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FOUNDFONT™ 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 [...]

The Lost and Taken Poster: A case study and texturing tutorial

19. December 2011

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The Lost and Taken Poster: A case study and texturing tutorial

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 [...]

The Lost Type Co-op

7. June 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: This is NOT simply another type foundry Hello dear readers. Today, I want to talk about the Lost Type Co-op. If you want to be cynical about it, you could say it’s just another type foundry. Well, you’d be wrong. The cool thing about the LTC is its model: [...]

Creating an Illustrative Monogram

6. January 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Creating a Monogram Monograms are an interesting way to go about making an identity. By nature they can be straight forward or extremely ornamental and illustrative. In this tutorial I’m going to walk you through the steps I (Chris Comella, designer at Go Media, hi!) took to making Go [...]

Learn to Create Collage Typography

21. December 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Ever been asked to come up with a type driven design but still wanted to use imagery? Creating text through collage can be an awesome solution. Here’s what you’re going to need to create a successful piece: 1. An open mind. I always find that being noncommittal toward the [...]

GMZ Reader Special: The Making of Andrew Jackson

22. September 2010

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GMZ Reader Special: The Making of Andrew Jackson

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hey Go Media Zinesters, Jeff Finley here. If you didn’t know, I actually spent all of August working on new Arsenal and Zine stuff exclusively. To be specific, I was working on some really rad tutorials. One of which you folks read last week about how I created the [...]

Tutorial: Death Metal Logo

13. May 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I have been creating extreme metal logos for over 4 years now for many bands all over the world. Being an extreme metal fan and a logo designer, it was only natural for me to start creating logos for the metal scene. The demand for these logos were more [...]

Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop

21. October 2009

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Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction Hello again! I was recently asked to do a flyer for a promotions company by the name of inFamous Productions; a very popular promotion movement in Western NY mainly stationed in Buffalo. My main objective was to create something unique that would serve as a creative campaign for [...]

3D Typography in Photoshop

19. August 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction In this tutorial we are going to go over various techniques you may have seen before, as well as a bulk of techniques that may be new to you. After you have completed this intense walk though, I assure you will be able to explore even more new [...]