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adamlaw - who has written 10 posts on GoMediaZine.
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I'm a designer here at Go Media and the master of the fish tank! I'm part of the Champions of Bowling, Team Sofa King Awesome, and the volleyball team. If you want to know what I'm up to just follow me on twitter. Baba Booey!
Woe is Mac…
I recently purchased a brand new Mac Book Pro and I totally love it. Let’s just face the facts; Apple has the whole user experience nailed. From the moment I opened the mailer and lifted out the beautifully designed, Apple branded box, I was in a state of total euphoria. I had waited so long [...]
Continue reading...Using Transform Again in Illustrator
Friday, September 4, 2009
This shortcut will help you in many different instances in Illustrator when you need to repeat a transformation. I use it most when I am trying to repeat a shape over and over again at an even interval. First create a shape or a stroke, and then transform it in some way. You can find [...]
Continue reading...InDesign Quick Tip: Indent To Here
Friday, August 14, 2009
Use the Adobe InDesign "Indent To Here" feature to indent bulleted lists and indent lines in a paragraph independently of a paragraph’s left indent value.
Continue reading...Death To Creatives!!!
Monday, August 3, 2009
I am not a creative. You are not a creative. No one could ever or will ever be a creative. The word creative is not a noun. It is an adjective used to describe a noun. i.e. That is a very creative story you have there, Jimmy. I have grown tired of seeing this word [...]
Continue reading...Photoshop Quick Tip: Finding Layers Quickly
Monday, July 27, 2009
Quickly find the Photoshop layer an object is located on by enabling an option on the Move tool.
Continue reading...From the Portfolio: Swap Beats Logo
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Client: Swap Beats Swapbeats.com is a hybrid social network and music marketplace that allows a user to connect with other musicians around the world and to collaborate on musical endeavors. Users are able to upload music tracks and swap, sell, and buy them at will. The site also provides a community for the users to [...]
Continue reading...How to Design Your Own Custom Hoodie
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
We know how much you guys and gals love a good tutorial! We just launched our new Hoodie Templates and they are amazing. I decided to sit down and design a hoodie and to write a tutorial in celebration. You should know right from the start that there is a lot to digest here. This [...]
Continue reading...How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 2: Animation
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
In the last post, I showed you how to make 8-bit characters in Adobe Illustrator. In this post, we will animate those characters in Adobe Photoshop using the Animation Window. 1. CREATE A NEW PHOTOSHOP DOCUMENT To Begin, open up a new document in Photoshop and make the dimensions the size you want your final [...]
Continue reading...How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 1: Design
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Have you ever wanted to make a kick ass animation of 8-BIT characters tearing each other to shreds? Well now you can. In this tutorial, I will take you through the process of creating vectorized 8-bit characters for use in an animated GIF. I’ve also included the vector source files of the characters and objects [...]
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Friday, October 9, 2009
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