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Advanced Photoshop Contest Winner: Amar Kakad

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Congratulations Amar Kakad from the UK for winning the “Small World” contest in Advanced Photoshop Magazine. Go Media was kindly asked to award the winner with an amazing collection of Photoshop resources and textures. The prize pack includes our Dust and Particles Texture [...]

Interview: Designer Paul Lee

Friday, October 23, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: GoMediaZine:Hi Paul, thanks a lot for being part of this interview! I’ve admired your work for awhile now, so it’s pretty great to be talking with you. You don’t have much biographical information on your portfolio site, so can you start off by telling us a [...]

Von Glitschka – Adobe Illustrator CS4 Guru

Friday, October 16, 2009

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Von Glitschka – Adobe Illustrator CS4 Guru

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: If you aren’t already familiar with Von Glitschka’s art, you should be. An ‘illustrative designer’ as he’s coined it, Von’s work is a tour de force in the vector art world. Flexible and versatile in both style and technique, Von’s unique talent shines through in [...]

Erika Simmons: Ghost In The Machine

Monday, August 31, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Erika Simmons’ ‘Ghost in the Machine’ series is an imaginative approach to image creation/illustration. The concept of incorporating elements of the subject matter as the medium is a great example of thinking outside the box. The use of the cassette tape forces the [...]

15 Over-The-Top Business Card Designs

Friday, August 28, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Business cards are one of the elements of corporate design that should be pushed beyond just graphics, and converge with several processes to become what they should be: a memorable, collectible and impressive piece to be carried away everywhere. The following are perfect examples, and have overcome [...]

User Showcase Highlight 13

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Somehow a whole half a year has zipped by since the last User Showcase Highlight Post, and that is a travesty. In the meantime you’ve more than doubled the number of images (now weighing in at 2,481) and gained 321 more members. Here’s [...]

Draw a Windy Sunset Illustration

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction I’ve always loved Asian art and particularly Japanese illustration. While Asian art is the main source of inspiration for my design, the point is not to create a traditional Japanese illustration, but rather to filter design inspiration such as this one through personal style and experience. Today, [...]

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

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 [...]

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!

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 [...]