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

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

Photoshop Madness: One Last Time

In this edition of Photoshop Madness, our last for 2010, I talk about the celebrations and disappointments of 2010, and relish in the talents of * Henrik Newstream, a Dreamer of rare imagery, * the stunning, over-the-top images of Natascha Roosli, * incredible self portrait photography by Levi Van Veluw, * Fabian Warnke's daring images, and * One Last Time with Steven Stahlberg and his Android Blues. We also see Brittany after some evil Photoshop madness! Happy New Year from everyone at Photoshop Tips & Tricks and Photoshop 911! December 22, 2010

Creative Tidbits 1012-14

This issue of Creative Tidbits looks at some outstanding recent works from around the world, as well as some tips and help on making yourself more creative and more effective, including : * Ray-Ban Rare Print 2010 * Trendy, flashy, elegant, high fashion photos * Nick Mills - Type Experiments * Levi Wintering: Reflections * Rebranding Cisco Webex * 10 ways to tackle the scope creep * and . . . Getting Creative Things Done: How To Fit Hard Thinking Into a Busy Schedule December 14, 2010

Photoshop Madness: Visions

In this edition of Photoshop Madness we visit * Viet-My's astonishing visions, * Mads Berg's Art Deco Revival visual treat, * 51 Breathtaking Post-Apocalypse Wallpapers, * Cynthia Pedrosa's Fractal Portfolio, and the truly awesome works of * Till Nowak. We also bump into a Photoshop shovelware site that ripps off other's creative works then disclaims them in their policy. It's a jungle out there, but as always, we bring you the best in the world of Photoshop Madness December 7, 2010

Stunning Vector + Raster images

Following last month's vector vs. bitmap article, I decided to crack open a collection of spectacular art I've been gathering over the past few months and show you some of these marvels-- many using only vectors! June 27, 2010

Graphic Elements and Illustration

When Shauna Scott sent me this collection, I said "Oh no! Not another vector clip art collection!" Fortunately, what I discovered is a rare collection of knock-out Adobe Illustrator vector art that definitely deserves a serious look. May 31, 2010