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Create A Photoshop Tool Preset for Custom Text

3. July 2009

I tag all my artwork posted online with a minimum of my website URL, and usually with copyright info. I wanted to set up an easy way to add this in Photoshop to each image without having to go to the Type tool, type the text, size it, etc. Here’s how I solved the issue…

Shading with Watercolor Textures

30. April 2009

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This tutorial will try and show an alternative way of using the watercolor texture files (as most of you know, you can download Go Media’s watercolor texture pack here, or you can try and make some of your own by painting them and scanning them into a digital format) in order to give some color [...]

Rule Seven: Composition: putting it all together.

14. April 2009

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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 [...]

Draw a Windy Sunset Illustration

4. March 2009

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Introduction I’ve always loved Asian art and particularly Japanese illustration. While Asian art is the main source of inspiration for my design, the point is not to create a traditional Japanese illustration, but rather to filter design inspiration such as this one through personal style and experience. Today, we’re going to create something new based on [...]

How to Draw a Classic Hand using a Graphics Tablet

20. January 2009

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How to Draw a Classic Hand using a Graphics Tablet

I use this kind of drawing to give to the design an artistic look. In my opinion the hand drawing effect looks great applied on anything from animals to gothic ornaments. Another advantage of this style is that you can make great artwork using only one color.

Create a Furious Pink Panther Poster

12. January 2009

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Introduction Everyone knows the pink panther! I sure love the old cartoons and remember this old VCR tape packed with episodes I used to watch as a kid, over and over again. Well, there were lots of episodes, so it wasn’t as obsessive as it sounds… Anyway, I thought it was time to give the old feline [...]

Impressive Watercolor Splatter Effect Tutorial & Freebie

18. December 2008

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Impressive Watercolor Splatter Effect Tutorial & Freebie

This guest post was written by Nick Steimling from HeavyPrints . Many thanks, Nick, for sharing your knowledge with Go MediaZine readers! I have been working with natural media more recently, and as a result, I have been learning how to bring my natural work onto the digital drawing board. I have shown a [...]

How to Design Your Own Custom Hoodie

16. December 2008

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We know how much you guys and gals love a good tutorial! We just launched our new Hoodie Templates and they are amazing. I decided to sit down and design a hoodie and to write a tutorial in celebration. You should know right from the start that there is a lot to digest here. [...]

How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D

27. October 2008

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How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D

In this tutorial I will walk through the steps I used to create this illustration to bring alive the word “collide.” While you may not find yourself needing to recreate the word “collide,” I hope you will find useful the techniques I will cover: - extruding text in Cinema 4d - using displacement maps in Cinema 4d - [...]

How to Create Awesome T-Shirt Mockups Like Jimiyo

21. October 2008

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How to Create Awesome T-Shirt Mockups Like Jimiyo

EDITORS NOTE: Jimiyo is showcasing a template from Vol. 2 of Fitted Ladies Apparel Templates, which we’ll have ready for release in November. For now, check out Vol 1. Go Media gave me the chance to test out their new women’s t-shirt templates, and I have to say, they are awesome. High quality, crisp images [...]

Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography

13. October 2008

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Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography

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, [...]

How to Create Photorealistic T-Shirt Mockups

7. August 2008

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How to Create Photorealistic T-Shirt Mockups

When designing for apparel, presentation of your proofs is very important. A detailed image of a piece simply will not suffice as an adequate proof. You want to hit the design home, and mocking it up on a t-shirt is what’s going to do the job. Apparel designs are much different than regular print jobs [...]

How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 2: Animation

15. July 2008

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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 [...]

Drawing Skulls with a Wacom Tablet

24. May 2008

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Draw a Skull with a Wacom Tablet from Go Media on Vimeo. This isn’t exactly a tutorial, but more of a quick “time lapse” demo of a simple illustration technique I use. In this video, I’m going to draw a skull in Photoshop with my Wacom Tablet. I will use a photo of a skull [...]

Design a 6 Panel CD Package Tutorial

9. May 2008

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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 [...]

Ink Bleeding Effect in After Effects (Like Gnarls)

2. April 2008

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Ink Bleeding Effect in After Effects (Like Gnarls)

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 [...]