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Archive | June, 2009

Behold its Greatness: The NEW Fail Sticker has Arrived

30. June 2009

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: As if a gift from the gods, the new FAIL Sticker is upon us. Making such an explosive impact on the world, Michael Jackson has reportedly risen from the grave to witness such a great spectacle. Seriously, this little palm sized sticker will have you deflating bloated egos and [...]

Create a Complete Apparel Tech Pack

27. June 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: So you just spent 10 or more hours creating a crazy t-shirt design and your client has officially signed off…so what now? You may have created stellar photo-realistic mockups and used tons of really cool colors- but none of this means ANYTHING if your screen printer can’t clearly interpret [...]

Discussion: Do you publicly advertise your pricing?

22. June 2009

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Discussion: Do you publicly advertise your pricing?

Ah the age-old debate. To show prices or not to show prices on your website. There are pros and cons to both and Go Media has experimented with both in the past. We eventually decided to go against showing prices on our website, but the discussion never seems to go away. How would things change if we decided to show prices? For the better? Worse? Tell me your thoughts.

10 Great Time-Saving Mac Utilities For Graphic Artists

17. June 2009

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10 Great Time-Saving Mac Utilities For Graphic Artists

Need more time in your design day? Put that Mac you bought to good use and let it do the work for you. This post covers some time-saving productivity/utility software gems for graphic designers, illustrators and any other creatives using Mac OS X, including some great plugins and utilities for Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.

DIY Striped T-Shirt in 3 Easy Steps

11. June 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Barton Damer gave us permission to repost his handy DIY guide on making a striped t-shirt in your own backyard with just a spray bottle, duct tape, some bleach, and some good ole American ingenuity. This weekend I had some fun with duct tape and some bleach making this [...]

Degree or No Degree?

5. June 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Barton Damer was kind enough to let us repost this article on the zine. What do you think? Do you need a degree to be a designer these days? There are many potential paths you could follow in the world of “design.” Graphic Art is the term I gravitate [...]

New Go Media Affiliate Program

2. June 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: We have officially joined the PepperJam Network to help us better manage our Affiliate program. I’m sure most of you know about The Arsenal and only some of you know that you can actually be making money by promoting our products. Yeah, we never really did tell many people [...]

Monthly Review – May 2009

2. June 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I’ve decided to call these Monthly reviews now since I don’t seem to be able to update them weekly much anymore. I’ve been busy, so here are some notable Go Media happenings for May. Launched a new Go Media site at www.gomedia.us. We haven’t updated our portfolio and design [...]