Meet the Staff: Jeff Finley

Hi there, I’m Jeff, the main author of the Go Mediazine and one of the 3 owners of Go Media. I joined Go Media full time in January 2006, but I had previously known Bill and Chris for about a…

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Tutorial: Extreme Sports Branding

In issue #142 of Computer Arts Magazine (should be in stores now) you can find Oliver’s tutorial on how to design a logo and print ad for a fictional extreme sports brand. The brand he chose to invent was Yellow…

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Atticus Designs by Go Media for sale

Just noticed this, Atticus is selling two designs we did for them in the summer of 2006. Which is a long time ago it feels like. I knew they bought the designs from us, but never knew they printed them.…

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Make it Look Like Affliction

As graphic designers for the apparel industry, we’ve heard the phrase “Make it Look Like Affliction” so many times. It’s a strange coincidence. You have a dozen apparel companies and bands who have absolutely nothing in common with each other…

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Meet and Greet at Go Media

People often wonder who is writing these blog entries and who is making all this cool art. Well, we’ve decided to do a little meet and greet – virtually. Our lovely in-house photographer Diann decided to snap some photos of…

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Application advice for creative jobs

Because we’re looking to expand our staff here, I want to off some key advice to anyone applying. IT IS ALL ABOUT PRESENTATION!! Some of these things are common sense, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t think about…

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Prom Night

This is a new shirt design that I did for some merch for a fairly popular screamy post-hardcore band. It was accepted and the design might actually see the cotton threads of a comfy shirt one day. Let’s hope that…

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Arsenal’s First Anniversary!

Happy anniversary to us! It is the one year anniversary of our Arsenal! In just that amount of time we produced eight unique sets of vector art as well as three texture packs, four fonts, two icon packs, two motion…

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The Most Amazing Poster Ever

This is the poster I was talking about in the post below. Just sit back and admire the beauty.

Rebuild

Some random artwork I created for a poster that we never finished. It was the worst looking poster you can imagine! Just thought I’d post this. Edit: This artwork is modified from the original poster. The “worst poster you could…

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Free Vectors: Set 8 Sampler

We’re giving away a little sampler of our newest Vector Pack Set 8. There are 7 items, one from each individual pack including Decorative 2, Religion, Flourishes, Music, Industrial, Arrows 2, and Silhouettes. Enjoy! Download the file after the jump…

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Vector Pack 8 Out Now!

Get your hands on our latest vector pack set 8! This set contains 220 pieces of artwork including Flourishes, Decorative 2, Arrows 2, Silhouettes, Industiral, Religious, and Music. Click here to view the set Let us know what you think.

User Showcase Highlight: Round 7

As of this writing our Go Media User Showcase has 267 entries and 152 members. Here are a couple pieces that I thought put some of the items in Go Media’s Arsenal to good use. Combines the scribble pack and…

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Go Media in “I Want Your Skull” Zine

The new issue of “I Want Your Skull” is out now and Dave and I managed to get some of our drawings in the zine. I did the dirty mullet skull and Dave did the one with the snake. Check…

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Design Piracy – What to do when your designs are stolen

It’s happened to the best of us and will inevitably happen to you if it hasn’t already. Your hard work and creativity are ripped off without consent, permission, payment, or even credit. Oftentimes the idiot who assembled a piece of…

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The 40% Skull Rule

Back in May, the girlfriend of Go Media co-founder Chris Wilson wrote us a letter expressing her concern about the number of skulls in our portfolio. I thought you might enjoy reading it and what we had to say about…

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Become a Master Designer: Rule Three: Contrast, Contrast, Contrast

Part Three of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Read Rule 1 and Rule 2 Good contrast in your design goes hand-in-hand with your color selections. Contrast is the value difference between the colors on your design. Value…

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Create 3D objects in Cinema 4D from vector art

Animating Spray Paint and Stencil Effect in After Effects

So in this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a spray paint effect using After Effects. It’s a fairly simple process but I’ve got a few tricks that you may not have thought of. Here is a…

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Great site for Shirt Design Inspiration

There’s a cool new site out there called Emptees that’s showcasing the art of t-shirt design. There doesn’t seem to be a commercial slant like Threadless, and it’s more of basically a hub for inspiration. Some great artists are posting…

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Get a Free Complete Set of Vector Packs with TuneCore!

Calling all bands, artists, and musicians! Use TuneCore to get your songs on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, eMusic, and more and get yourself a FREE complete set of Go Media’s Vector Packs! I’ve worked with TuneCore before on getting my friend…

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Freelance Switch Redesigns their Site

On of my favorite blogs (and one of the most well designed) Freelance Switch redesigned their site the other day. FS is an amazing inspiration to me in terms of the site’s growth the past 6 months (nearly 15,000 subscribers…

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Answering Questions and Taking Suggestions!

What do you want to know? Sometimes it’s hard for me to decide what to write about or what our next tutorial should be. So what better way than ask you! So, to all our loyal readers, give me