October 2007


We’re giving away a little sampler of our newest Vector Pack Set 8. There are 7 items, one from each individual pack including Decorative 2, Religion, Flourishes, Music, Industrial, Arrows 2, and Silhouettes. Enjoy!

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Hey everyone, I know we haven’t posted in a while - but I was sick last week and then spent the entire weekend down in Gainesville, Florida for the Fest - which was awesome by the way. I look to post more stuff this week. Oh, and if you want you guys can leave comments to show your support for other Go Media members to write posts more often (Bill, Chris, Oliver, Dave, etc).

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Get your hands on our latest vector pack set 8! This set contains 220 pieces of artwork including Flourishes, Decorative 2, Arrows 2, Silhouettes, Industiral, Religious, and Music.

Click here to view the set

Let us know what you think.

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As of this writing our Go Media User Showcase has 267 entries and 152 members. Here are a couple pieces that I thought put some of the items in Go Media’s Arsenal to good use.

Combines the scribble pack and various others with photos. It’s not overworked, and I think it’s nice.

Utilizzo Design:
Last Days of Winter by Utilizzo

This design puts the Watercolor pack to good use:

SundayCritic626
phantom planet

Great job you two. Everyone visit their flickr page to see more of their work! And keep posting your designs and you could potentially get showcased!

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design pricing

A lot of designers ask us what they should charge for their services. I thought I would share with you some financial lessons I’ve learned while building Go Media.

This article will cover:
What should I charge?
Flat rate or hourly billing?
How can I avoid being stiffed?
Should I have contracts?
Avoiding “Busters”
Do I need an accountant?
What’s a “Kill Fee”?
Pitching.
How do I send invoices and track sales?

What should I charge?

hi_fi_by_gomedia.jpgThis largely depends on how skilled you are and how many customers you have. Obviously, when you’re starting out you’ll be charging almost nothing. When Go Media started I was charging flat-rates. For example – I was charging $100 to design a flyer. I would spend two days (20+ hours) doing an elaborate illustration for the flyer. So, basically I was making about $5/hr. This sucks, but I was doing what I loved.

Now obviously, with me (more…)

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The new issue of “I Want Your Skull” is out now and Dave and I managed to get some of our drawings in the zine. I did the dirty mullet skull and Dave did the one with the snake. Check them out:

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I Want your Skull is an indie zine that showcases the art of skull illustration and design. It’s a pretty niche market, but it’s cool. This issue has a nice feature on Justin “Angryblue” Kamerer. The zine includes artwork from artists such as Dwitt, Doktor A, Shawn Hebrank, Kevin Mcnutt, Jerry Vigil, J. Statts, Tyler Kline, Mike Thompson, Eric Talbot, Alex Barrera, Miss Pinny, Shaun Friend, Punchgut, The Pit, Scott Benson, R.M. Hanson, Nate Nolting, Ryan August, Marald Van Haasteren, Ed Syder, and Jim Altieri.

Get your copy for $20 US here.

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