Author Archives | Jeff

Jeff - who has written 168 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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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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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry - 1 of 3

Thursday, July 24, 2008

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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry - 1 of 3

Designers in the music and apparel industry are some of the most talented designers around. I’m willing to bet there isn’t a sector of graphic design that allows more creativity and more artistic freedom. Despite the amazing talent and style,…

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Jeff’s Weekly Review July 14-18

Monday, July 21, 2008

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Jeff’s Weekly Review July 14-18

Here I am back again for another weekly review. Are you readers getting any value out of these reviews? I’m not sure. It’s good for ME to do them to stay organized, but what is in it for our readers?…

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Jeff’s Weekly Review July 7-11

Monday, July 14, 2008

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Jeff’s Weekly Review July 7-11

I should have done this on Friday, but I ended up working on this new article I’m writing all the way until the end of the day. The new article is about common mistakes made by designers in the music…

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57 Inspirational Sites from 7 Remarkable Apparel Designers

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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57 Inspirational Sites from 7 Remarkable Apparel Designers

I gathered 7 of the top t-shirt designers today and asked each of them for a handful of sites they couldn’t live without; sites they surf for inspiration, design resources, advice, community, etc. I was surprised at what I found.…

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Jeff’s Weekly Review 6-30 to 7-3

Monday, July 7, 2008

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Jeff’s Weekly Review 6-30 to 7-3

Round 4 of my weekly review. Here’s what I got done in the short, 4-day workweek last week. I didn’t get around to posting this last week because of the holiday (Independence Day for readers outside the US). Launched the…

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Jeff’s Moleskine Round 2

Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Jeff’s Moleskine Round 2

Here we are again with another round of scans from my Moleskine. Not much to say about these other than I was just having some fun drawing skulls and things. I was using just a regular ball point pen, which…

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Go Media User Link Feed

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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Go Media User Link Feed

Hey folks! This is the Go Media User Link Feed. Everyone is allowed to submit a link and give a short description. It will show up in the sidebar on every page on the GOMEDIAZINE. However, all links submitted must…

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New Design is up! Feedback wanted!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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New Design is up!  Feedback wanted!

We’re really happy to announce a brand new site design to the Go Mediazine. Or should I officially say GOMEDIAZINE - all one word. Or you could spell it GOMEDIAzine or something like that. But anyway, we’re still tweaking some…

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