GoMediaZine» Typography http://www.gomediazine.com Graphic design tutorials, freebies, & advice by working artists and designers. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:50:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/tutorial-killer-3d-poster-design-with-3ds-max-photoshop/ http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/tutorial-killer-3d-poster-design-with-3ds-max-photoshop/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:30:33 +0000 Fernando Martinez http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=8007 Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop is a post from: GoMediaZine

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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 a nightclub. Long story short, one thing led to another, and I came up with a poster which led to the flyer design. For this tutorial I will be teaching you guys and letting you all get ahold of the process in which I used to create this Galactic Title in Photoshop. The tutorial…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/tutorial-killer-3d-poster-design-with-3ds-max-photoshop/feed/ 36 3D Typography in Photoshop http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/3d-typography-photoshop/ http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/3d-typography-photoshop/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:30:54 +0000 Fernando Martinez http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=5872 3D Typography in Photoshop is a post from: GoMediaZine

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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 ways of creating typefaces as well as other types of ideas. Inspired by the work of Nelson Balaban as well as my own, I decided to re-create an old piece of mine using the techniques I am about to show. The completion of this effect will probably take around 8 hours collectively;…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/3d-typography-photoshop/feed/ 46 Rule Seven: Composition: putting it all together. http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/rule-composition-putting/ http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/rule-composition-putting/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:00:54 +0000 William Beachy http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4738 Rule Seven: Composition: putting it all together. is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: 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 motion to your design. Now, the last principle in this rapid-fire guide to becoming a master designer is composition. In truth, the order I’ve given you these seven principles is probably ass-backwards. The composition is the first and most important part of your design. So,…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/rule-composition-putting/feed/ 36 How to Design a Font: {Part 4} Finishing Touches http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/part-4-finishing-touches/ http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/part-4-finishing-touches/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:02:25 +0000 Katie Major http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=2523 How to Design a Font: {Part 4} Finishing Touches is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: 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 the entire process, so no worries. First thing you need to do is open a new font. Go to File, New and a window will pop up with a bunch of different characters: uppercase, lowercase, and various other characters. If you double…

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Excerpt: The Grid Now that you have your font pretty well figured out it’s time to get into the computer. First things first, setting up Illustrator. I like to first turn on the grid. This is the easiest way to transfer your font from the grid paper to the computer. To turn on the grid go to “view” under the menu bar, then “show grid”. Once you have the grid on you should turn on the rulers (also under “view”). Make sure to adjust your rulers to points instead of inches or whatever your default is. Just right click on the ruler…

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Excerpt: Terminology Before we get into the meat of this tutorial I want to give you a crash course in font terminology. I know it’s not exactly the most exciting thing but I seriously think it’s good for you to know this before we get too far. Sans serif: A type of font that doesn’t have accents on the end of its strokes. Serif: A font that has little accents on the end of its strokes. Vocabulary to Know: Baseline: The line that the letter sits on. Median: the middle line where lowercase letters end. X height: the distance between baseline and median, traditionally…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/part2draw-storm/feed/ 30 How to Design A Font: {Part 1} Get Inspired! http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/design-font-start-finish-part-1-inspired/ http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/design-font-start-finish-part-1-inspired/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:44:57 +0000 Katie Major http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=2303 How to Design A Font: {Part 1} Get Inspired! is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: I haven’t written a blog post in a while so I thought it was time I jumped right in and did a tutorial series about fonts. There will be three more tutorials that will follow this one. Their forces combined will account for pretty much everything I know of how to make a font. So grab yourself a red bull and your favorite salty snack and let’s get to it! Whenever I sit down to make a new font the very first thing that I need is some inspiration. Ok, easier said than done. Sometimes I stare down a blank sheet…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/design-font-start-finish-part-1-inspired/feed/ 48 12 Sources of Inspiration for Creating Your Own Lettering or Typeface Designs http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/typography-tutorials/12-sources-of-inspiration-for-creating-your-own-lettering-or-typeface-designs/ http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/typography-tutorials/12-sources-of-inspiration-for-creating-your-own-lettering-or-typeface-designs/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:00:46 +0000 sean http://www.gomediazine.com/site-news/12-sources-of-inspiration-for-creating-your-own-lettering-or-typeface-designs/ 12 Sources of Inspiration for Creating Your Own Lettering or Typeface Designs is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: This is an article written by guest author Sean Hodge from AiBURN, a blog about design, creativity, inspiration, tutorials, and vector graphics. Introduction Lettering and Typeface design is a creative endeavor that requires constant sources of motivation, influence, and inspiration. If you dream of painstakingly designing the next amazing Open Type Font, desire to craft beautiful Hand Drawn Lettering, or feel the urge to create original Typeface Designs then this article is for you. 1. Bring Your Analysis to the Process Learn how letters function alone, as typefaces, and in real world design systems. Logic can take you a reasonable way when analyzing. Though…

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Excerpt: Some of you may know, I’m a typography nut and I have created a few fonts for Go Media’s Arsenal. This article is little precursor to a more extensive article that we’ll submit later on about finding inspiration for typeface and font development. As a designer I have found that you can get inspiration from anywhere. The process of creating typography is as much like creating any other type (pun intended!) of art as painting or drawing. Typography can give a political, social, psychological, or economical statement. Often the fonts I design reference my own opinions of how…

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]]> http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/katies-five-rules-of-typography/feed/ 12 Ornate Lettering Process http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/ornate-lettering-process/ http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/ornate-lettering-process/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:20:14 +0000 Jeff Finley http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/ornate-lettering-process/ Ornate Lettering Process is a post from: GoMediaZine

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Excerpt: I’m going to show you the process as to how I do my ornate lettering. This is a new design I did for Stone Sour that utilized this technique. Now right off the bat, this is not a step by step tutorial. It’s more of a look behind the scenes into how I work. The very core of this process is having a solid drawing ability and a good understanding of letterforms, typography, spacing, composition, yada yada. Also, I assume you know your way around Illustrator, Photoshop, and 3D Studio Max. There is no…

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