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The Making of Thread’s Not Dead

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: It’s been about 8 months since I launched my first ebook entitled Thread’s Not Dead: The Designer’s Guide to the Apparel Industry. We’ve sold over 1,000 copies of the ebook and we recently celebrated the launch of the hardcover edition. It gives me goosebumps to think of my book [...]

Newbie’s Guide to Beautiful T-Shirt Mockups

Friday, March 25, 2011

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Newbie’s Guide to Beautiful T-Shirt Mockups

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: So you want to make beautiful, photo realistic t-shirt mockups? This is a tutorial for newbies or beginners on using the t-shirt mockup templates we provide at Go Media’s Arsenal. Note: this tutorial was done with our Tri-Blend Templates, which features a removable tag layer. This feature may not [...]

Starting Your Own Shirt Line — Part III: Business & Relationships

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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Starting Your Own Shirt Line — Part III: Business & Relationships

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hi Friends, Welcome to the third and final installment to Starting your own Shirt Line. In this article I’ll be talking about elements of business and planning and the importance of developing relationships. Quick recap of past two articles. In Part I I talked about Creating your Idea, Research, and [...]

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

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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

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 [...]

Tutorial: “Lady Luck” T-Shirt Illustration

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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Tutorial: “Lady Luck” T-Shirt Illustration

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hey Go Media faithful readers! Time for a sweet new tutorial! I always feel like it’s been WAY too long since I’ve written one of these tutorials. Unfortunately, my schedule doesn’t leave much room for writing these lengthy t-shirt design tutorials. But when my good friend, client, photographer, and [...]

Anatomy of a Band T-Shirt

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The “band t-shirt” project can be quite enticing for designers and illustrators. Want to know what goes on behind the artwork? Jeff Finley of Go Media shares his personal experiences of the ins and outs of designing t-shirts for bands big and small – on the business side of [...]

Go Media’s Rapid-Fire Illustration Technique

Monday, August 24, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Go Media’s Rapid-fire Illustration Technique Hey Designer and Illustrator faithful! It’s time for another wicked tutorial from your brethren here at Go Media. I had a particular project I was working on recently that I thought would make a great tutorial. The technique I would like to share with [...]

Arsenal: T-Shirt Templates, Vol. 2

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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This second volume of the Go Media Arsenal T-Shirt Templates comes in response to popular demand and features natural, hand-created drop shadows & HDR photography for smoother shading layers. Files are in PSD format w/ layers and masks, pixel dimensions are 1200×1300. Preset Shirt Colors Photos of both Fronts and Backs Flat and loosely-wrinkled versions Easy to [...]

Create a Complete Apparel Tech Pack

Saturday, June 27, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: So you just spent 10 or more hours creating a crazy t-shirt design and your client has officially signed off…so what now? You may have created stellar photo-realistic mockups and used tons of really cool colors- but none of this means ANYTHING if your screen printer can’t clearly interpret [...]