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

U&lc is back!

Well, almost ... back issues are now available. Now Fonts.com and Allan Haley look like they are going to profiteer on those works-- making back issues now available as downloadable PDF files! March 10, 2011

In search of Martin Luther King Jr.

Each year, we like to focus on achievements in the visual communications world in celebration of Black History Month. This year we're taking a little different approach in a quest to find creative expressions of Martin Luther King Jr. We've also updated the whole series of pages about Black designers and artists in the world ... February 14, 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

Photoshop Madness for Lovers

Grab some of this madness, and create a colorful gift for your lover. It won't take long, and it will cost you nothing other than your time and the color print ... !!! This Madness includes: Colorful striped text * Sweet, Chocolate typography script * Amazing Animated Glitter Text * Create A Powerful Solid Text Effect * The Golden Heart-Shaped Box * Make a Colorful Postcard in Photoshop Elements * Happy Valentine's Day Text * Type reflected on black background * Fill text characters with images in Elements ... This is part of a continuing series of Text Effect Madness! January 20, 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

The Complete Manual of Typography

George Engel is back to the pages of DTG, with a little bit about type, fonts and typography with the newest edition of The Complete Manual of Typography December 14, 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