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Distress type by hand in Photoshop

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: There must be something about digital type that we don’t like. We put a lot of energy into distressing, aging, texturizing, and simulating letterpress techniques with digital type. There are a lot of cool techniques out there. So here I am, sharing yet another one that’s really good for [...]

Distressing Techniques in Adobe Illustrator

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Distressing Techniques in Adobe Illustrator

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Simon from Studio Ace of Spade here. Jeff Finley asked me to compile a list of some common distressing techniques as a supplement for his eBook “The Designer’s Guide to the Apparel Industry.” Distressing graphics is a pretty integral part of designing t-shirts. This tutorial will demonstrate three easy [...]

Freebie: Hi-Res Grunge Textures

Thursday, December 16, 2010

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Who doesn’t like free textures? Some nice grunge textures for you, our loyal readers. Click on any of the preview images below for a nice, juicy hi-res version for your designs. Go!

Go Media’s Flickr Pool Showcase: November 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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Go Media’s Flickr Pool Showcase: November 2010

Hello there! Simon here, for another showcase of the amazing work posted in the Go Media Flickr pool. It’s so hard to select, as the level of submissions keeps getting more and more fantastic. If you’d like to see your work featured here, just join the group! Sorry for not posting this earlier, but you [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Best Spray Paint Textures

Monday, October 12, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Do a Google search for “Spray paint textures” and you’ll see why knew that the artistic community deserved better. So, we brought in a well-known graffiti artist from right here in Cleveland to show us what he could do. And, well, we were mightily impressed! Our graffiti artist had [...]

14 Free Scatter Brushes & How-to

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I was screen spying on Go Media’s Chris Comella as he was working on a Smashing Pumpkins design in which the dense black typography was exploding shards in every direction. He placed every particle by hand (and it shows). I wondered if scatter brushes could be used to get [...]