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Discussion: Do you publicly advertise your pricing?
Ah the age-old debate. To show prices or not to show prices on your website. There are pros and cons to both and Go Media has experimented with both in the past. We eventually decided to go against showing prices on our website, but the discussion never seems to go away. How would things change if we decided to show prices? For the better? Worse? Tell me your thoughts.
Continue reading...Degree or No Degree?
5. June 2009
Barton Damer was kind enough to let us repost this article on the zine. What do you think? Do you need a degree to be a designer these days? There are many potential paths you could follow in the world of “design.” Graphic Art is the term I gravitate towards the most for my [...]
Continue reading...Monthly Review – May 2009
2. June 2009
I’ve decided to call these Monthly reviews now since I don’t seem to be able to update them weekly much anymore. I’ve been busy, so here are some notable Go Media happenings for May. Launched a new Go Media site at www.gomedia.us. We haven’t updated our portfolio and design services site in such a long [...]
Continue reading...Top 28 Best Motion Graphics Blogs and Resources
27. April 2009
We've scoured the net and tapped every resource we could to get you THE best list of mograph blogs and resources out there. Both novice and experienced mographers will get some insight here. We've also posted the twitter links of the brains behind some of these sites. So check it out!
Continue reading...Thoughts on Design Integrity. Getting what you want from your client
22. April 2009
You’ve just been given a project and the client has made a list of demands that will surely result in a total design failure. Your integrity as a good designer is on the line… …WHAT DO YOU DO? Manage the client’s expectations BEFORE the project brief is even written. In an IDEAL world, the battle over [...]
Continue reading...Weekly Review April 7 – 20
21. April 2009
Hey folks, here’s the rundown for the past two weeks. Nearly all my time has been spent creating imagery for the new Go Media portfolio site. We plan to launch in the next couple weeks! We’re starting a project for Genetic Bulldogs out of Arizona. They breed bulldogs for lots of Hollywood celebs including Rob [...]
Continue reading...Weekly Review March 30 – April 6
6. April 2009
Hello all loyal zine readers. Yes, you’re loyal, because this is the first post in two weeks or so. We’ve been slacking on the zine, which sucks I know. We are always looking for great content writers, so if you think you could contribute, send us an email. However, I was [...]
Continue reading...Designers’ Guide to the Apparel Printing Industry
18. March 2009
Over the last couple of years the GoMediaZine has been a cookie jar full of tips, tutorials & practical advice about designing for apparel. There have been in depth tutorials, lots of inspiration, a fantastic three-part series full of experience & advice – we even showed you how to ‘Make it look like Affliction‘. [...]
Continue reading...Weekly Review March 3-12
12. March 2009
It’s been a while since I posted my last review, so I’ll just cover what I did last week and last month (just briefly). Sometimes you think you know what you’ll be doing in a given month, but then suddenly things take a sudden sharp turn. FAIL sticker is a perfect example. We [...]
Continue reading...Don’t Be A Whore!
26. February 2009
10 Tips to help designers avoid being taken advantage of. If you’re freelancing or just starting your own design company, you may be in jeopardy of being a whore. That’s right. Some seemingly sweet client may come along, wine and dine you, bend you over the back of the couch, have their way with you – [...]
Continue reading...Surviving Design School
25. February 2009
Surviving Design School As a recent design school graduate, I don’t have a whole lot of fancy tricks up my sleeve on which to base a tutorial. However, as a recent design school graduate, I do have some advice to share on getting out alive. Whether you’re just starting or you’re in the home stretch, this [...]
Continue reading...Weekly Review Jan 27 – Feb 3
3. February 2009
It’s been a crazy week! The Go Media crew have been in a fervor of sorts working a little bit of OT this weekend. You see, we had planned to make progress on the new Go Media v5.0 portfolio site (gomedia.us) but that didn’t happen. We planned to work more on Vector [...]
Continue reading...Become Successful: Treat Your Clients Like Rock Stars
30. January 2009
Maybe you’ve noticed the Go Media staff photos popping up in our twitter profiles or facebook pages. Well, we don’t always look that cool; rock ‘n roll photographer extraordinaire Chris Cassella was the man behind the lens & the magic maker. He’s been cool enough to write about his experience & share some [...]
