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The graphic dreamer of the week is Yasha

2012-05-12T14:29:00.001+02:00

According to the staff of MondiVirtuali - the italian virtual world magazine - the Koinup Graphic Dreamer of the week is Yasha. You can read the story here and/or enjoy the artworks of Yasha on Koinup

If you're a digital artist and want to get a mention on mondivirtuali, follow these simple rules:

1. Join the Graphic Dreams group on Koinup
2. Submit your most amazing creations to the pool
3. Check out weekly this blog and/or MondiVirtuali to see if you have been featured (regularly, MondiVirtuali staff reviews contents in the pool and pick a few for the stories)

Above one of the latest pictures of Yasha

Contribute to the Koinup Pinterest Channel

2012-04-27T22:02:00.002+02:00

We created an open board: "Koinup. Top of the Top" on our Pinterest channel and we're calling to action all the Koinuppers in order to contribute to it. The rule is basically to pin to this board your own - only made by you - most amazing artwork and/or picture, posted on Koinup. Only one content per member. Your top of the top.

If you're already on Pinterest, you can do it by yourself, by pinning to the board. In order to be added to contributors, leave a comment here with your Pinterest name and we will add promtly to the list of contributors. Then pin your own personal selection.

Other rules to pin:
1. No nudity
2. Only contents made by yourself
3. Only contents posted on Koinup
4. Only one content

Winners of the Koinup FB Timeline Cover Contest

2012-04-21T18:30:00.000+02:00

After one week of time to vote, here's the announcement of the winners of the Koinup FB Timeline Cover Contest - the contest that we launched in order to create a new brand cover for the Koinup Facebook Timeline.

According to the rules, the winning works are the ones with the most higher - cumulative - number of votes (Koinup favorites and Facebook likes are considerated votes). Koinup visitors and members are the judges of the contest.

Here's the winners

http://www.koinup.com/Jay_Age_H_/work/426405/ 5 favorites, 33 likes = 38 votes
http://www.koinup.com/Vero1324/work/425176/ 6 favorites, 24 likes = 30 votes http://www.koinup.com/Baroque/work/425836/ 14 favorites, 2 like= 16 votes http://www.koinup.com/VladMlad/work/425361/ 7 likes, 8 favorites = 15 votes http://www.koinup.com/GuinneV/work/427945/ 15 favorites = 15 votes http://www.koinup.com/LookatmyBack/work/426066/ 11 favorites, 3 likes= 14votes http://www.koinup.com/LittlebirdTrapt/work/427397/ 5 favorites, 8 likes = 13 votes

The winning images will be featured as covers in the Koinup fanpage and they will be showcased in rotations and in several "milestones" available in the timeline of the page. You can view (and like) the page here

Along with the winners, we like to make an honorary mentions of an other series of works that got a significant number of votes and/or that express with originality the subject requested

http://www.koinup.com/Myranua/work/428492/

http://www.koinup.com/JessiFirethorn/work/425112/

http://www.koinup.com/PriscilaOlrich/work/425634/

http://www.koinup.com/SilBrandi/work/427079/

http://www.koinup.com/SilBrandi/work/426730/

http://www.koinup.com/StephanieHelsein/work/425067/

http://www.koinup.com/Lilianea/work/426683/

Many others works would deserve an honorary mentions or a place in this announcement. What we can say is that the quality of submissions has been pretty high and we -at Koinup - are definitely honored to have around us such amazing creative community. Thanks to all participants

Above one of the winning images by LookatmyBack

Vote for your Favorite Koinup Timeline Cover

2012-04-11T22:17:00.000+02:00

The submission time for the Koinup Timeline Cover Contest is closed and now you can express your opinion by "voting" your favorite covers. You can vote simply by "adding an entry to your Koinup Favorites" or by "adding a Facebook like". The submissions with the higher number of "likes" and "favs" will be included (in rotation) in the Koinup Facebook Fan Page. Here's all the entries

Share your Koinup Contents on Pinterest

2012-03-31T10:25:00.000+02:00

We added the Pin Button in all the Koinup pages, allowing visitors and members to share on Pinterest their creations or their favorites contents. We're also running a Koinup Official Pinterest Channel as a central destination for fans - if they want to follow - and for all the people interested in discover amazing art imagery, picked from the best of Koinup.com.

