DTG News for June, 2011

01 Welcome JUNE * 02 CONGRATULATIONS DESIGN GRADUATES * 03 Design Graduates to share your experiences * 04 CHICAGO DESIGN WEEK * 05 Illustrator tutorial: combination lock * 06 Time to Consider Rebranding? * 07 June Brides meet Photoshop * 08 Life expectancy of a Photoshop site: * 09 Button Making Using Photoshop * 10 Creative Tidbits : Type, Art Nouveau * 11 Beware bogus offers for Adobe products * 12 Photoshop Noise Reduction * 13 Photoshop Forums : The Emergency Room * 14 PopChar shows your fonts right * 15 Review a web site: help them suck less * 16 &Else News, Views and Reviews * 17 Mailbag : The Day You Were Born * 18 Mailbag : Photoshop and ImageReady * 19 Mailbag : Sad note of regrets * 20 JUNE : surf, take photos, design cool stuff June 1, 2011

DTG News for May, 2011

This month's DTG features [] Color me happy: emotions behind your design [] Photoshopping in the Rain [] Photoshop (actions) Madness [] color from the experts [] APPS: Do you have an iPad? [] COLOR Apps for Graphic Designers [] Social Technologies [] Creative Tidbits: Art is where you find it [] Business Apps [] Marketing Updates [] Media Marking tips [] Design Graduation ... and more ... May 1, 2011

YOLO 2011 Color Predictions

Have you ever actually tried to match inks, paints, color swatches, and chips across multiple media -- like paper and the web? Take a look at Yolo's color predictions for some juicy inspiration March 30, 2011

Creative: Design inspiration for April

This issue of Creative Tidbits brings more Designing Women, and even the Fashion Color report for fall... along with * Why I Draw * Will Crowdsourcing Replace Graphic Designers? * Rethink your design thinking * Royal Couple Wedding Monogram Contest * A Little Culture With Your Beer? * the "Enfant Terrible" of Graphic Design * ... and more! March 29, 2011

Creative Tidbits 1103-23

This Creative Tidbits brings more Designing Women, and some real design inspiration ... including : * Design locked in time * New book examines the Group of Seven * Passion into photography * If You Pay Peanuts, You Get Monkeys * Will Cotton: Butcher, Baker, Candyland Maker * Charlotte Strick, Book Jacket Designer * The 10 Greatest Movie Title Sequences by Saul Bass * Core77 Launches Design Awards Program ... and more! March 23, 2011

First Friday Creative Tidbits

Okay ... for all creatives involved in visual communications, our First Friday creative tidbits this issue includes : * World class typography projects * What makes an enticing poster? * 7 Predictions for the Creative Community * Gent: Scheppende Stad * Hand-drawn Monograms * and several others. February 4, 2011

Creative Tidbits: February

Greetings February ... our 'Creative Tidbits' this time looks at some fun items in the visual communications world, including another look at Comic Sans! OH NO! But there's some other really good stuff too ... ten fresh idea-starters in all! January 28, 2011

How to SELL your ideas

They say nothing happens until a sale is made. I think that's true. After all, no matter how good your design, idea or concept is, it will never get off the ground until someone buys it. Here's the way to effectively sell your ideas January 14, 2011

The Myths of Innovation

Think you've got an idea? Think it's a good one? Think again. This is quite possibly the best book of the decade for creative thinkers -- here's the bottom line on innovation. Selected as one of DTG's BEST BOOKS of 2010 ... January 13, 2011

Creative Tidbits: New Year

Welcome to the first Creative Tidbits of the 2011 year ... let's look back at the successes of 2010, and see a number of other creative 'finds' in the past week or so! Don't forget to send in your finds to be included in this column! January 3, 2011