Become a Master Designer: Rule Three: Contrast, Contrast, Contrast
Part Three of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Read Rule 1 and Rule 2 digg_url = 'DIGG_PERMALINK_URL'; Good contrast in your design goes hand-in-hand with your color selections. Contrast is the value difference between the colors on your design. Value…
Continue reading...Become a Master Designer: Rule Two: Limit Your Colors
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Rule Two: Limit your colors. Part Two of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Rule Two: Limit Your Colors. Sounds a lot like the last rule of limiting your fonts right? Exactly! We want to limit our colors for the…
Continue reading...Become a Master Designer: Rule One: Limit your fonts
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Part One of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Ok, “master designer” might be a bit of a stretch – but you can at least become a “proficient designer” by following 7 easy principles. This will be the shortest,…
Continue reading...Beginners Guide to Driving Web Traffic
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
You’ve manufactured your product, paid the talented artists at Go Media Inc. to build your website, posted it live on the internet and then sat back, put your feet up and waited for the cash to start flowing in. But…
Continue reading...Work in Progress: Mastodon
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Here’s a shirt design I’m working on for the band Mastodon courtesy of Warner Bros. Records. They are great because they allow our designers to be really creative and have fun.
Continue reading...An Open Letter to Student Designers
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
About twice a week I will get a letter from a student or young graphic designer that asks me a variety of questions. Typically they are questions like: “How do I get started in the design industry?”, “What software should…
Continue reading...From Sketch to Vector Illustration
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Hey everyone! Welcome back to the GoMediaZine. There has been such a wonderful response on my vector art tutorial “Beautiful Vector Illustration” that I thought I better write another one. If you recall in that tutorial I discussed how to…
Continue reading...Beautiful Vector Illustration
Thursday, December 28, 2006
One thing we do regularly at Go Media is create beautiful vector people. Having illustrated hundreds of these, I have worked out a few tips that I would like to share with you. This will make your job much easier. Here…
Continue reading...Comic Book Style Graphic Design
Monday, December 11, 2006
We have often been asked the process by which we create our illustrated flyers and posters. I will try to give you a clear tutorial on how we create our illustrations and turn them into flyers or posters. Our end…
Continue reading...Go Media Featured in Kudos Magazine
Friday, August 18, 2006
Go Media is featured in the latest issue of Kudos Magazine! Kudos is a new start. It is a fresh outlook on some of lifes best avenues of enjoyment, entertainment, expression and creativity. Kudos is a mix of multimedia website,…
Continue reading...Go Media & AP Magazine equals marketing gold!
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Attention all bands! Alternative Press Magazine has put together the ultimate band competition: “Almost Famous.” Part of the prize package is design services from Go Media! This is your opportunity to get that killer apparel design or CD art that…
Continue reading...What Makes a Great Logo?
Friday, July 21, 2006
Having a quality Corporate Identity (Commonly referred to as a “logo”) is the critical first step in building a business! What makes a great corporate Identity? (What makes a great logo?) Your corporate Identity must have several characteristics to make it “great.” First and…
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