At the moment, we're live with the following boards

Koinup Pic of the Day (most days of the week, we pick an interesting Koinup item and share it on the board)

Favorite Places (this is about awesome places shared in the Koinup Places section)

Digital Fantasy Art

Koinup Repins (a pretty random hommage to people that are sharing Koinup contents, and we will re-share and re-pin them)

Graphic Dreamer of the week is the IMVU artist Vero1324

2012-03-27T16:35:00.000+02:00

According to the staff of MondiVirtuali - the Koinup media partner and sponsor of the Graphic Dreams project on Koinup - the Koinup Graphic Dreamer of the week is the artist Vero1324. Vero is a graphic IMVU artist that use imagery taken from IMVU to create interesting and amazing avatar artworks. I invite you to read the story on MondiVirtuali and/or Enjoy the beautiful Vero gallery on Koinup.

On Any week, the MondiVirtuali staff picks an artist as graphic dreamer of the week. Discover here how to get a mention.

Mini-Contest for the new Koinup Cover on Facebook

2012-03-24T19:48:00.001+01:00

We're running a mini-contest to find the new cover for the Koinup Facebook fan page. In the next days, all the Facebook pages will be switched to the new timeline format and we're asking the Koinup community to create a cover. If you want to join the contest, you can do that by following this link and submitting your ideas to the group pool.

Above one of the entries by Stephanie Helsein

Koinup Pinterest Channel

2012-03-17T08:46:00.004+01:00

If you're on Pinterest you can now follow the Koinup channel and start to pin your Koinup artworks! Follow this link now . Almost each days, on the channel, you will find the "Koinup pic of the day" and a few of the most interesting contents published on Koinup by the community. See you there.....

Top on Koinup, this week

2012-03-06T16:45:00.001+01:00

The Virtual Oscar Fashion Photo Contest is over and Harper Ganesvoort announced the winners on the Around the Grid Blog. Among the winners there are some Koinuppers, so I'm sure you might want to read the announcements. CindyStarostin created a new amazing group focused on the best portraits of avatars: "wonderful portraits". If you love any kind of avatar art, then you can't absolutely miss this group. Join it now. The Second life blogger Felicity Blumenthal is great in using in a great way the Koinup places, the Koinup section that helps you to discover amazing Second Life locations. These days, Felicity landed at 6pi, one of the most popular Second Life locations among Koinuppers, and took some stunning pics..... Read the story.

(image by Felicity Blumenthal)

The Koinup Graphic Dreamer of the week is ToySoldier

2012-02-24T22:04:00.000+01:00

The Koinup Graphic Dreamer of the week is the amazing artist ToySoldier. You can read the story on MondiVirtuali and/or enjoy the outstanding ToySoldier art gallery on Koinup. Beyond the images, Toysoldier is well know as builder and author of a variety of art manufacts in Second Life. You can grab all details reading the story on MondiVirtuali.

If you're a metaverse artist, you can get a mention and become graphic dreamer of the week, by joining the Koinup Graphic dreams group and submitting your best artworks to the pool. Good Luck!

Join the Oscar Fashion Photo Contest

2012-02-13T20:37:00.000+01:00

Koinup members have only two weeks left to join the Oscar Fashion Photo Contest, sponsored by the well known Second Life blogger Harper Ganesvoort. The Oscar Fashion Photo Contest is at his second edition and it's becoming a highly popular initiative among Koinup people. Read all the info on the Harper's blog and submit your fashion shots in the dedicated Koinup group

Above one of the most recent entries, by StephanieHelsein

Metaverse Wallpapers now free on iTunes

2012-01-30T15:19:00.000+01:00

Metaverse Wallpapers, the iPhone an iPad app powered by Koinup, is now available for free on itunes and on the appstore. The app features almost 200 virtual worlds wallpapers created by the Koinup community (thanks guys!). If you didn't download the app, this is really your best chance to get it for free! Get it now!

