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Jeff - who has written 163 posts on GoMediaZine.

I'm an artist and designer for Go Media Inc. I have a passion for art, design, and the internet. Check out my personal portfolio. I also play drums.

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Go Media Vectors Found on Tees at Target

Saturday, September 6, 2008

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Go Media Vectors Found on Tees at Target

I mentioned in my post about the usage of stock art that I found some poorly designed tees at Target that abused the Go Media Vector Packs. Joe had asked what tees I was talking about so I am posting them here.…

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What’s Your Opinion on Stock Artwork?

Friday, September 5, 2008

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What’s Your Opinion on Stock Artwork?

A recent comment by “Smutek” inspired me to ask this question. His comment was on Dave’s tutorial about designing on a budget. The tutorial covered the use of stock artwork (specifically Arsenal stuff) to create a pro-looking design in less than…

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Recap: Vectips Interview with Go Media’s Jeff Finley

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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Recap: Vectips Interview with Go Media’s Jeff Finley

I thought I’d repost the recap of the interview I did with Vectips that took place over Twitter on Wednesday, August 27 at 1:00 pm EST. The interview was pretty fun, and definitely interesting to hold over twitter. Read on for…

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Weekly Review Aug 25-31

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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Weekly Review Aug 25-31

The long weekend is now past me and it’s time to get back to the grind. I feel I could really use a vacation because I’ve got quite a bit going on outside of work that’s keeping me from being…

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Vectips Interview with Jeff Finley via Twitter

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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Vectips Interview with Jeff Finley via Twitter

This is pretty cool. I’m going to be doing an interview with Vectips over Twitter Wednesday, August 27th at 1:00pm EST. Vectips is a new blog that’s constantly posting resources for vector artists. I’ll be answering all of the questions Ryan…

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Weekly Review Aug 18-22

Monday, August 25, 2008

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Weekly Review Aug 18-22

Another week has passed already? Sheesh, time is flying. We’re busy over here at Go Media. We’ve got a bunch of projects with deadlines this week and I probably shouldn’t be writing this review, but here goes. Worked on a new…

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Vector Pack 12 Released!

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Vector Pack 12 Released!

After a few months worth of hard work and hand illustration, we’ve finally released Vector Pack 12. This set is cool because we are introducing color! Imagine that! So for those of you who dig stock vector art, keep reading.…

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Weekly Review Aug 11-18

Monday, August 18, 2008

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Weekly Review Aug 11-18

Back again for another weekly review. This time, I’ve got some cool links to share with you. Here’s what I got done this week. Jeff’s Weekly Review Launched “Design Help via Twitter” network. Very experimental, and it could end up being…

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Crazy Idea? Go Media Offers Design Help via Twitter

Friday, August 15, 2008

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Crazy Idea? Go Media Offers Design Help via Twitter

Go Media is trying something new here. We’re using our official twitter account to offer design help and customer service. Crazy? Maybe. Basically, designers like you can ask a question and we’ll try to answer it. It’s like having a…

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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry - 3 of 3

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry - 3 of 3

In an effort to help further educate designers about things they should NOT be doing, here is the last installment of the popular 3-part Mistakes series. Part two talked about staying original, following directions, utilizing the medium to its fullest,…

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Weekly Review August 4-8

Monday, August 11, 2008

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Weekly Review August 4-8

Last week was kind of a short week. We all spent Wednesday at Cedar Point - and we also had to think of 4 different ideas for new products or ways to ramp up our design services aspect of our…

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Weekly Review July 28 - Aug 1

Monday, August 4, 2008

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Weekly Review July 28 - Aug 1

In an effort to further describe to you the behind the scenes happenings of a design studio, here’s another weekly review. Last week was super busy. And I have encouraged other Go Media staff to write their own weekly reviews!…

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Drawing a Tattered Scroll from Scratch

Friday, August 1, 2008

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Drawing a Tattered Scroll from Scratch

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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry - 2 of 3

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry - 2 of 3

5 more mistakes make up part 2 of the 15 mistakes series. This article covers issues such as lack of originality, following directions, and other bonehead mistakes made by designers.

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Zine Features You May Have Missed

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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Zine Features You May Have Missed

It’s late at night and I saw we hadn’t posted today. So I wanted to point out a couple things on our site that you may not be familiar with. I don’t really mention them much, but take a look…

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Jeff’s Weekly Review July 21-29

Monday, July 28, 2008

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Jeff’s Weekly Review July 21-29

Judging by the welcoming response to last week’s review, I’ll go ahead and continue with this one. You suggested that I keep posting the reviews because it reminds you that you’re either a) slacking off and need to get to…

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