Recent posts by Dan Trenkner

Designers: Tips For Achieving The Look That You Want

With most clients, there are weeks of planning and preparation that precedes the design phase. Here at dt, the first week or two (or three) is spent gathering as much information we can from our… More

Design Tutorials: Practice makes perfect

I did a lot of photoshop(& illustrator) tutorials back in the day(a year or 2 ago) but once I had mastered the “glassy ball” and “grunge-look” I kinda stopped doing them. I recently started doing… More

dt Launches New Site

You may have noticed that we recently redesigned our site. The redesign was mainly a push by the designers (Gema & I), but eagerly supported by everyone here at dt. We are our most important… More

Tumblr: So easy your grandma could use it

I recently decided that I want to start blogging again, not just here at the dt blog, but personal stuff. I wanted something really simple that I could throw stuff up on even if it’s… More

Ipod hits the crapper

Growing up, my grandma had a toilet paper dispenser that when used, played the song “Stars and Stripes Forever”. Needless to say, I hated that thing. John Philip Sousa is probably the last thing I… More

7 Tips for Designing with Moodboards

Jumping into a design can be a daunting task. From the initial project download, there are many steps involved before i actually get my mouse wet. For time’s sake I’m only going to address one… More