Here we go . . . the LAST Creative Tidbits column for 2014. Say goodbye to the year, and get yourself ready to ramp up in January. A lot happened in the year, and you can go back and find more than twenty Creative columns in 2014. Have fun earning from these:

• The New Pantone 'Color of the Year' for 2015 is Pantone 18-1438 Marsala
• A New Book Examines the History of Graphic Design in California
• Royal College of Art releases GraphicsRCA: Fifty Years book
• interview with illustrator and designer jean jullien
• Artists launch street sculpture exhibit program
• Brewing up a new identity for Coffee Officina
• Illustrator is inspired by the Westcountry
• Buy A Logo - 10 Tips For Better Design
• Ten Questions for: Fernando Gutiérrez
• ... and more!

Getting ready to wrap up the year opens the slow season. However creativity for designers, illustrators, painters, photographers, typographers and anyone involved in the creative processes, or visual communications will not slow down. The need for creative inspiration goes on .... in this edition :

• Polk State Was a Beginning, and Without It, I Wouldn’t Be Where I am Today
• 5 Easy Ways To Create A Brilliant Background For Your LinkedIn Profile
• This Graphic Translates Web Design Feedback into Plain English
• LEGO BRICK: pinhole camera snaps tiny thumbnail-sized 'photos'
• I am the Jackie Robinson of Hip Hop Graphic Design!
• How optical illusions trick your brain
• Art Department Faculty Work Featured at the Kellogg Gallery
• Cincinnati Design Awards honors wide range of local projects
• ... and more!

• Paul McCartney and Nick Cave contribute hand drawn artwork for Alzheimer's Society
• $50 Discount to HOW Design Live Conference in Chicago, May 2015
• The 5 most common design mistakes in digital signage
• What deserves Cincy’s ‘Razzies’ of design?
• Translating print skills to Web design
• 6 Common Mistakes in Logo Design
• ... and more!

2015 is upon us and it's a good idea to start thinking about our creative strategies for the coming year. I am on all kinds of feeds that bring in all kinds of creative info and inspiration. It's what my Creative Updates is all about:
Art exhibit, 'Hometown Heroes,' is free and open to the public at Silver Lake College
New Metropolitan West Space Debuts With Versace Event And WorldStage Installation
Disney Fan Turns Himself into Big Hero 6's Hiro Hamada with 3D Printed Costume
Alice Babidge reinterprets a midcentury classic for Cult's ‘Chairity' Project
Student Wins Best in Show, Is Finalist in National Graphic Design Competition
The Human Printer: Making digital-quality images with nothing but marker pens
Enterprising eighth-grader launches his own publishing press
How Detroit artist Ed Fella made his mark in graphic design
Google's Quest to Write the Rulebook for Interactive Design
Designing the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition
Paper Cut-Out Typographies Inspired by Polish Architecture
Why I Will Never Hire An Art School Graduate
Textured Art: Local artist Dinett Hok ... and more! October 31, 2014