Continue reading...Weekly Review Jan 6-15
15. January 2009
2009 has officially begun. We had our year-end review meeting yesterday and now we’re ready to move forward. We discussed Go Media’s successes and failures. We reviewed each staff members individual personal and professional goals as well as general company goals for Go Media. It was a long, 7 hour meeting [...]
Continue reading...The Making of the TweetBacks Logo
9. January 2009
So around 4:30 pm yesterday, I had originally planned to catch up on my emails and starred items in my Outlook. I had been meaning to do that for a few days now. However, that didn’t happen. Such is the case just about every day, I was easily distracted by something more [...]
Continue reading...Weekly Review Dec-Jan
6. January 2009
The holidays have come and gone and it’s time to get back to work over here at Go Media. We apologize for the sparce content as of late (want to write for us?). But it’s a brand new year and I’m going to recap a little of what has been happening. Jeff’s [...]
Continue reading...- Gigposter Design: The New Sex
- Vector Freebie & Micro Tutorial: Seamless Swirls
- Beautiful Vector Illustration
- Old School Type - Line Gradients
- 14 Free Scatter Brushes & How-to
- An Angel Grows Wings. Animated Mask in Flash
- Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography
- Ornate Lettering Process
- From Sketch to Vector Illustration
- Badass Bling Effect in Photoshop
- Go Media User Link Feed (1400)
- Gigposter Design: The New Sex (313)
- Free Vector Pack 9 Sampler (260)
- Free Vectors: Set 8 Sampler (192)
- Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography (189)
- How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D (176)
- From Sketch to Vector Illustration (174)
- Designing Ultra SceneXCore Apparel! (174)
- Should Shepard Fairey Be Sued for his Obama Poster? (160)
- Become a Master Designer: Rule Three: Contrast, Contrast, Contrast (159)
- Create A Photoshop Tool Preset for Custom Text
- Quick Tip: The Adobe Exchange
- Behold its Greatness: The NEW Fail Sticker has Arrived
- Create a Complete Apparel Tech Pack
- Discussion: Do you publicly advertise your pricing?
- 10 Great Time-Saving Mac Utilities For Graphic Artists
- DIY Striped T-Shirt in 3 Easy Steps
- Degree or No Degree?
- New Go Media Affiliate Program
- Monthly Review – May 2009
User Link Feed
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45+ Excellent Website Analytics/Monitoring/Counter Services
Everybody needs to track their website visitors. Not everybody has the right tools. Here's a compilation of 45+ web analytics tools, each of which, has a unique feature sure to satisfy your needs. Check them out and monitor your visitors!
- Dainis Graveris
13 Beautiful Wordpress Showcase Sites
This article shows you beautiful showcase websites, which collects WordPress based blogs and delivers long run inspiration.
- Gizelle
20 Outstanding Letterpress Business Cards
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These 20 letterpress business cards featured in this post are a great example of how effective letterpress business cards can reflect you or your company. - Gizelle
How to Create Out of Bounds Effect Plus Amazing Examples
http://bestdesignoptions.com/?p=5342
Out of Bounds or simply OOB is a technique used to add a 3D feel to a flat photo image. Its a lot of fun and pretty easy to do. - The Product Guy
From Liberating Your Password to Modular Innovation Trends
http://tpgblog.com/2009/07/03/pricing-passwords... - derekkimball
10 Awesome Photoshop Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts You Probably Don't Know!
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- Facebook - Jeff Finley
- Facebook - Bill Beachy
- Facebook - Oliver Barrett
- Facebook - Chris Wilson
- Facebook - Adam Wagner
- Facebook - Heather Tropp
- Facebook - Katie Major
- Facebook - Tim Boesel
- Myspace - Go Media
- Myspace - Go Media's Arsenal
- Myspace - Jeff Finley
- Myspace - Bill Beachy
- Myspace - Oliver Barrett
- Myspace - Kim Finley
- Deviant Art - Go Media
- Linked In - Liz Hunt
- Linked In - Jeff Finley
- Linked In - Heather Tropp
- Linked In - Chris Wilson
- Linked In - Bill Beachy
- Linked In - Oliver Barrett
- Linked In - Kim Finley
- Linked In - Adam Wagner
- Linked In - Chris Comella
- Last.fm - Jeff Finley
- Last.fm - Oliver Barrett
- Last.fm - Liz Hunt
22. June 2009
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