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Go Media’s Latest Initiative: On the Map

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hi there, I’m Marissa Mele. I was recently hired as the new office assistant at Go Media and I wanted to introduce our readers to a new initiative going on at Go Media called On the Map. By definition… On the Map is a video series featuring the people [...]

How to Dominate the T-Shirt Design Biz

Friday, March 25, 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: It won’t be long now. But it could be shorter. Jeff Finley’s first ebook Thread’s Not Dead is almost ready for release. Although officially slated for Tuesday April 19th, you can get the book two weeks early and 10% off just by entering your email here. Jeff has put [...]

Starting Your Own Shirt Line — Part III: Business & Relationships

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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Starting Your Own Shirt Line — Part III: Business & Relationships

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hi Friends, Welcome to the third and final installment to Starting your own Shirt Line. In this article I’ll be talking about elements of business and planning and the importance of developing relationships. Quick recap of past two articles. In Part I I talked about Creating your Idea, Research, and [...]

Starting Your Own Shirt Line. PART II: The Creation of Your Art and Working with a Printer.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

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Starting Your Own Shirt Line. PART II: The Creation of Your Art and Working with a Printer.

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hey Guys, Welcome to the second article in the series ‘Starting Your Own Shirt Line’. In the first article, Start – Up, we covered the topics: Originality Research Who will like it? In Part II I’ll take you through my process of creating the Octolady and my experience working with a [...]

Interns Inc., Vol. 3

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Internships are an awesome way to gain experience and to learn about being a designer in the real world. Most are mainly summer internships, but there are definitely internships that extend throughout the school year. Typically, students aren’t expected to score internships until their third year, but it’s not [...]

Telling A Client “No”

Thursday, June 10, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: You’re the expert, right? You’ve spent four years in design school and have a few years of real-world experience, right? You obviously know all there is to know about design and clients are just dumb and uneducated. You force your brilliant design decisions on every client because you have [...]

Solo To Studio

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: What does it take to go from freelancing to building a design firm like Go Media? Do You Really Want to be a Studio? Before you embark on your journey to build a design studio, you should stop and ask yourself an important question: “Do I really want the [...]

Anatomy of a Band T-Shirt

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The “band t-shirt” project can be quite enticing for designers and illustrators. Want to know what goes on behind the artwork? Jeff Finley of Go Media shares his personal experiences of the ins and outs of designing t-shirts for bands big and small – on the business side of [...]

Getting Into Graphic Design: Q & A with William Beachy

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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Getting Into Graphic Design: Q & A with William Beachy

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Go Media receives countless inquiries into the nature of the design business from students all over the world. This posts shares a recent round of Q & A with Go Media president William Beachy. Who was your mentor and what was the most important thing they taught you? I [...]