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Dribbble Invite Contest!

Dribbble Invite Contest

Rules:

~~1. Comment on this post!~~

~~2. Leave your URL or a link to your portfolio.~~

~~3. Tell us something about yourself.~~

~~4. DEADLINE – FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT. JULY 30th 2010.~~

I’ll pick somebody awesome from the comments after Friday, and they can join me on Dribbble! Even if you don’t win, feel free to check out everybody’s portfolios in the comments. That way everybody can get some feedback and fresh eyes on their work, which is always good.

~~So what are you waiting for? Comment!~~

Update: Congratulations to our winner, Lenny from Hey Monkey! Design. He’s doing some great work, plus we both really like macaroni and cheese, and I’m psyched to see what he’ll show us on Dribbble. There were 18 entries, and it was very (very) hard to pick just one. You all had a great collection of work, I wish I had 18 invites to give away. Hopefully Dribbble will open up their registration process in the future, it would be awesome to hang with all of you outside of the blog and Twitter.

Thanks, and feel free to subscribe to the Fringe Focus RSS in case I’m lucky enough to have this contest again in the future.

23 Comments

July 27th, 2010

curtis allenJuly 27, 2010 | 6:22 pm

I’m an interactive designer who live in Atlanta GA and I love designing website.

Dan ShapiroJuly 27, 2010 | 6:34 pm

I am a design padawan/student who desperately needs a dribbble invite.

Shannon SmithJuly 27, 2010 | 6:36 pm

Fan of opensource, semantic web, microformats, WordPress and ExpressionEngine. I specialize in multilingual design. Please check out my portfolio.

Agustin LinenbergJuly 27, 2010 | 7:07 pm

Hi!

My name is Agustín Linenberg, and I’m a graphic designer from Argentina. I’d love to get an invite for Dribbble, as I constantly try to get feedback on my work with a very similar format. The problem is that I know few people from whom I can get good comments (my girlfriend and a couple of friends), and Dribbble has a huge network that makes that process a lot easier, as you already know.

If you still have that invite, you can see some of my work at Behance (http://www.behance.net/gallery/Las-Pelotas-Basta/234778) and Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/limpa/sets/72157618894446994/).

Thanks for this opportunity!

Arun KurianJuly 27, 2010 | 8:27 pm

Hey, I am an up and coming designer based out of south Florida and i’ve been designing for about 5 years now. I started when I was in the 7th grade and now, at the age of 17, I’m going to college and designing in my free time. The main reason I wanted to join Dribbble was to be part of a community of designers where everyone is willing to help everyone else out. I love getting feedback on my own designs and helping other designers out as well, which also my source for inspiration.

Here is a link to my portfolio: http://blueprints.akworkshop.com/

Thanks in advance.

orlando festaJuly 28, 2010 | 10:01 am

Graphic designer based in Italy. Our studio is specialized in multimedia/interactive design.
You can see a selected portfolio on my website.
Ciao!

Notorious USB aka Brian BenitezJuly 28, 2010 | 10:17 am

I’m a graphic designer / web designer from South Florida. I’m not happy with this as a portfolio, but I put it up solely for this purpose of trying to win a dribbble invite. Anyone reading this can follow me on twitter @NotoriousUSB.

Check out the work here (I’ll put stuff up on my site soon on notorioususb.com)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/notorioususb/sets/72157624477291019/

PatrickJuly 28, 2010 | 11:53 am

I’m a university student :] Aside from design I enjoy photography and listening to my music collection… Been trying to get drafted for a while

Portfolio:
http://patrickyan.net

Florian HierholzerJuly 28, 2010 | 11:53 am

Hi,

I’m Florian from northern Germany. I study design and work as a musician and dj. I really like to be a part on the dribbble community.

If you are on forrst too you can check out my work right there: http://forr.st/-contrabeatz

-Thanks

Marek SzeszyckiJuly 28, 2010 | 12:14 pm

Hey there!

I’m a freelance visual solutions provider and contract web designer hailing from the city of Chicago.

I’m a firm believer that design will change the world and that small businesses and non-profits deserve kick-ass public visual representation too! As I continue to produce non-profit projects, seeing as I freelance alone, I would love the opportunity to be a part of the Dribble community to share feedback but also to inspire other designers to reach out and design for local non-profits.

my webfolio: http://SnakeZebraElephant.com

MelissaJuly 28, 2010 | 12:36 pm

I’m a freelance graphic designer in Indiana. I have been wanting a dribbble invite for a while now.

Lenny TerenziJuly 29, 2010 | 9:58 am

First-off thanks for the opportunity! I am currently working a complete overhaul of my business so I created a quick Carbonmade portfolio to show some recent work.

http://heymonkey.carbonmade.com/

I am based in North Carolina and love design, guitar and macaroni and cheese. If you love those things are best friends already!

Thanks again!

AdrianneJuly 29, 2010 | 3:15 pm

Hi Rob, it’s Adrianne here, freelance designer in the great city of Chicago! I’m optimistic, my favorite color is mint green and I just recently bought a vintage-y cruiser bike with big plans to ride everywhere. I love your blog too, it is quite inspiring!

http://www.adriannehawthorne.com

Victoria PaterJuly 29, 2010 | 11:00 pm

ijustwanttowin.com

sheriJuly 30, 2010 | 2:14 pm

New Media Designer looking for invite

Great vid “The Basics of Awesome Design” btw!

Ryan pylipowJuly 30, 2010 | 5:27 pm

Hey there- I’m a graphic and web design student at Butler in Indianapolis. I’m hoping to get a job in Chicago after graduation in May. I’d really like a dribble invite so I can start to interact with other designers and learn more about the industry. I’m currently working at an agency in Indy, doing freelance work, in charge of Butler’s student-run ad agency, and taking classes. Thanks for the consideration!

http://www.ryanpylipow.com

Ryan

Nicole FosterJuly 30, 2010 | 5:58 pm

My name’s Nicole Foster and I like cake. Since cake is awesome, that makes me awesome.

Cake = Awesome and Awesome = Me

Shawn BorskyJuly 30, 2010 | 7:32 pm

My name is Shawn Borsky.
I love coffee and design. Interesting fact. I am 23(w/BFA) I run a successful Atlanta design firm with 8 employees.

My design portfolio is basically http://anthemdesigngroup.com/work , you can also see some of my for fun design here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/theborsky/

Rob LoukotkaJuly 31, 2010 | 1:26 am

Thanks everybody for entering!

You all have really some great work, it’s inspiring to see such a wide group of people making awesome stuff all over the world.

I wish I had 18 invites to give away, but I guess I can only choose one Looks like I have some tough decisions to make! I’ll post an update soon.

Rob LoukotkaAugust 1, 2010 | 2:38 am

I included this as an update in the blog post as well, but, we have a winner! Congratulations to Lenny from Hey Monkey! Design.

Everybody had awesome work, it’s a bummer that Dribbble gives out invites so infrequently. Thanks everybody for taking the time to enter, perhaps I’ll do this contest thing more often?

If you’re still on the hunt for a Dribbble invite, I suggest hitting up Twitter. Also, try setting up a Google Alert for the words ‘Dribbble Invite’ and maybe you’ll get lucky. They seem to release a few hundred invites in waves every few months.

Keep up the awesome work!

Lenny TerenziAugust 1, 2010 | 8:09 pm

Hey Rob!!

Thanks a million! I really appreciate. There was some great work here and I appreciate you giving me the nod. When possible I will be sure to Pay It Forward to other designers when I have invites that I can pass on.

Now to go through all these in progress projects for a few shots.

Thanks again!
Lenny