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Collaboration! Two samurai (artists) are more powerful than one.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Illustration Collaboration Hey Go Media faithful! As Go Media has evolved over the years, we’ve learned that collaboration with other artists and designers can be a very powerful tool when trying to deliver the very best product to your client. Different designers have different skill sets. When Go Media [...]

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 [...]

How to create a Leprechaun’s shoe in Adobe Illustrator CS4

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: How to create a Leprechaun’s shoe in Adobe Illustrator CS4 In this detailed tutorial we’ll be learning how to create a Leprechaun’s shoe in Adobe Illustrator CS4 for the upcoming holiday, St. Patrick’s day. Combination of linear and radial gradients can be very useful for achieving nice results in [...]

Creating an Illustrative Monogram

Thursday, January 6, 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Creating a Monogram Monograms are an interesting way to go about making an identity. By nature they can be straight forward or extremely ornamental and illustrative. In this tutorial I’m going to walk you through the steps I (Chris Comella, designer at Go Media, hi!) took to making Go [...]

Learn to Create Collage Typography

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Ever been asked to come up with a type driven design but still wanted to use imagery? Creating text through collage can be an awesome solution. Here’s what you’re going to need to create a successful piece: 1. An open mind. I always find that being noncommittal toward the [...]

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 [...]

Advanced Digital Painting in Photoshop

Thursday, October 21, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hello! My name is Hatice Bayramoglu and I am a 3D artist and illustrator from Turkey. In this tutorial I demonstrate how to draw and color a character design and illustration for a children’s book. I’m going to explain my choices and thought process throughout the tutorial. My tutorial [...]

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 [...]

Create a Glossy RSS Feed Icon using Photoshop

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: In this tutorial you will learn how to create a glossy TV style RSS feed icon using the basic Photoshop functions like, Layer Styles, Layer Masks and Filters. Take a look at the image we will be creating in this tutorial. Step 1 Create a new document with 500px [...]