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Thoughts on Design Integrity. Getting what you want from your client

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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Thoughts on Design Integrity. Getting what you want from your client

You’ve just been given a project and the client has made a list of demands that will surely result in a total design failure. Your integrity as a good designer is on the line… …WHAT DO YOU DO? Manage the client’s expectations BEFORE the project brief is even written. In an IDEAL world, the battle over [...]

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Rule Seven: Composition: putting it all together.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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Rule Seven: Composition: putting it all together.

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 [...]

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Rule Six: Motion

Thursday, January 15, 2009

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Rule Six: Motion

Rule Six: Motion – Have movement through your design. Part Six of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Movement? Are we talking about a video here? How can I have “movement” in a static printed design? It’s not a flip book we’re talking about are we? No, I’m simply talking about creating a sense of [...]

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12 Tips for Flawless Service & Happy Clients

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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12 Tips for Flawless Service & Happy Clients

12 tips for improving your e-mail correspondence with your design clients. Hey true believers! At Go Media we’ve started having in-house “classes.” Basically any designer from Go Media that has some good advice to pass along to the staff will schedule a time to do a quick presentation. Everyone in the office can choose to attend [...]

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How to Design a Font: {Part 4} Finishing Touches

Friday, December 5, 2008

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How to Design a Font: {Part 4} Finishing Touches

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 [...]

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How to Design a Font: {Part 3} Make it Digital!

Monday, November 17, 2008

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How to Design a Font: {Part 3} Make it Digital!

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 [...]

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Katie in Copenhagen

Thursday, November 6, 2008

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Katie in Copenhagen

Last week I went to Copenhagen Denmark! I was there visiting my little sister who is studying there. Being of Danish decent it was pretty amazing to see where my family came from. While in Denmark I did the typical touristy stuff like visiting castles and really, really old churches but I also got to [...]

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How To Design a Font: {Part2} Draw Up A Storm!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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How To Design a Font: {Part2} Draw Up A Storm!

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 [...]

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T-shirt Template Freebie

Thursday, October 23, 2008

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T-shirt Template Freebie

It’s been a little while since we’ve had a freebie on the Go MediaZine, and an email I got this morning provided the perfect opportunity. Here’s what Jan had to say about the Fitted Ladies Apparel Templates we just released: Adam, I just love your t-shirt templates for both guys and girls and as a shirt [...]

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How to Create Awesome T-Shirt Mockups Like Jimiyo

Tuesday, October 21, 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 [...]

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How to Design A Font: {Part 1} Get Inspired!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

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How to Design A Font: {Part 1} Get Inspired!

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 [...]

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The Day After: Photoshop CS4 Resources

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

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The Day After: Photoshop CS4 Resources

We didn’t get a chance to beta test Photoshop CS4 here at Go Media, but it looks like a worthy upgrade. Here’s a collection of previews & feature lists of the latest & greatest Adobe Photoshop. If you’re in a rush here is the meat of what I gathered from picking through these previews: Photoshop CS4 [...]

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Help Go Media on Design by Humans!

Friday, September 5, 2008

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Help Go Media on Design by Humans!

I had some spare time at home last week and thought I’d submit something to Design by Humans’ 10K contest. I tweaked another piece from 2006’s Concentric Series into a tee. I actually think it will make a better shirt than the design that won shirt of the month in June,which is currently [...]

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What’s Your Opinion on Stock Artwork?

Friday, September 5, 2008

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What’s Your Opinion on Stock Artwork?

A recent comment by “Smutek” inspired me to ask this question. His comment was on Dave’s tutorial about designing on a budget. The tutorial covered the use of stock artwork (specifically Arsenal stuff) to create a pro-looking design in less than an hour for that client that wanted it yesterday and doesn’t have the [...]

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The Beauty of Package Design: Inspiration and Tips

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

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The Beauty of Package Design: Inspiration and Tips

To me, the feeling of opening a well designed package exemplifies good design. All the little nuances contribute to an individual experience. This article will teach and inspire you about the beauty of packaging and working with your hands as well as your eyes.

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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 3 of 3

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 3 of 3

In an effort to help further educate designers about things they should NOT be doing, here is the last installment of the popular 3-part Mistakes series. Part two talked about staying original, following directions, utilizing the medium to its fullest, showing respect to fellow designers, and when to release source files for your projects. If [...]

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