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14 Free Scatter Brushes & How-to

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 wondered if scatter brushes could be used to get [...]

Vector Pack 12 Released!

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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. We listened to your suggestions and a lot of [...]

Vector Freebie: Fingerprints

Monday, August 11, 2008

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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 you can see from the image at the top of the post, these fingerprints have [...]

How to Draw Your Own Vector Wings

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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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.

Vector Freebie & Micro Tutorial: Seamless Swirls

Monday, July 28, 2008

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Vector Freebie & Micro Tutorial: Seamless Swirls

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 it. I say mostly because it went through a [...]

Vector Freebie: Night Lights

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 includes four vector versions of ethereal nighttime lights. Sure, [...]

An Arsenal First!

Friday, July 18, 2008

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 Go Vandal comes with an exclusive vector [...]

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

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: 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 document in Photoshop and make the dimensions [...]

Vector Freebie: Floral Wallpaper

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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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.