DESIGN & DESKTOP PUBLISHING brings ideas, tips and tricks and concepts for graphic design, printing and publishing of all kinds. We touch on type, logos, illustration, graphics, layout, page set-up, and pre-press topics -- including Quark XPress, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and other DTP softwares RSS

Photo + Graphics Bundle for Mac

Unlike other Mac "bundles" these days, the MacGraPhoto bundle gives you image editing, awesome effects, format conversion, batch processing, vector drawing, geo-tagging photos, framing, posters and postcards - at a low, shareware price! November 16, 2009

Clip Art Images -- huge collection

You won't find a more talented group of artists than at Jumsoft. Their work is immaculate, snappy and always sparkles. They've established a look and feel for their templates and art like no one else in the world. Now they've released a 500 piece collection of clip art for Apple Pages users. November 11, 2009

DTG Forums: Cafe & Photoshop 911

In a few days the forums at www.dtg-forums.com will disappear and new forums will open at www.graphic-design.com. Forums at graphic design are moving. November 2, 2009

Negative Space: nothing says a lot

Someone asked about "Negative Space" and then blogs all over the place picked up the buzz word -- but nobody actually delves into the psychology and philosophy of designing with negative space. It's one of the most powerful tools a graphic designer's toolbox. October 29, 2009

Designing Spaces

Designing Spaces - in logo designing, as well as other design and page layout projects you can leverage the space that contains nothing -- Negative Space. Here are some examples of brilliant use of negative space. October 29, 2009

Logos: of Negative Space

Designing a logo is a process that combines a thorough understanding of the essence of the client's message. When a designer sends the message utilizing multiple images within a unique single image -- we call that a "world class logo" October 29, 2009

Parkol: graphic design & negative space

Further explorations into the design of negative space takes us to the design studios of Nick Senin Parkol from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Nick demonstrates how negative space affects the content and message of graphic design October 29, 2009

Negative Space: the book

World-Renowned Illustrator's New Book Negative Space Showcases a Collection of Bar's Most Impressive Social & Political Art ... Here are some examples of brilliant use of negative space. October 29, 2009

Map drawing for the Mac

While Ortelius is specifically for map illustions, we can see that this vector-based drawing and cartographic design program has a world of possibilities for many other applications as well. It also fills the void of mapmaking on the Mac OS platform for a 3rd the cost of Illustrator! October 16, 2009

Scribbles: Draw outside the lines!

Whether you want to sketch a cartoon, draw a birthday card or jot down some design ideas, Scribbles can help bring your imagination to life. Scribbles is a drawing tool for everyone. October 13, 2009