(a special thanks to Cesare Rocchi, the amazing iPhone developer who helped us with the project)

The Koinup graphic dreamer of the week is Kanielle Bellic

2012-01-28T14:06:00.000+01:00

According to the board of MondiVirtuali - the italian web magazine focused on virtual worlds and "long-time Koinup top media partner - the "Koinup Graphic Dreamer" of the week is Kanielle Bellic.

Read the story here and enjoy the amazing gallery of Kanielle, here.

Each week, MondiVirtuali picks a Koinup artist for a dedicated story on the columns of the magazine. If you want to be featured, join the graphic dreams group on Koinup and submit your best artworks and pictures. The MondiVirtuali editors browse periodically the gallery looking for talents to highlight! So, the next one could be you.

Discover Real Life Locations in Second Life

2012-01-22T18:52:00.000+01:00

With more than 10.000 Sims included in the area, the Koinup Places is one of the most huge directories of Second Life destinations. We saw recently some bloggers using it to discover in the Metaverse virtual replica and remakes of real cities. On My Second Closet blog - authored by Felicity Blumenthal - you can read a very interesting story set in Venexia - a "Venetian inspired sim build, complete with waterways for gondola" (read more) found in the Koinup Places.

We are using the Google Custom Search on Koinup, so if you will use to search internally on Koinup for locations you will get always relevant results, based on the Google algorithm and on the thousands of excellent locations, shared on Koinup by the community.

How to use Koinup Places

2012-01-11T22:00:00.000+01:00

If you're a Second Life blogger, you can use the Second life Location Directory on Koinup to discover amazing and highly photogenic Second Life places to set your photo shootings. That's what is doing the awesome fashionist blogger Felicity Blumenthal. She browsed among the most coolest locations and found the outstanding Japan Chubu (here the Japan Chubu section on Koinup and here the direct teleport), where she set a shooting.

I really invite you to have a look at the Felicity Blumenthal blog and/or enjoy her fashion blogpost in Japan Chubu

The Graphic dreamer of the week is Betty Rogan

2012-01-09T13:15:00.000+01:00

According to Mondi Virtuali, the italian magazine fully dedicated to virtual worlds, the graphic dreamer of the week is the Koinup artist Betty Rogan. I invite you to read the story here and browse the amazing Betty's gallery on Koinup.

If you don't know yet, Graphic dreams is a project co-branded by MondiVirtuali and Koinup, whose goal is to promote and highlight the best examples of virtual worlds creativity and graphic art.

If you're a metaverse artist or photographer, you can submit your images to the graphic dreams group on Koinup and get the chance of a mention on MondiVirtuali columns. On a weekly base, Mondi Virtuali board pick an artist as graphic dreamer of the week. Who will be the next?

Happy 2012!

2012-01-02T12:01:00.000+01:00

We wish you all of you a wonderful 2012!!!!!

(image by Sonicity)

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-24T21:24:00.000+01:00

Merry Christmas from the Koinup staff to all the Koinup members and readers. Thanks for being part of this community! we absolutely want to thank you for all your kind support and for the amazing creativity you're bringing in Koinup. Have a wonderful and special new year!

Image by Shmoo_Snook

How to get the most with Koinup Places

2011-12-23T21:43:00.000+01:00

One of the main challenges for Metaverse developers is to make ease the discovery of new areas and places to visit for their users. We at Koinup thought that the most interesting places in the metaverse are those more shared by the visitors. Because of this reason, we created the Koinup Places directory, where you can find Second Life places discovered/shared by Koinup members. If you're looking for new places to visit (and use them as set for photoshootings) you can browse the most recent places section, while if you're looking for highly popular places you can visit the "most coolest section".

