rather than me just chatting up the graphics, I figured you could check out some examples and judge for yourself.

The Prize

MyInkBlog and MediaLoot would like to hook up 5 lucky readers with a free 1-year account.

How To Enter

For a chance to grab this cool prize, simply signup to be a fan of MyInkBlog on Facebook, and then drop me a comment below. The 5 winners will be chosen at random. The deadline to enter is April 8th, 2010, after that point commenting on this post will be turned off. I will announce the winners in a followup post, so it’s a good idea to grab the RSS feed to find out if you win.

7 High Resolution Stone Textures

Kawsar Ali — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:09:53 +0000

These texture are available under the creative commons license. Please do not repackage, redistribute or direct link to the download. If you would like to share these textures please link back to this page.

I took these images on a recent trip I took to Bangladesh. They are available for download at a nice high resolution of 3008×2000. I hope you find some good uses for them in one of your next designs.

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Winners Announced: 5 Premium Concept Feedback Accounts

Andrew Houle — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:08:32 +0000

A month ago we announced an awesome giveaway from Concept Feedback that gave you an opportunity to win a Premium Concept Feedback Account. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Here Are The Winners

I plugged all the names who entered into a list randomizer. The winners are…

Alex – @lupka
Inspiring Pixel – @inspiringpixel
Brian Kelly – @webandvideodude
Kelvin Kao – @kelvinkao
Lukas – @lukehrm

Congratulations to the winners! The folks at Concept Feedback will be in touch with you soon with the details.

Till The Next Time

This is certainly not the last time we we’ll be holding giveaways and contests here on MyInkBlog. Stay tuned by grabbing the rss feed or signing up to get email updates.

CodeSublime PSD to Wordpress Contest Winner

Andrew Houle — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:40:15 +0000

The number of submissions for this contest were surprisingly low, given that CodeSublime was offering a full PSD to Wordpress service valued at about $600. That being said the winning design was very much deserving. Congratulations to Phillysoul11.

The Winning Design

Check out the fantastic designs of the contest winner.

5 Premium Concept Feedback Accounts Giveaway

Andrew Houle — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:08:15 +0000

The guys at Concept Feedback asked me to help them get the word out for the launch of their new premium concept accounts. This new feature gives users an opportunity to get maximum exposure for their concept. Once a premium concept is live, it is featured on their homepage for 1 week, giving users maximum traffic and reviews. In addition, Concept Feedback invites their top members to review the concept, ensuring top quality feedback.

What You’ll Win

We are offering 5 Free Premium Concept Feedback Accounts. It’s a really helpful service for testing the usability of your site. Something that definitely should not be overlooked.

How To Enter

Simply follow @myinkblog on Twitter, then comment your Twitter name at the bottom of this post. The 5 winners will be chosen at random. The deadline to enter is February 8th, 2010, after that point commenting on this post will be closed. I will announce the winners in a followup post here on MyInkBlog, so it’s a good idea to grab the RSS feed to find out if you win.

Huge Hosting Giveaway From Eleven2

Andrew Houle — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:37:31 +0000

About a year and a half ago now I switched my hosting services over to Eleven2. It was easily one of the best decisions I’ve made while running this blog. The folks there are very helpful and personal, and I’ve yet to experience any significant downtime on my site.

The Giveaway

Now that I’ve boasted a little about their fine services, I’m thrilled to announce an awesome giveaway they want to run here on MyInkBlog. They’ve decided to offer up 3 free months of shared hosting or 1 free month of their advanced reseller plan

How to Get Your Free Hosting

To claim your free hosting you can simply sign up for one of those two options and use the coupon code: myinkblog_free.

CodeSublime PSD to Wordpress Contest Giveaway

Andrew Houle — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:27:59 +0000

The cool folks at CodeSublime approached me about offering a giveaway on MIB that could really show off there coding skills. After some brainstorming we devised a unique PSD to Wordpress Contest Giveaway. I’ve seen quite a few PSD to HTML style giveaways, but I can’t recall any that go the extra mile of offering a full Worpress Theme.

