Design Competition by PhotoSpin

US microstock PhotoSpin offers to all its members to take part in the competition for the best design. Entries are accepted from August 27 to September 7.

To participate, you must:

- to be an active subscriber of any subscription plans;
- used in your design at least one PhotoSpin image;

To take part you need to do:

- Fill out entry form;
- Read & Agree to the Official Rules;
- Upload design in JPEG format, no larger than 800px.

Prizes:

First Place: The new iPad with Wi-Fi 16GB + Super Plus subscription (a $649.00 value).
Second Place: Super Plus subscription (a $649.00 value).
Third Place: Plus subscription (a $429.00 value).

VectorEdit - creative royalty free vector illustrations

I think it would be correct to provide more information for consumers and talk about sites that are not so known, but deserve attention.

First among them will be microstock site VectorEdit. I present you an interview with one of the founders of the resource Nick Thomas.

Hello, Nick. I would like to ask a few questions. Primarily: As far as you are a new site?

Hello to all. VectorEdit is a royalty free vector illustration source which we built a few years ago. It took a while to build the site, with the online payments etc. and it also took a while to upload and create entries for so many illustrations! We're always adding new illustrations to the site, but the site really went 'live' in 2009.

Who is your team?

We're a very small team! Paul Middlewick is the illustrator and designer. I'm the production specialist, website builder and admin contact.

Why did you run a website?

We created VectorEdit to re-use the many, many illustrations Paul had created over the years for advertising and marketing designs, visuals and concepts. As part of this work, we're always going back to previous projects to re-use elements or illustrations for new work and we thought other designers and visualisers could share the benefits of our work. So, we built VectorEdit. We've kept the costs very low as we see our customers as being creative people like ourselves who just need quick, high quality elements for them to complete their own designs.

How is your project different from other stocks? What makes it interesting for buyers?

VectorEdit is different to other sites because we aim our illustrations at fellow artists and designers. Our work is of the highest quality and, if the .eps version is purchased, fully editable making them ideal for other designers and illustrators to be able to use them in their own work quickly and easily.

It is possible to become your contributor?

We have thought of allowing other illustrators to add their work to VectorEdit, but are concerned that the quality of their work might not be up to our standard and so, for now, we're sticking to our own work.

Have you referral programme?

No, we don't have a formal referral programme. We rely on word-of-mouth and recommendation from our satisfied customers to spread the word about VectorEdit - always the best way!

Russian version of this article on busja-design.blogspot: VectorEdit - creative royalty free vector illustrations.

"Featured Artist" on MediaFocus

U.S. site Mediafocus introduces new section "Featured Artist Of The Week". Once a week will choose one contributor and promote his profile and showcasing files on front page. It will also promote that artist on Mediafocus Facebook page as well as Twitter.

To participate you need:

1. Create and publish your profile.

2. Your profile must include a custom profile picture. The "Featured Artist" section will display this picture for visual interest so you will need to provide one. If you prefer not to display your personal portrait, we understand -- you can just simply upload your logo or brand, favorite pet, flower or whatever. Please do not use use pictures of celebrities, public figures or images of any person other than yourself. No copyrighted trademarks or logos.

3. Create at least 3 Public Lightboxes that will be displayed on your profile page. This will help provide interesting content when visitors click on your profile on our "Featured Artist" section.

4. Each Public Lightbox must contain at least 50 images.

5. Do not use the same image in more than one lightbox.

To create your profile, go to the menu Photographers/Profile Page.

Information about creating Lightboxes and working with them: http://www.mediafocus.com/doc_lightboxes.jsp

Russian version of this article on busja-design.blogspot: "Featured Artist" on MediaFocus.

Free Images on Photokore

Asian stock photography site Photokore is offering its members a special offer: registered site members can freely download one image per day during the month of August.

Photokore has always offered a Free Photo of the Week, but during August registrants will be able to download a free image every day. Members can choose which image they would like to download from a collection of thousands.

Free images are in the gallery "Photokore: Free Photos". The collection of free images is constantly updated with new ones.

Registration to the site is free of charge, and members who registered previously are also eligible for this one-time offer.

Photokore offers search in multiple languages including English, Chinese, Japanese Korean, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai, and Filipino. Due to an increase in visitors from non-Asian regions, Photokore also offers search in Spanish, French, German, and Russian. Photokore is the first Asian stock photography site to offer search in this many languages.

Russian version of this article on busja-design.blogspot: Бесплатные изображения от Photokore.