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Hot Topic T-Shirt Wall Game: Name That Designer!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I thought this would be a fun game. I’m sure you’ve been into Hot Topic and looked up at the t-shirt wall for inspiration on designing tees. You might even have the pleasure of seeing one of your OWN designs up on the wall. Or you might recognize the [...]

Inspiration: Designers Who Started Their Own Clothing Line

Monday, October 25, 2010

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Inspiration: Designers Who Started Their Own Clothing Line

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: As I’m writing the “Designers Guide to the Apparel Industry” eBook that I plan to release soon, I started to take notice of WHO are the role models that inspired this book. Essentially, who are the designers who started freelancing and eventually started and now run a successful clothing [...]

Go Media’s Flickr Pool Showcase – October 2010

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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Go Media’s Flickr Pool Showcase – October 2010

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hello there! Simon H. here. It’s about time to have the next installment on the post series we started last month. Here’s more beautiful art, hand picked from the Go Media Flickr pool. Just a reminder: if you want your art to be featured, just post in the group [...]

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 [...]

Design a Sleek Website Interface in Photoshop

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Design a Sleek Website Interface in Photoshop

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to create a sleek & clean portfolio/blog Website interface design inside Adobe Photoshop. As we go through, we will deal with selections, layer styles, some basic typography, and so on…We’ll also use 960 Grid System to keep our layout nicely well-aligned. [...]

New Release: Grid Kit

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Grid Kit Released We cooked up the grid kit to be a go-to ingredient in your page layout process. We revisited the classic tomes of page construction and put together a smashing sampling of grids that will inspire & guide your eye through the design process. All of the [...]

Design Process: Creating the Cover Art for Parachute Journalists

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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Design Process: Creating the Cover Art for Parachute Journalists

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I’m going to show you all how I went about designing the cover art for my band’s new single “24th of January.” Listen/Download for free here. If you aren’t aware, 2/3 of Parachute Journalists are members of Go Media: Jeff Finley (me on drums), and Adam Wagner who’s voice [...]

Logo Design On A Budget

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I am frequently asked to put together logos or promotional materials for independent bands, which is fantastic, except they don’t have the budget of a signed or sponsored band. Through the years I’ve found ways to cut corners to limit design time without limiting the overall design quality. In [...]

State of the Union: Grunge Design

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Grunge design was getting popular when I got started in 2004. I was inspired by the artwork and branding behind the underground punk, metal, and hardcore music I listened to. Naturally their aesthetic seemed to be riddled with dirt, grime, and blood because it seemed it fit the bands [...]