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Become a Master Designer: Rule Three: Contrast, Contrast, Contrast

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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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…

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Become a Master Designer: Rule Two: Limit Your Colors

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

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Become a Master Designer: Rule Two: Limit Your Colors

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…

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Become a Master Designer: Rule One: Limit your fonts

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

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Become a Master Designer: Rule One: Limit your fonts

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,…

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Beginners Guide to Driving Web Traffic

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

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Beginners Guide to Driving Web Traffic

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…

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Work in Progress: Mastodon

Saturday, June 2, 2007

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Work in Progress: Mastodon

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.

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An Open Letter to Student Designers

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

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An Open Letter to Student Designers

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…

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From Sketch to Vector Illustration

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

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From Sketch to Vector Illustration

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…

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Beautiful Vector Illustration

Thursday, December 28, 2006

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Beautiful Vector Illustration

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…

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Comic Book Style Graphic Design

Monday, December 11, 2006

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Comic Book Style Graphic Design

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…

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Go Media Featured in Kudos Magazine

Friday, August 18, 2006

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Go Media Featured in Kudos Magazine

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,…

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Go Media & AP Magazine equals marketing gold!

Sunday, July 30, 2006

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Go Media & AP Magazine equals marketing gold!

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…

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What Makes a Great Logo?

Friday, July 21, 2006

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What Makes a Great Logo?

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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