The Details

This is a awesome chance to win a fully coded Wordpress theme from just your PSD files. In total it’s a $600 value. Even, if you don’t win the big prize, everyone who submits a design will receive a 10% voucher code should they decide to get their site coded by CodeSublime.

Given that this is such a unique giveaway, we wanted to do something different than the traditional comment/tweet to win type thing. For this contest we are asking you to submit your designs to be judged by a group of five designers, with the top design getting the prize. Your site design can be for an upcoming project, or something from scratch that you think up just for this contest.

Meet The Judges

The contest will be judged by 5 awesome designers… well, 4 awesome designers + myself. Here is the list.

Kyle Steed

Kyle Steed is the clever fellow behind KyleSteed.com. He lives in Dallas, Texas and has been operating as the lead Web + Graphic Designer for WaveTwo for the past year and a half.

Grace Smith

Grace Smith is a talented blogger and designer from Northern Ireland. She specialises in Blog and User Interface design and is the owner of Postscript5.

Brian Hoff

Brian Hoff is a graphic designer from Philadelphia. He collaborates mostly on corporate identity and branding, and is experienced in building all kinds of quality, strategic design, both in print and on the web.

Tom Ross

Tom Ross is a graphic designer with 8 years of experience. He shares his passion for Photoshop on his blog, PSDFan.

Submission and Deadline Details

Please submit your designs to the PSD to Wordpress Contest Flickr Group that I’ve started just for this contest. All submissions must be in no later than January 4, 2010 to be considered. Their is no limit to the number of submissions you can make.

I can’t wait to see the designs everyone sends in. Let the contest begin!

Freebies: Foliage Flourishes – Vectors & Brushes

Stefan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:43:03 +0000

Stefan from over at ArtBox7 was kind enough to offer up this set of 8 awesome flourishes. They are available as both vectors and photoshop brushes.

Terms of Use

These vectors and brushes are available for commercial and non-commercial work. Please do not repackage, redistribute or direct link to the download. If you would like to share them please link back to this page.

Share Your Work

I’d love to see the creative stuff you come up with using these brushes and vectors. Please consider posting a link to your work in the comments or share your work at the MyInkBlog Flickr Group.

10 Free Geometric Abstract Vectors

Rob Bowen — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:36:46 +0000

Please do not repackage, redistribute or direct link to the download. If you would like to share these freebies please link back to this page.

About the Creation

Picasso’s Blue period spawned some amazing pieces from within the artist’s self-proclaimed torment of that time. In my Blue period, I have created some abstract vectors all containing a certain geometric-ness. My Blue period is owed to the recent loss of my MacBook to the repair shop, which may explain the choice of my muses to turn to the geo vectors for expression of this grief. Naturally the abstract came from the Picasso-esque period in which I found myself. And though the work wrought from my Blue period pales in comparison to Picasso’s, his period lasted four years and mine only three weeks, so it balances I think. Besides, my work is free for everyone, Picasso’s stingy, little pretentious self charges a bit more than that for his. Though, again, given the difference in quality, it balances. If you still want this set of 10 fun, original vectors they are yours for free commercial and non-commercial purposes. Bet Picasso never did that!

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Winner Announced: SnobbySlice PSD to HTML Slicing Giveaway

Andrew Houle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:17:58 +0000

About three weeks ago we announced a giveaway from the awesome folks at SnobbySlice. Thanks to everyone who participated.

And The Winner Is…

I plugged all the names who entered into a list randomizer and the lucky winner is @TheRoxer. Congratulations Kevin, the guys at SnobbySlice will be contacting you shortly with the details.

Till Next Time

This is certainly not the last time we we’ll be holding giveaways and contests here on MyInkBlog. Stay tuned by grabbing the rss feed or get email updates.