DT&G : Design, Typographics & Graphics for Spring , 2017

by Fred Showker

DTG Newsletter Graphic designers, web designers, illustrators, typographers, digital artists and everyone in the creative fields -- April Colors : the 22nd Annual Designing Women issue continues! Send us your samples for DTG readers to share and discover your skills and talents

Vol 27, #4 ~ May, 2017

Table of Contents : What's here:

  1. April, almost May
  2. 22nd Annual Designing Women : Michela Picchi, Amanda Jane Jones and Amy Cox
  3. Creative Tidbits #226: James Niehues, DeviantArt, Logos, Iceland design
  4. Creative Tidbits #227: Free Fonts, logo tips, Fake News, Photoshop Ethics and more!
  5. Photoshop Tutorial: The Essential Guide to Creating Vintage-Style Posters
  6. 60-Seconds #341 : Is this really necessary? What are they thinking?
  7. Designing Women : Sisters Gulassa, Missy Meyer, Gemma O’Brien and Mahima Mahajan
  8. Where do designing women come from? Designing Girls!
  9. DT&G Magazine Designing Women Friends on Facebook
  10. April, May and on and on
  11. Thanks for reading... and Happy April/May

Hello Springtime, April and May

April is brought to you by the letter A. Fiery and energetic, this color signifies passion, strength, and courage -- or, the color Diamond!" actually white ... but you can catch those links at the end. Let the show go on . . .

22nd Annual Designing Women : Michela Picchi, Amanda Jane Jones and Amy Cox

As we go along, we're picking up more and more talent to visit --and we've had several good nominations in the works. It's all about taking a broad look at this fresh and unique talent. Dear readers, I'd like to introduce you to Michela Picchi, Amanda Jane Jones and Amy Cox!

Creative Tidbits #226: James Niehues, DeviantArt, Logos, Iceland design

I love meeting new and creative studios and designers ... in this issue we get some news about fall of the trusted Deviant Arts web site, and how to hire friends. Well, maybe not. But one caution : web owners have lost their code of keeping links live. All over, there are tens of millions of links going dead because some web person changed a directory. No conscience. So if you encounter a dead link, please let me know. Creative Tidbits #226: James Niehues, DeviantArt, Logos, Iceland design

Creative Tidbits #227: Free Fonts, logo tips, Fake News, Photoshop Ethics and more!

Here we go ... running a little late on this one, should have posted it last week! But hey, I'm just having too much fun with Designing Women and the spring of things! Here, follow along:
* Light & Feather: 4 Free MockUps
* 25 logo design tips from the experts
* The strange story of the world's most famous logo
* Art Nouveau and Ballpark style from
* Fake News? Rethinking The Ethics Of Photoshop Creative Tidbits #227: Free Fonts, logo tips, Fake News, Photoshop Ethics and more!

Photoshop Tutorial: The Essential Guide to Creating Vintage-Style Posters

We're thrilled to have Annabelle provide us with this poster design that seems to simulate a poster from the Art Deco period. Photoshop Tutorial: The Essential Guide to Creating Vintage-Style Posters

60-Seconds #341 : Is this really necessary? What are they thinking?

Have you revisited a site from your past recently? Were you shocked at what you found? At one point I stopped tracking spam sites. They had ALL become spam sites. But then, while researching the new iPad Pro, Google referred me to the site of an old friend "Cult of Mac", so I clicked to go there ... there was a loud whooshing sound as it took my breath away! WTF is THIS? 60-Seconds #341 : Is this really necessary? What are they thinking?

Designing Women : Sisters Gulassa, Missy Meyer, Gemma O’Brien and Mahima Mahajan

As we near the end of the series, our field trip brings us from Vienna to Santa Cruz, from Phoenix to India and to world-class design studios of Designing Women! In this issue we visit Sisters Gulassa, Missy Meyer, Gemma O’Brien and Mahima Mahajan! Enjoy these and don't forget if you'd like to share your favorites, just let us know! Designing Women : Sisters Gulassa, Missy Meyer, Gemma O’Brien and Mahima Mahajan

Where do designing women come from? Designing Girls!

If you've got an extraordinary young girl in your life, she just might be ready for App Camp, designing apps for future generations -- gaining cutting edge skill sets that will take her a long way beyond the male-domainated world of designing apps! Check it out . . . Where do designing women come from? Designing Girls!

DT&G Magazine Designing Women Friends on Facebook

Once in a while we go back and carefully reaquaint ourselves with all our friends in the DTG group on Facebook. It's always interesting to see their latest stuff -- and it's been real interesting to see the political activists and musicians! So, here's a whole series where we meet up with Designing Women on Facebook Sandy Hibbard, Nona Smith, Katrin Eismann and Kate McCroary Jay, you may have met before! Have fun, stop in and say hello, Fred sent me!

  • #2 features: Janet Allinger, Ilene Strizver, Karen Stillman, and Kimberly Dmello,
  • #3 Meet : Ira Yuliara, Monique Shabby, Leslie Carr, and, Ramsha Malik
  • #4 Meet: Sofya Khachatryan, Kara Elizabeth, Angela Werneke, and Nina Popa
  • #5 Features: Kay Johannes, Crystal Owen, Colette Bradford, Sharla Fell and Tory Gallery! H
  • Facebook Friends #5: Kay Johannes, Crystal Owen, Colette Bradford, Sharla Fell and Tory Gallery

Folks, this isn't nearly all. In future issues we'll visit some more! BRAVO! DT&G Magazine Designing Women Friends on Facebook

April, May and on and on

I've gotten involved with some other stuff this month, just testing the waters on blogging and doing some writing and observing outside of the graphics industry. If you're not tired of the world of politics, you might check out my "Medium" series. I'm a-political, leaning a little toward conservative, but always asking questions and trying to get people thinking.
* Fred's editorials at MEDIUM
One you'll particularly find interesting :
* The First Time I Was A Troll
Have fun, we'll see you in May or June ...
* April is brought to you by the letter "A"
April's color is diamond

And, as for this month, well, you've already wasted a perfectly good hour reading the DTG newsletter. Hopefully all is not wasted and you've gained at least one helpful tidbit of info.

Thanks for reading... go forth and be creative!


        +FredShowker, Editor / Publisher @Showker

Parting words for April


"I've learned that it pays to fight for concepts and causes
    that may appear unpopular at the moment,
      rather than following the course of quick and easy agreement."
        - Famous ad man, Leo Burnett

What did you miss last month?

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