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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 [...]

The Lost and Taken Poster: A case study and texturing tutorial

Monday, December 19, 2011

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The Lost and Taken Poster: A case study and texturing tutorial

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Before We Get Started Hello dear readers! Simon and Jon from Studio Ace of Spade here. Today, we have the chance to write a tutorial about one of the Studio’s recent projects, the poster we did for Lost and Taken. What’s great about this particular project is that it [...]

Fudgegraphics’s June 2011 Wallpaper: A case study

Friday, October 14, 2011

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Fudgegraphics’s June 2011 Wallpaper: A case study

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hi, I’m Franz — a London-based freelance graphic designer and founder of the design blog Fudgegraphics. As a personal project, I create a new desktop wallpaper each month featuring the current calendar month. It’s a pleasure to share some insights into the creation of ”Rise – June 2011 Calendar [...]

Hot Rod Monster Design Process

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hi, Philip Hepler here from 316 Graphics. A few weeks prior to writing this, Jeff Finley and I discussed possibilities for the next Arsenal vector pack. We decided to concept some hot rod elements which later turned into a vector set inspired by the art style of Ed “Big [...]

Distress type by hand in Photoshop

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

How to model and render a basic mobile phone using 3ds studio max

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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How to model and render a basic mobile phone using 3ds studio max

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hello again! I have been recently experimenting and working with mental ray and v-ray renders in both 3ds studio max and Autodesk Maya. For this tutorial I will be teaching you guys some basic modeling, easy rendering techniques using mental ray and creating textures in Photoshop to be used [...]

Creating Sagittarius in Photoshop

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Creating Sagittarius in Photoshop Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Photoshop Version: CS3+ Difficulty:Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 2-3 hours Resources: Archer 1 Archer 2 Horse Ground Mountain Step 1 Let’s start by opening a new file with a size of 1000x1500px with a resolution of 300ppi (pixels per inch). Step 2 [...]