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5oup was founded by James Chambers and Tom Judd in February 2006 as a place for students to get their work seen by the widest possible audience.

Since it's launch 5oup has had a great reception both online and off, recieving support from Icograda, Design is Kinky, Pixelsurgeon and Computer Arts to name but a few. Our userbase has grown to over 1300 students from a huge variety of backgrounds and creative disciplines, and represents a cross section of emerging creative talent. 5oup is the only dedicated community run by students, for students.

Graduate Showcase

5oup is currently involved in a cross promotion with the good people at Computer Arts based around their 2007 graduate showcase. For more information go to http://www.computerarts.co.uk/graduateshowcase.

About James

James is currently in the second year of BA GMD Interactive Design at the London College of Communication. Recent work includes 5oup 3.1 and various freelance web design projects.

James' 5oup profile
James' website
Contact James

About Tom

Tom is currently in his third year of BA Illustration with Animation at Manchester Metropolitan University and is also working a freelance Illustrator with clients including the BBC and Burton Snowboards.

Tom's 5oup profile
Tom's website
Contact Tom

Advertising

By advertising on 5oup you will gain exposure to thousands of creatives every week.
If you are interested in adverising on the site please get in touch with us here.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about the site or just want to say hello, drop us a line here,
we'd love to hear from you.

Creating a profile on 5oup

You must be a student to make a 5oup profile. Start off by filling out the registration form on the home page then upload your work and personal information on your profile page. Which is accesible via the My Profile link in the top menu.

The username you select during the registration process will become part of your personal profile URL e.g. www.5oup.net/profile/username

Fresh & Featured profiles

A fresh profile is selected each day, and is the pick of recently created or updated profiles. This means that even if you are not selected as for the fresh list right away, you could be in the future. All profiles, fresh or otherwise are accesible in the Profiles section.

The fresh list on the home page is the 6 most recent fresh profiles in descending order. You can tell when a user's profile either is or has been selected as fresh by looking for the

icon in the corner of the profile box.

Featured profiles are selected weekly, represent the cream of the fresh talent, and will have their profile linked on Pixelsurgeon. Similarly to fresh profiles, look for the

icon in the corner of the profile box to see if a user is or has been featured.