GoMediaZine» Inspiration http://www.gomediazine.com Graphic design tutorials, freebies, & advice by working artists and designers. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:38:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Real-world advice from working artists and designers. GoMediaZine no GoMediaZine jeff@gomedia.us jeff@gomedia.us (GoMediaZine) GoMediaZine Podcast graphic design, artist, business, inspiration, go media, tutorials, advice, illustration, photoshop, illustrator, art GoMediaZine» Inspiration http://www.gomediazine.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.gomediazine.com/category/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/ Collaboration! Two samurai (artists) are more powerful than one. http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/collaboration-two-samurai-artists-are-more-powerful-than-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=collaboration-two-samurai-artists-are-more-powerful-than-one http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/collaboration-two-samurai-artists-are-more-powerful-than-one/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:00:33 +0000 William Beachy http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=16212 Collaboration! Two samurai (artists) are more powerful than one. is a post from: GoMediaZine

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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 assembles a team to work on a project some of those people may be in our firm and others may not. I recently had an amazing experience collaborating with a good friend of mine; Steve Knerem on an illustration for Cage Spawn Clothing. This article will be kind of a hybrid…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/collaboration-two-samurai-artists-are-more-powerful-than-one/feed/ 18 Andre Meca’s MSCED 183: A Case Study http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/andre-meca-s-msced-183-case-study/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=andre-meca-s-msced-183-case-study http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/andre-meca-s-msced-183-case-study/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:00:29 +0000 heymeca http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=15316 Andre Meca’s MSCED 183: A Case Study is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: Hello Go Media readers! André Meca is a Portuguese graphic designer and illustrator. He currently studies at the ESAD. During 2011, he’s having his own take on the Make Something Cool Everyday Project. We’ve been following his work for quiet a while, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to show you his work and some of the behind the scene stuff of his process. Enjoy! This specific piece is the 183rd he made. You can view it better on Flickr. André has been kind enough to include the PSD of his experiment (see at the end of the post), so you can…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/andre-meca-s-msced-183-case-study/feed/ 12 Thread’s Not Dead live broadcast — The wrap-up http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/threads-not-dead-live-broadcast-%e2%80%94-the-wrap-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=threads-not-dead-live-broadcast-%25e2%2580%2594-the-wrap-up http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/threads-not-dead-live-broadcast-%e2%80%94-the-wrap-up/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 14:00:09 +0000 Simon H. http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=13955 Thread’s Not Dead live broadcast — The wrap-up is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: Hello GMZ readers! If you’re looking for the video from last Thursday’s live broadcast, you’ve come to the right place. We wanted to summarize some of the things that were said during Jeff’s live broadcast about his ebook Thread’s Not Dead. First, the recorded version of the broadcast. Since it was a big first time for all of us, we ran into the unavoidable technical difficulties, but oh well. In the end, it all went rather well and smoothly.The recorded videos, however, might have a few gaps here and there. I also wish we could have a recording of the chat…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/threads-not-dead-live-broadcast-%e2%80%94-the-wrap-up/feed/ 1 Inspiration: Designers Who Started Their Own Clothing Line http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/inspiration-designers-who-started-their-own-clothing-line/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiration-designers-who-started-their-own-clothing-line http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/inspiration-designers-who-started-their-own-clothing-line/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:30:49 +0000 Jeff Finley http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=12060 Inspiration: Designers Who Started Their Own Clothing Line is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: As I’m writing the “Designers Guide to the Apparel Industry” eBook that I plan to release soon, I started to take notice of WHO are the role models that inspired this book. Essentially, who are the designers who started freelancing and eventually started and now run a successful clothing line? As Steve Knerem’s “start a clothing line” series sheds light on HIS experience doing what so many of us designers want to do: Branch out and release something of our own. These designers got started working for clients. As you know, you’re mostly working on THEIR ideas and helping…

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Excerpt: Last year I created a logo for silk screening company Print Indie into the annual Logo Lounge publication. I really didn’t think I had a snowballs chance in hell of getting in so you can imagine my surprise when I found out that it was selected to be included in the Logo Lounge 5th edition. My concept for the logo was to create a mark that conveys what they do in a simple way. Inspired from the tools that execute their work I decided to focus on these elements. Although the design was rejected by the client, I still felt it…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/print-indie-logo-lounge-5/feed/ 14 From the Portfolio: Maylene & the Sons of Disaster http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-maylene-sons-disaster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portfolio-maylene-sons-disaster http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-maylene-sons-disaster/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:45:46 +0000 Oliver Barrett http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4172 From the Portfolio: Maylene & the Sons of Disaster is a post from: GoMediaZine

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]]> Client: Maylene & the Sons of Disaster maylene tee shirt This is a design from roughly a year ago. While I was pretty excited about it at the time, I look at it now and get disappointed. This is a case of me trying to do too much. This design should have been the illustration and a simple type treatment, maybe a few other elements, and that’s it. I think it’s still a really solid piece, but I don’t think I did the illustration justice by putting all that extraneous stuff in there.

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-maylene-sons-disaster/feed/ 43 From the Portfolio: Jedidiah Clothing http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-jedediah-clothing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portfolio-jedediah-clothing http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-jedediah-clothing/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:19:11 +0000 Jeff Finley http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4167 From the Portfolio: Jedidiah Clothing is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: Client: Jedidiah Clothing Designer: Jeff Finley Designer: 2007 This shirt design was one of the designs I completed for Jedidiah Clothing back in 2007. It was accepted, but I still have never seen it printed or for sale. As a designer, even though you were paid to do a design, the client may not have found it suitable to put to market. Which may have been what happened in this case. Regardless I think this design was a step forward from the mostly vector based t-shirts I had done prior to this. Yes, I know, this piece is…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-jedediah-clothing/feed/ 41 From the Portfolio: Swap Beats Logo http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-swap-beats-logo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portfolio-swap-beats-logo http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-swap-beats-logo/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:14:12 +0000 Adam Law http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4187 From the Portfolio: Swap Beats Logo is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: Client: Swap Beats Swapbeats.com is a hybrid social network and music marketplace that allows a user to connect with other musicians around the world and to collaborate on musical endeavors. Users are able to upload music tracks and swap, sell, and buy them at will. The site also provides a community for the users to get feedback and make connections and collaborate on projects with other users. In developing a mark for the site, I took into consideration the vernacular of the musician and the process of creating music in the studio. As a musician lays down a track, the music…

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]]> Here are some examples of vector lettering in a “candy” style. The first was a concept for Fergie and the 2nd is a concept for Paint the Stars Clothing. The Paint the Stars one is currently being sold on a hoodie in their web store. You can buy one here. The rest are other examples in this style. These are from 2006-2007. fergie candy type Paint the Stars Candy Lettering spoonful of sugar funkrush

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-candy-lettering/feed/ 38 From the Portfolio: Chk! Chk! Chk! Poster http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-chk-chk-chk-poster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portfolio-chk-chk-chk-poster http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/inspiration-tutorials/portfolio-chk-chk-chk-poster/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:58:33 +0000 Chris Comella http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4146 From the Portfolio: Chk! Chk! Chk! Poster is a post from: GoMediaZine

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