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Land Bigger Jobs: Appear “bigger” than you actually are

One thing that Go Media has done ever since we we put our first site online back in 2003, is tried to appear bigger than we were. This can have its pros and cons, but to the designer just starting out,…

Become a Master Designer: Rule Four: Spacing Is Your Friend

Part Four of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Sorry for the long delay in releasing this latest installment of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. We have been slammed here at Go Media and I literally…

Make it Look Like Affliction

As graphic designers for the apparel industry, we’ve heard the phrase “Make it Look Like Affliction” so many times. It’s a strange coincidence. You have a dozen apparel companies and bands who have absolutely nothing in common with each other…

Application advice for creative jobs

Because we’re looking to expand our staff here, I want to off some key advice to anyone applying. IT IS ALL ABOUT PRESENTATION!! Some of these things are common sense, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t think about…

A Designer’s Guide to Pricing

A lot of designers ask us what they should charge for their services. I thought I would share with you some financial lessons I’ve learned while building Go Media. This article will cover: What should I charge? Flat rate or hourly billing? How…

Design Piracy - What to do when your designs are stolen

It’s happened to the best of us and will inevitably happen to you if it hasn’t already. Your hard work and creativity are ripped off without consent, permission, payment, or even credit. Oftentimes the idiot who assembled a piece of…

The 40% Skull Rule

Back in May, the girlfriend of Go Media co-founder Chris Wilson wrote us a letter expressing her concern about the number of skulls in our portfolio. I thought you might enjoy reading it and what we had to say about…

Become a Master Designer: Rule Three: Contrast, Contrast, Contrast

Part Three of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Read Rule 1 and Rule 2 digg_url = 'DIGG_PERMALINK_URL'; Good contrast in your design goes hand-in-hand with your color selections. Contrast is the value difference between the colors on your design. Value…

4 Tips to Combat Creative Block

I was asked a question recently how we keep the creativity flowing at Go Media and not get bored, uninspired, and lazy. Well, we have a handful of designers here and they’re often working on a variety of different jobs…

Revelations of a Go Media Intern: The End

Here are some more of the things I’ve learned this summer at Go Media: 1. Design Fundamentals I am not officially educated in design, so many of my blunders can be fixed by adhering to basic design rules. If you’re in a…

Become a Master Designer: Rule Two: Limit Your Colors

Rule Two: Limit your colors. Part Two of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Rule Two: Limit Your Colors. Sounds a lot like the last rule of limiting your fonts right? Exactly! We want to limit our colors for the…

Revelations of a Go Media Intern Part 5

Howdy. This is week five of my series, and here are three more tips. I hope you enjoy them! 1. Time saving keyboard shortcuts: Really, every shortcut I learn makes using illustrator much more natural, but here are two biggies: 1. Ctrl+F…

Become a Master Designer: Rule One: Limit your fonts

Part One of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Ok, “master designer” might be a bit of a stretch – but you can at least become a “proficient designer” by following 7 easy principles. This will be the shortest,…

Revelations of a Go Media Intern Part 4

Hello again. These last couple of weeks I’ve been sharing some of the broad lessons I’ve learned this summer at Go Media, such as learning from criticism, and realizing the importance of presentation. This week I’m going to get more…

Revelations of a Go Media Intern Part 3

Heyyy. The lessons at Go Media are abundant, and here are a few more that have been kindly passed along to me by everyone here. 1.Be Proactive When working for a client or a friend, try very hard to decide what…