FEBRUARY 2012 - the month of LOVE, and BLACK HISTORY MONTH! Be sure to send in your design ideas or graphic promotions for the coming year to share with the graphic arts community!
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Photoshop Madness: Fail

Of course everyone loves those Photoshop "fail" sites -- we found a few of our favorites. You can certainly over-dose! As usual, Photoshop Madness finds the good and the bad ... where you practically go mad trying to find the most useful stuff for Photoshop! February 22, 2012

Black History Month 2012

Our annual Black History Month surf takes us to the far ends of the cyberworld to find some exciting new and memorable talent! This is a continuing series, so we welcome your input and participation February 15, 2012

Photoshop (Valentine) Madness

Yes, Valentine! I know it's early, but it's not too early to think about your February promotions -- and Valentine's is a great theme to jolt your clients out of their winter doldrums. Here, we've found ten great finds for the Valentines season. * Valentine Hearts shapes * 3D Valentine's Day Typography * Age Progression tutorial * colorful background for Valentine's Day * Basic editing tutorial in Adobe Photoshop * Valentine's day post card * colorizing hair * smoothing skin... and more! Enjoy. February 14, 2012

Creative Tidbits: mid month

Following last week's Creative Tidbits, these are a good pick-up for the middle of the month, including the most insane immersive movie experience EVER ...
* Lego Harry Potter : Years 1-4
* Unusual logos ... bygone years
* Limited edition Artists Book
and more creative inspiration! February 13, 2012

Book of the Year: Saul Bass

BOOK OF THE YEAR for graphic designers is a tough thing to live up to. Phil Meggs, Alex White, Steven Heller, all worthy authors in the design community. We've had at least a few of the "greats" honor the pages of DTG Design Bookshelf - Seymour Chwast, Milton Glaser, Andy Warhol, David Lance Goines -- and now I take great pleasure in adding another of the all-time greats, SAUL BASS. February 10, 2012

Photoshop Madness: PSD Doo

February continues with these awesome items ... check "Not Photoshopped" -- and beware, don't step in the Photoshop doo... As usual, Photoshop Madness runs across the good, the bad and the beautiful. February 8, 2012

Social Media Update 1202-03

Kick off this February with a Social Media Update packed with goodies :
* Infographic: LinkedIn boot camp
* Social Media: Just One Big Tidal Wave?
* Don't Miss Twitter's Great New Way To Embed Tweets
* Top 10 Facebook Apps for Fan Engagement and Building Community
* Top 10 reasons to have a social media strategy
* Optimize your LinkedIn company page in 15 minutes
.... and the emerging world of social networking February 3, 2012

DTG News for February, 2012

This is the Valentine's, Black History, Super Bowl month. We've got a great line-up of content, and will continue posting throughout the month.
01 Welcome February ...02 Hello? Who loves'ya?
03 Designing Women are coming
04 Photoshop Madness: Love you!
05 BEST: Creating Dramatic Images in Wild Places
06 Painter: Illustrating with Soft Pastel
07 Photoshop Tutorial: Using Photoshop's Pen Path Tool
08 Photoshop Tutorial: Creative effects with Photos
09 Design: Tintbooks Blog Makes CMYK Simple
10 Multi Media: Unfolding the World of "Bunraku"
11 &Else: Fanatical Mechanical
12 Creative Tidbits: February
13 Web Design: Social Media Updates
14 Business: Marketing Update : New Year
15 &Else: Celebrities, Videos, News and more ...
16 Did Google Search work for you?
17 Forums: Stay or Fold?
18 Upcoming in February, among other things ...
February 1, 2012

CES Videos

Thanks to Retrevo for keeping us updated on all the action at this year's CES -- here are our favorite videos, courtesy of Retrevo January 31, 2012

Photoshop Madness: Love you!

We're loving Photoshop (and you) for February ... watch these pages for the next few days, there Photoshop 911 and Photoshop Tips & Tricks team! has much more As usual, Photoshop Madness finds the good and the bad, but this time -- PHOTOSHOP MADNESS is where you practically go mad trying to find the most useful stuff for Photoshop! January 31, 2012