Some of the most authoritative bloggers are adopting the Koinup Places as guide to discover amazing places to talk about. Here you can read an interesting story by Strawberry Singh based in Atrum, an amazing Second Life sim, discovered via Koinup Places

(above a lovely picture by Strawberry Singh)

How to discover the most photogenic Second Life destinations

2011-12-12T11:21:00.001+01:00

When we launched the Koinup Places our goal was about giving virtual worlds people an effective tool to discover the most incredible and beautiful Second life destinations. Today, we are glad to announce that Strawberry Singh - one of the most cool Second Life blogger and also a brilliant metaverse artist (here, her koinup profile) - started to embrace Koinup Places to choose the locations for her amazing blog-photo-shootings.
Strawberry uses to wear amazing fashion outfits, and by settings the shootings in original and unique Second Life locations, she create amazing stories for the blog. Have a look at the latest Strawberry Post and teleport to the same location to enjoy the atmosphere.

There are various tools to discover outstanding places in Second Life, the most known is the useful Second Life Destination and we highly suggest to use it. But if you're looking for a complete user generated directory most focused on photogenic and visually appealing places, you can enjoy and browse the Koinup Places. Have a look at the most coolest places of the week

Graphic Dreamer of the week is the Frenzoo Artist Sincetta

2011-12-10T20:50:00.001+01:00

According to the board of MondiVirtuali - the virtual world magazine - the graphic dreamer of the week is Sincetta. Sincetta is active on Koinup since a couple of years and almost all her pictures are taken in 3d browser based virtual world Frenzoo. I invite you to read the interesting review of Sincetta art on Mondi Virtuali and/or browse the amazing Sincetta art gallery on Koinup.

if you're wondering how to get a mention on MondiVirtuali, read here to get all details

A New Photo Contest at Koinup

2011-12-07T15:04:00.001+01:00

The team behind NeoVictoria, the well known Second Life Roleplaying Sim, is running an interesting photo contest on Koinup. Basically, the participants are requested to take photos that represent the spirit of this amazing sim and submit them to the group. In order to join the contest, it's enough to visit the sim, take some photos and submit the contents to the NeoVictoria group on Koinup. All the info, here! Good Luck!

Above a wonderful view of NeoVictoria. Snap taken by one of the first participants of the contest selena85

Amazing Second Life artists featured on Contact Sheet

2011-11-28T17:21:00.001+01:00

The Contact Sheet (the weekly column on Harper Ganesvoort Blog dedicated to the most amazing examples of metaverse art) is live this week with an interesting post focused on two amazing Koinup artists: Lanay and Sythos. I really suggest you to have a read at the story, here. Above one of the images featured in the story, by Lanay

A new series of Koinup Artists featured on Contact Sheet

2011-11-18T21:24:00.001+01:00

Harper Ganesvoort just went online with a new contact sheet post completely focused on a few Koinup artists, mainly: Aelin Quan, HivaOa_Insoo, Anna Anton, Shmoo_Snook, SiviKe, Wise Sandalwood. I invite you to have a read at the always clever and interesting Harper's review. Above one of the works featured in the story (by Wise Sandalwood)

The Graphic Dreamer of the week is the Second Life Artist Anna Anton

2011-11-16T21:01:00.001+01:00

According to the board of MondiVirtuali the Koinup Graphic Dreamer of the week is Anna Anton. I really invite you to have a read at the interesting story on MondiVirtuali and/or have a look at the amazing Koinup gallery of Anna Anton. In the column, you will read some interesting reviews of the most appreciated Anna's works.

If you don't know yet, any Koinup member can get a mention on MondiVirtuali column graphic dreams. In order to be eligible, you have to join the graphic dreams group on Koinup and submit your most beautiful images to the pool. On any week, the MondiVirtuali board reviews the newest works and pick one artist for the feature. Good Luck!