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Bill - who has written 61 posts on GoMediaZine.
I grew up in Cleveland Hts. Ohio and was drawing constantly. As a child I took art classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art and eventually became known as the "class artist." I graduated from The Ohio State University's department of Industrial Design. I have always tried to blend my passion for illustration with Graphic Design. Go Media was the culmination of my interests for both business and art. I'm trying to build a company that is equally considerate of our designers AND our clients.
Go Media HQ Construction Update
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hidilly-ho Go Media Army! I’m here to give you all a quick update on the progress of our new Headquarters. I’ll absatively posilutely not bore you with too many words – just lots of pics, Okily-dokily? It’s been a while since our last post. Construction has been moving painfully [...]
Continue reading...Become a Master Designer: Rule Five: Add depth to your designs.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Part Five of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Catch up on the first four rules here First, let me apologize for the long hiatus I took from this particular series of articles. It’s been really busy around here. I have to squeeze these articles into my [...]
Continue reading...Moving beyond Freelancing: 4 Insights to Growing your Design Firm
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I received a series of questions from a freelance designer concerning how to grow from being a one-person freelance designer into a “real” design firm. I thought I should share my answers to her questions with you. Here is the exchange we had – starting with her first e-mail. [...]
Continue reading...Accountants, lawyers, and doctors, oh my! A designer’s guide to business.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Before I get started I want to stress a few things. First and fore most, it should ALWAYS be your goal to run your business 100% legally. This means paying ALL your taxes and following ALL laws. If you truly want to achieve great success with your company, it’s [...]
Continue reading...Go Media Office Construction Update
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hey true believers, I wanted to give everyone a quick update on the status of Go Media’s new headquarters. Well, they say construction takes twice as long and costs twice as much as you estimate. This is absolutely wrong. In fact, it takes THREE TIMES as long and costs [...]
Continue reading...13 ways to trick your client into happiness
Monday, June 2, 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The art of making your customers love the designs you create. In an ideal world our clients would think like designers. In an ideal world our clients have a good knowledge of marketing. In an ideal world they think logically and communicate clearly. Well folks, this is not an [...]
Continue reading...We Have a Winner!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: WILLIAM A. BEACHY OF GO MEDIA INC., WON THE BEST MIDWEST FEATURE DESIGN AWARD IN CREATE MAGAZINE’S EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS Orlando, FL, April 16, 2008 – Go Media Inc., won the Best Midwest Feature Design crown in Create Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Awards. Go Media conquered tens of other candidates [...]
Continue reading...The Dreaded Design Lull – 9 Ways to Get Out of a Slump
Friday, April 18, 2008
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Recognizing and reacting to a slowdown in design work. I can remember clearly when it was just me alone in my apartment running this design firm. It was easy to stay busily and happily working on a non-stop string of client projects for months on end. Then unexpectedly one [...]
Continue reading...Essential Strategies to Inking Your Pencil Drawings
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Inking your Pencil Drawings by William Beachy from Go Media on Vimeo. In this video I will show you some of the ways that I ink my pencil drawings. This is my first video tutorial, so I would appreciate any advice or tips.
Continue reading...Just announced: a new book by Go Media!
Go Media founder William Beachy has announced his first of two new books about building a a successful design firm. Sign up to get early access!
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- Download Watercolor Textures (49023)
- Download 14 Scatter Brushes (48236)
- Download Vector Set 8 Sampler (43008)
- Set 9 Free Sample Vectors (41137)
- Download Free Reference Skulls (40461)
- Download Vector Set 10 Sampler (35400)
- Download Abstract Blobs & Bursts (34432)
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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