Articles by Month: September 2008
The Day After: Photoshop CS4 Resources
We didn’t get a chance to beta test Photoshop CS4 here at Go Media, but it looks like a worthy upgrade. Here’s a collection of previews & feature lists of the latest & greatest Adobe Photoshop. If you’re in a…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Adobe, Graphic Design
First Look: Adobe Illustrator CS4
Thirteen versions and twenty-one years after the very first Illustrator, Adobe is rolling out beta versions of Illustrator CS4. After so many iterations, you might wonder what Adobe could possibly do to make Illustrator CS4 worth the cost of the…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Illustrator
Free Exclusive resource from Jimiyo: Skull Reference Photos
You could hop on ebay and bid on some anatomical skull models (which run between $20 and $80). Or, you could just download these complete reference photos prepared by jimiyo exclusively for the Go MediaZine. They’re awesome! Inside there are…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop
Go Media Watercolors in Skateboard Art
I got an email from Barton Damer, a loyal GoMediaZine reader and author of the Badass Bling Effect, Intricate Patterns in Illustrator, and Ink Bleeding Motion Graphics tutorials. In the wake of the debate over good/bad use of our Arsenal…
- Categorized: News
New PS3/XBOX360 Game Features Go Media
There’s a new game coming out this month called Baja: Edge of Control. They’re calling it the Gran Turismo of off-road racing. We were asked to be a sponsor probably over a year ago, and I had totally forgotten about…
- Categorized: News
User Showcase Highlight Round 12
First of all let me say how difficult it is to pick just two pieces out of all the new and beautiful entries to the User Showcase. I’m pretty sure it came down to what I ate for breakfast this…
- Categorized: Inspiration
How to Win at Design by Humans
I talked with Marc Hemeon, one of the brilliant minds behind the t-shirt design contest site Design by Humans. If you can remember, they were the only company able to pull off the impossible Bold is Beautiful shirt a few…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: apparel
Help Go Media on Design by Humans!
I had some spare time at home last week and thought I’d submit something to Design by Humans’ 10K contest. I tweaked another piece from 2006’s Concentric Series into a tee. I actually think it will make a better shirt…
- Categorized: News
- Tagged: Graphic Design, illustration, apparel
What’s Your Opinion on Stock Artwork?
A recent comment by “Smutek” inspired me to ask this question. His comment was on Dave’s tutorial about designing on a budget. The tutorial covered the use of stock artwork (specifically Arsenal stuff) to create a pro-looking design in less…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design
Recap: Vectips Interview with Go Media’s Jeff Finley
I thought I’d repost the recap of the interview I did with Vectips that took place over Twitter on Wednesday, August 27 at 1:00 pm EST. The interview was pretty fun, and definitely interesting to hold over twitter. Read on…
- Categorized: News
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…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: Adobe Illustrator, Illustrator