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Quick Tip: The Adobe Exchange
Here’s a quick tip for all you Adobe software users out there: The Adobe Exchange. What is it? The Adobe Exchange (which seems to have recently been renamed to the Adobe Marketplace & Exchange) is a community resource to share and download lots of extras for your Adobe software products: Actions, Brushes, Custom Shapes, Displacement Maps, Filters, Flash Panels, Gradients, Droplets, Patterns, Plug-ins, Scripts, Styles, Templates, Symbols, Patterns [...]
Continue reading...Illustrate a Malevolent Skull in 8 Steps
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
In the tutorial I will go over how to create a cool looking malevolent skull that can be used for bands, t-shirts, or just vector art of your choosing.
Continue reading...Vector Freebie: Hand Drawn Wings
Monday, February 2, 2009
For Vector Pack 14, Hand Drawn Wings became a stand out example of why we love to create art. Graphite, ink & moleskine fibers went flying & soon Go Media artists Adam Law, Jeff Finely & Bill Beachy had created a truly impressive collection of wings. We’re really happy with how it turned [...]
Continue reading...Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography
Monday, October 13, 2008
Hello, my name is Alex Beltechi, a designer that is currently studying in college and working in the print media realm. I would love to explain my vast experience and overwhelming knowledge to you, but due to the fact that I have no such qualities, I’ll stick to sharing what skills I’ve been developing lately, [...]
Continue reading...First Look: Adobe Illustrator CS4
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Thirteen versions and twenty-one years after the very first Illustrator, Adobe is rolling out beta versions of Illustrator CS4. After so many iterations, you might wonder what Adobe could possibly do to make Illustrator CS4 worth the cost of the upgrade. In this preview, I am going to highlight the most noticeable [...]
Continue reading...14 Free Scatter Brushes & How-to
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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 a similar effect. Sometimes I [...]
Continue reading...How to Draw Your Own Vector Wings
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Everyone loves to give away free vectors, but what about teaching a man to fish? Here's how to create your own wings Go Media style. In this tutorial you'll need Adobe Illustrator and some skills with the pen tool.
Continue reading...Vector Freebie & Micro Tutorial: Seamless Swirls
Monday, July 28, 2008
Hey it’s a Monday morning freebie! This one took a little extra time to make, so I really hope you enjoy it. It is (mostly) seamless, so you can drop it into your swatches panel and fill any shape with it. I say mostly because it went through a series of transformations [...]
Continue reading...How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 2: Animation
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
In the last post, I showed you how to make 8-bit characters in Adobe Illustrator. In this post, we will animate those characters in Adobe Photoshop using the Animation Window. 1. CREATE A NEW PHOTOSHOP DOCUMENT To Begin, open up a new document in Photoshop and make the dimensions the size you want your final animated gif [...]
Continue reading...How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 1: Design
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Have you ever wanted to make a kick ass animation of 8-BIT characters tearing each other to shreds? Well now you can. In this tutorial, I will take you through the process of creating vectorized 8-bit characters for use in an animated GIF. I’ve also included the vector source files of the characters and [...]
Continue reading...Vector Freebie: Illustrator Icons
Friday, June 27, 2008
So as a follow-up to the mouse cursor freebie from last week, here are some free vector Illustrator icons! There are eight of the most-used Adobe Illustrator tools inside: both arrows, pencil, magnifying glass, hand, pen, brush, and eyedropper.
Continue reading...Vector Freebie: Circuitry
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Hey Go Mediazine readers, we’re back with more vector freebies! Today we serving up a four-course dish of vector circuits. They’re vector, so twist, subtract, and mangle them. Experiment with some distressing using Go Media’s Destroy Pack. Most of all, just have fun! Download after the jump!
Continue reading...Computer Arts Projects: Typography Feature for Jeff Finley
Saturday, June 21, 2008
In addition to the feature in Advanced Photoshop this month, I was blessed with a feature in Computer Arts Projects. Issue #111 Typography to be exact. They highlighted some of my 3D typography and ornate lettering techniques. Here are some photos. You can buy this magazine at any major book store.
Continue reading...Vector Freebie: Mouse Cursors
Monday, June 16, 2008
It’s Monday, so we thought it would be a good time for another vector freebie from Go Media! Our web designers have found these vector cursors useful – we hope you do too! Inside you’ll find 2 variations on the finger pointer, hand cursor, and standard cursor.
Continue reading...How to design a t-shirt on a budget and a tight deadline
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Monday morning. You’re walking into work (or in some of your cases, waking up in your undies and walking 10 feet to your desk). You pound some coffee and peruse your inbox. You have a present. One of your regulars needs a t-shirt designed for the band Vomit Whistle, but can’t spend much money. To [...]
Continue reading...Create a stunning undersea painting using Vector Packs
Friday, April 11, 2008
So Set 10 is out. It’s sort of sentimental because I remember when Set 1 was released and wondering to myself, “Wow, if people dig this and find some real usability out of it… we could keep cranking out sets… one day we’ll release Set 10… I wonder what that’s gonna be like!” Well here [...]
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13 Beautiful Wordpress Showcase Sites
This article shows you beautiful showcase websites, which collects WordPress based blogs and delivers long run inspiration.
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20 Outstanding Letterpress Business Cards
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These 20 letterpress business cards featured in this post are a great example of how effective letterpress business cards can reflect you or your company. - Gizelle
How to Create Out of Bounds Effect Plus Amazing Examples
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Out of Bounds or simply OOB is a technique used to add a 3D feel to a flat photo image. Its a lot of fun and pretty easy to do. - The Product Guy
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10 Awesome Photoshop Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts You Probably Don't Know!
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