Articles by Month: September 2009
Design Solution: Indie Coffeeshop Corporate ID
Design Solution: we give an imaginary project at the Go Media designers, and ask them to give us an overview of how they would approach the project. Not so much a tutorial on how to create the artwork, but rather…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, branding, business insights
Print Technique: Reflecting on Strike-Through Varnish
When most of us want to add additional flair to our print project, we automatically look for elaborate finishing processes to help us accomplish this, forgetting that a well-designed spot varnish can really take the perception of quality and design…
‘Weapons of Mass Creation’ Art Campaign Kick-Off Party
The ‘Weapons of Mass Creation’ Art Campaign Kick-Off Party Saturday, September 19th, 2009 • Go Media Studios, Cleveland Ohio We invited top artists, illustrators, print designers, and web designers from all over the country to come to our studio in Cleveland…
- Categorized: News
Blank Canvas: What’s Your Digital Design Setup?
We’re starting a new feature on the Go Media ‘Zine to give our readers a chance to voice their thoughts and opinions. We’re naming it “Blank Canvas”. And if you readers have any topics you’d like to see covered, please…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
Design Process: “Sick” Metal Band T-Shirt
This is the first in a new series we’re going to run on Go Media ‘Zine: Design Process. We’re going to throw an imaginary project at the Go Media designers, and ask them to give us an overview of how…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: apparel, business insights
Wacom Bamboo Touch Revealed Early
Seems Wacom has a new product to be released, and the beans were spilled early by retailer Best Buy, who put the product out on the shelves before the official release date. In fact Wacom has no information on their…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
Faking Depth of Field in Photoshop (w/Ps action)
Here’s a quick technique that I use to fake depth of field in Photoshop and add realism to my images. I’ve seen this technique mentioned in various tutorials I’ve read, so it’s really nothing new. But it’s a good trick…
Quick Global Swatches In Adobe Illustrator
Global swatches in Adobe Illustrator: they’re awesome. If you’re not aware of the power that is a global swatch, they are special color swatches that are applied like regular swatches, but when the swatch is changed, all vector objects using…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: Illustrator, Adobe Illustrator
Aged Type Effect in Photoshop (w/Ps Action)
While working on the poster for DIT Fest last week I managed to create an impressive text effect that I will likely reuse for awhile. It’s very subtle and does not look like a filter. I’m simply adding a slightly…
Living In A Die-Cut World
I spot die-cut Assuming you’re in the print or design community, I’m sure you can appreciate my hyper-awareness to the massive amounts of die-cut materials sprinkled throughout our every day lives. Scattered around my kitchen, I’m seeing cereal boxes, pizza…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: Graphic Design
Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography
What you will learn In this tutorial, you’re going to learn how to create a vintage, retro-modernist poster in Photoshop. You’ll also learn some vintage coloring techniques, retro photo effects, and some cool 3d typographic effects. You’ll also need Adobe…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: 3D, Photoshop, Illustrator, Graphic Design
Preparing InDesign Files for your Print Service
Often times when it comes to preparing files for a printer it can get really complicated really fast. Often times when I’m creating a design there are a lot of elements that I use in a file, most of which…
Using Transform Again in Illustrator
This shortcut will help you in many different instances in Illustrator when you need to repeat a transformation. I use it most when I am trying to repeat a shape over and over again at an even interval. First create…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe, Illustrator
Full Color Rollovers in Flash
In this tutorial, we will create a Flash file with a simple, yet eye-catching effect — a black & white photo with full-color rollovers. We will initially edit the photo in Photoshop, then import and complete the file in Flash.…
- Categorized: Web Design, Tutorials
- Tagged: Adobe, web design
Ask the Readers: Who is a current household name in design?
LeBron James, Barack Obama, Terrell Owens, Britney Spears – names you all recognize I assume? For better or worse, I think that just about everybody in the United States would know these people by name. So I wonder: Who are…
- Categorized: Graphic Design