Blank Canvas: Adobe Or Not?

Von Glitschka – Adobe Illustrator CS4 Guru

Adobe Photoshop CS5: Sneak Peek [video]

Here’s a quick sneak video of some experimental new features being worked on by Adobe for Photoshop CS5, including “wet” paints (similar to Corel Painter) as well as a very cool-looking warp tool. Warning: corny voiceovers.

Design A Killer Fashion Model Poster

Introduction: This tutorial will show you how to make a killer Fashion Model Poster using basic Photoshop functions like Layer Styles, Vector Masks and Filters like Motion Blur. At a time when there’s more DOWNLOADING of source material than actually…

Ten Ton Dreamweaver Winner Announced — And A Super-Killer Offer!

We’ve received some fantastic comments and feedback on last week’s Ten Ton Dreamweaver giveaway. Seems many of you are chomping at the bit to leap into the world of web design, while others have their engines revved to go further…

The Best Spray Paint Textures

Do a Google search for “Spray paint textures” and you’ll see why knew that the artistic community deserved better. So, we brought in a well-known graffiti artist from right here in Cleveland to show us what he could do. And,…

Adobe Shortcuts App – Free Download

Free download, Adobe Air application that allows you to look up keyboard shortcuts for any Adobe software. Well, at least Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Soundbooth, Fireworks, Contribute, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Encore and Acrobat Pro. The shortcuts are only for the CS4 versions of these applications.

Create a 3D Vector Labyrinth

Pantone In Your Pocket

Pantone has recently released myPantone, a new color guide app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The $9.99 app allows you to choose from these PANTONE color system libraries: PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM (coated, uncoated and matte) PANTONE Goe (coated and uncoated)…

Giveaway: Ten Ton Dreamweaver

Heya readers! Geoff Blake here from TenTonBooks.com. Recently, we released our debut software training DVD Ten Ton Dreamweaver and we wanted to load the DVD with lots of freebies and extras. Well, the gang at Go Media were happy to help…

Scale Objects in Adobe Illustrator Via Keyboard

Blank Canvas: Who Inspires You?

Another installment of Blank Canvas, where Go Media asks the readers to tell us what they’re thinking. This week’s topic: Who inspires you?” We want to hear about the designers, illustrators and other creative types whose work or personality has…

Designing for the Film Industry: Interview With Go Media’s Jeff Finley

Design Solution: Indie Coffeeshop Corporate ID

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…

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…

Design Process: “Sick” Metal Band T-Shirt

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…

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…

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…

Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography