Archive | October, 2009

Vectors Imitate Life with Gradient Mesh

30. October 2009

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Vectors Imitate Life with Gradient Mesh

When an artist is given a choice about creating a photo-realistic image on the computer, their first instinct would be to turn to any of the raster-based image editors, such as Photoshop. However, what if they were told that they needed to create this photo-realistic image in a vector-based image editor? Amazingly enough, with the advent of the "gradient mesh" feature, the creation of a photo-realistic image is completely doable in Adobe Illustrator.

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An Interview with Bill Beachy: Go Media President

30. October 2009

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An Interview with Bill Beachy: Go Media President

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: After countless hours of looking at type, learning how type and image work together, filling up sketchbooks, learning how to code HTML and CSS and even sleeping in the art building, two soon to be “little fish” in the big sea that is graphic design [...]

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Design a Vintage Poster with Vector Pack 16

30. October 2009

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Design a Vintage Poster with Vector Pack 16

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction When you think about the design process, what comes to mind? I believe it is the combination of thoughts, mixed with emotions and pure forms that capture a person’s attention. We are all part of this thing called “madness. ” [...]

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New Prints by Go Media for sale on ImageKind

29. October 2009

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New Prints by Go Media for sale on ImageKind

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Discount code below! But first, a few years ago, I uploaded some images to sell as prints on ImageKind. At the time I thought it was amazing how you could just upload some high res artwork and immediately customers could purchase them as [...]

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Want a free Pack of Premium Vectors? Just Ask!

28. October 2009

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Want a free Pack of Premium Vectors? Just Ask!

Here’s how to win: This giveaway has ended. Thanks for playing! Look through the packs that are included with Vector Set 16. Pick your favorite. Then, tweet about why you want the pack! Note: This only works for packs, people, so be specific. Packs are $9.99. [...]

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Timeline: Version Control Plugin for Photoshop

28. October 2009

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Timeline: Version Control Plugin for Photoshop

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Timeline by PixelNovel is an interesting version control system built for designers who use Adobe Photoshop. As far as I am aware, there’s really nothing else like this out there for Photoshop users. Timeline allows you to save and review a file’s history [...]

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Blank Canvas: Where Do You Freelance?

27. October 2009

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Blank Canvas: Where Do You Freelance?

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: This installment of Blank Canvas is directed towards you freelancers and self-employed illustrators and designers out there. Go Media wants to know: where do you work? There are quite a bit of options for those who can choose where to get their [...]

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Mac Vector Apps

26. October 2009

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Mac Vector Apps

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Our recent “Blank Canvas” post asked the question: “Adobe Or Not?”. As a followup, here’s a quick web roundup of some alternative vector graphics software applications for Mac OS X. These applications vary in price from free to about $100, and each offer some nice [...]

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Interview: Designer Paul Lee

23. October 2009

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Interview: Designer Paul Lee

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: GoMediaZine:Hi Paul, thanks a lot for being part of this interview! I’ve admired your work for awhile now, so it’s pretty great to be talking with you. You don’t have much biographical information on your portfolio site, so can you start off by telling us a [...]

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