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6 Essentials to Setting Up Your Illustrator Documents
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: A quick thanks to Josh Bunts who suggested this post on Go Media’s Facebook page. Technically, he asked for advice on “…document set up and color pallets.” I thought I should expand the post to speak generally about all things Illustrator pre-work. 1. When setting up your document specs, [...]
Continue ReadingHow to design the best website user experience
28. March 2012
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Greetings & Salutations My name is Wilson Revehl, Co-founder, CTO, and Vice-President of Go Media. When William Beachy and I founded the firm in 2003, merging our respective freelance businesses, I would not have imagined we’d become a publisher. And lord knows I haven’t done much to advance that [...]
Continue ReadingDo androids dream of electric sheep PSD breakdown
13. March 2012
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction Hello dear Zine readers. Simon and Jon from Studio Ace of Spade here. Today, we’ll have the pleasure of walking you through the making of our entry for an old installment of The Fox Is Black’s Recovered Books contest. Our goal with this walk-through/PSD break down is to [...]
Continue ReadingScreen-Printed Movie Poster Tutorial by Pale Horse
6. March 2012
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Before we get started Hey everyone, Chris Parks (AKA Pale Horse) here for Go Media. Today, I’ll be outlining my recent experience working with The Indomina Group, a global entertainment company who produce and distribute movies, television, music and interactive games. Their latest project was a Hong Kong, wire-fu, [...]
Continue ReadingFOUNDFONT™ and the Art of Typographic Archaeology
2. February 2012
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: FOUNDFONT™ tutorial Andy Hayes here from Hucklebuck Design Studio. The subject for this tutorial will revolve around a pet project of mine called FOUNDFONT™. Foundfont™ is dedicated to typographic archaeology as well as the use of found typography within design. It’s about extracting unique type for specific design needs [...]
Continue ReadingCollaboration! Two samurai (artists) are more powerful than one.
21. December 2011
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Illustration Collaboration Hey Go Media faithful! As Go Media has evolved over the years, we’ve learned that collaboration with other artists and designers can be a very powerful tool when trying to deliver the very best product to your client. Different designers have different skill sets. When Go Media [...]
Continue ReadingThe Lost and Taken Poster: A case study and texturing tutorial
19. December 2011
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Before We Get Started Hello dear readers! Simon and Jon from Studio Ace of Spade here. Today, we have the chance to write a tutorial about one of the Studio’s recent projects, the poster we did for Lost and Taken. What’s great about this particular project is that it [...]
Continue ReadingAlbum Design for “f i n d” – A Case Study and Tutorial
14. November 2011
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hey everyone. A while ago the awesome folks at Go Media asked me if I was interested in writing a tutorial/case study. I was absolutely honored by the inquiry so I obviously took the opportunity. The result of the case study and tutorial is this post. With it I [...]
Continue ReadingFudgegraphics’s June 2011 Wallpaper: A case study
14. October 2011
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hi, I’m Franz — a London-based freelance graphic designer and founder of the design blog Fudgegraphics. As a personal project, I create a new desktop wallpaper each month featuring the current calendar month. It’s a pleasure to share some insights into the creation of ”Rise – June 2011 Calendar [...]
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30. April 2012
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