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Create A Vector Art Twitter Bird Character Icon In Adobe Illustrator
In-depth Adobe Illustrator tutorial detailing the process of creating an original cartoon-style Twitter bird character vector illustration. From sketch to vector, this tutorial will not only walk you through the steps, but also offer tips on optimal methods for creating your vector art with maximum editability and flexibility.
Continue reading...Rule Seven: Composition: putting it all together.
14. April 2009
Part Seven of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Ok Folks, This is it; part seven of seven. I’ve hopefully convinced you to limit your use of colors and fonts, taught you to provide sufficient contrast, suggested that you properly space your elements and let you in on the secrets of adding depth and [...]
Continue reading...Illustrate a Malevolent Skull in 8 Steps
17. February 2009
In the tutorial I will go over how to create a cool looking malevolent skull that can be used for bands, t-shirts, or just vector art of your choosing.
Continue reading...How to Design a Font: {Part 4} Finishing Touches
5. December 2008
Well this is it – the final part in my series “How to Design a Font”! Be sure to catch up with the previous articles in the series: Part 1: Get inspired Part 2: Draw up a Storm! and Part 3: Make it Digital Great now we’re finally into fontlab. This is pretty much the easiest part of [...]
Continue reading...Sexy Holiday Vector Pin-Up Girl Tutorial
2. December 2008
A month or so ago I did this sweet tutorial of a pin-up girl on a motorcycle. It had been a project from on of our better clients. Since they liked and bought the design I thought that they wouldn’t mind if I posted a tutorial about how I made it. I was wrong. Threat [...]
Continue reading...Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography
13. October 2008
Hello, my name is Alex Beltechi, a designer that is currently studying in college and working in the print media realm. I would love to explain my vast experience and overwhelming knowledge to you, but due to the fact that I have no such qualities, I’ll stick to sharing what skills I’ve been developing lately, [...]
Continue reading...14 Free Scatter Brushes & How-to
3. September 2008
I was screen spying on Go Media’s Chris Comella as he was working on a Smashing Pumpkins design in which the dense black typography was exploding shards in every direction. He placed every particle by hand (and it shows). I wondered if scatter brushes could be used to get a similar effect. Sometimes I [...]
Continue reading...How to Draw Your Own Vector Wings
29. July 2008
Everyone loves to give away free vectors, but what about teaching a man to fish? Here's how to create your own wings Go Media style. In this tutorial you'll need Adobe Illustrator and some skills with the pen tool.
Continue reading...Vector Freebie & Micro Tutorial: Seamless Swirls
28. July 2008
Hey it’s a Monday morning freebie! This one took a little extra time to make, so I really hope you enjoy it. It is (mostly) seamless, so you can drop it into your swatches panel and fill any shape with it. I say mostly because it went through a series of transformations [...]
Continue reading...How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 2: Animation
15. July 2008
In the last post, I showed you how to make 8-bit characters in Adobe Illustrator. In this post, we will animate those characters in Adobe Photoshop using the Animation Window. 1. CREATE A NEW PHOTOSHOP DOCUMENT To Begin, open up a new document in Photoshop and make the dimensions the size you want your final animated gif [...]
Continue reading...How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 1: Design
9. July 2008
Have you ever wanted to make a kick ass animation of 8-BIT characters tearing each other to shreds? Well now you can. In this tutorial, I will take you through the process of creating vectorized 8-bit characters for use in an animated GIF. I’ve also included the vector source files of the characters and [...]
Continue reading...How to design a t-shirt on a budget and a tight deadline
4. June 2008
Monday morning. You’re walking into work (or in some of your cases, waking up in your undies and walking 10 feet to your desk). You pound some coffee and peruse your inbox. You have a present. One of your regulars needs a t-shirt designed for the band Vomit Whistle, but can’t spend much money. To [...]
Continue reading...Design a 6 Panel CD Package Tutorial
9. May 2008
A few months ago, I wrote a tutorial for Computer Arts Magazine about how I put together the CD Package for the band Hollywood Ave. I wanted to share you the link, since it’s now available for free online in PDF form. Which by the way, we’re currently looking to do more CD [...]
Continue reading...Ink Bleeding Effect in After Effects (Like Gnarls)
2. April 2008
Ink Bleeding Effect from Go Media on Vimeo. ANIMATING WITH INK EFFECTS (software required: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects with Trapcode’s Particular) In this tutorial I’ll recreate a similar look from an older Gnarls Barkley video. The principles I’ll cover are foundational and can be used for some incredible animations other than simply imitating a great music video. Some [...]
Continue reading...Workflow Tip: Illustrator to Fontlab
22. March 2008
Tutorial: Creating fonts in Illustrator and Fontlab – Part 1 from Go Media on Vimeo This video is a brief introduction into how to prepare a font you design in Adobe Illustrator for Fontlab. Fontlab is the program of choice for building and managing fonts. There are a few steps that you need to do to [...]
Continue reading...A Pseudo-Sugar Skull: From Start to Finish.
6. March 2008
Hey people! It’s Dave again giving you all yet another excuse to get your knowledge on. This isn’t as direct as my previous Gigposter Tutorial (by the way – thanks to everyone who found that helpful!) because I’m actually covering a piece of my own artwork, and as we all know, there are just some [...]
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- Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography
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- From Sketch to Vector Illustration
- Badass Bling Effect in Photoshop
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- From Sketch to Vector Illustration (174)
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- Monthly Review – May 2009
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13 Beautiful Wordpress Showcase Sites
This article shows you beautiful showcase websites, which collects WordPress based blogs and delivers long run inspiration.
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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
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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
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10 Awesome Photoshop Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts You Probably Don't Know!
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What tools make you a better graphic designer? Here's my list of things I can't live without as a designer: http://www.derekkimball.com/tools-to-make-you-a...
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