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The Wonderful Tools of Astute Graphics

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: A bit of background information Astute Graphics is a company from the UK. I’ve come across the name a couple times, through people like Von Glitschka, or through desperate searches on how to create proper vector halftones. I have a personal stance against plugins (“creativity doesn’t come from drop-own [...]

How to create a Leprechaun’s shoe in Adobe Illustrator CS4

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: How to create a Leprechaun’s shoe in Adobe Illustrator CS4 In this detailed tutorial we’ll be learning how to create a Leprechaun’s shoe in Adobe Illustrator CS4 for the upcoming holiday, St. Patrick’s day. Combination of linear and radial gradients can be very useful for achieving nice results in [...]

Distressing Techniques in Adobe Illustrator

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Distressing Techniques in Adobe Illustrator

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Simon from Studio Ace of Spade here. Jeff Finley asked me to compile a list of some common distressing techniques as a supplement for his eBook “The Designer’s Guide to the Apparel Industry.” Distressing graphics is a pretty integral part of designing t-shirts. This tutorial will demonstrate three easy [...]

Scriptographer

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Scriptographer is a pretty amazing plugin available for Adobe Illustrator. It basically frees the user (at least those familiar with JavaScript) from relying on a third-party developer to create the plugin or script that you have in mind, by allowing you to create it yourself. I’m going to start [...]

Adobe Illustrator: Opening Tricky Files

Thursday, October 7, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Sometimes files just don’t want to play nice. And usually when that happens, there’s a deadline looming. Knowing ahead of time how to get out of a tricky situation can make the difference between having time to do the job at an easy pace, or pulling your hair out. [...]

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 [...]

Create A 3D Vector Book Icon

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: We use icons every day, but usually they are made by others. So when we know exactly what we need, it is better if we make our very own icon. Here is how to make a 3D book icon, that we can use more times, with some modifications. Open [...]

Video Tut: iMac Illustration

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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Go Media contributor Andre Silva shares a detailed, 17-minute walkthrough video tutorial on creating an iMac in Adobe Photoshop. Here’s a preview of the final artwork, scroll down to watch the video in it’s entirety.

Black Friday Sale: $15.00 Off!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Hey designers, why wait around for Cyber Monday? We’ve got deep deals on design files at the Arsenal starting this Friday, November 27th! Here’s what to do: When browsing, find a Complete Set that tickles your fancy. Examples are Set 17 – Complete Vector Set, or the Poster Presentation [...]