Tag Archive | "vector"

14 Free Scatter Brushes & How-to

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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14 Free Scatter Brushes & How-to

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…

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Vector Pack 12 Released!

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Vector Pack 12 Released!

After a few months worth of hard work and hand illustration, we’ve finally released Vector Pack 12. This set is cool because we are introducing color! Imagine that! So for those of you who dig stock vector art, keep reading.…

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Vector Freebie: Fingerprints

Monday, August 11, 2008

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Vector Freebie: Fingerprints

It was a messy Monday morning at Go Media as this fingerprint freebie was being made. There are eleven vector pieces inside that include finger tips, palm prints and streaks. Experiment using the palm prints to distress some type! As…

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How to Draw Your Own Vector Wings

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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How to Draw Your Own Vector Wings

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.

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Vector Freebie & Micro Tutorial: Seamless Swirls

Monday, July 28, 2008

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Vector Freebie & Micro Tutorial: Seamless Swirls

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…

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Vector Freebie: Night Lights

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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Vector Freebie: Night Lights

Be honest - is this what you would see if you took off your coke-bottle glasses on a late night drive home? These out of focus night light vectors can add a sleepy, dreamy feeling to a design. This freebie…

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An Arsenal First!

Friday, July 18, 2008

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An Arsenal First!

If you’ve hopped over to the Go Media Arsenal lately you might have noticed quite a few recent updates. In the last two weeks we’ve released a new motion pack and two new fonts. I’m pretty excited that the new graffiti font…

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How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 2: Animation

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 2: Animation

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…

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Vector Freebie: Floral Wallpaper

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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Vector Freebie: Floral Wallpaper

Hey designers! Today we’re posting free floral vectors reminiscent of old wallpaper. There are four vectors in all. Two main floral designs as well as two grungy variations. Go Media Freebie: Floral Wallpaper

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How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 1: Design

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

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How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 1: Design

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…

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Discover new design resources faster than Smashing Magazine: Use Yahoo Pipes

Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Discover new design resources faster than Smashing Magazine: Use Yahoo Pipes

Ever since I first heard about Yahoo Pipes more than a year ago, I’ve been looking for reasons to put it to work for me. But for some reason or another, it always ended up in the “cool but of…

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122 Raster & Vector Wings

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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122 Raster & Vector Wings

Lately I’ve been reading a lot about lucid dreaming, keeping a dream journal, watching Waking Life, and generally trying everything I can to take control of my dreams. The first thing I’m going to do in a dream - FLY!…

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