Don’t Be A Whore!

10 Tips to help designers avoid being taken advantage of. If you’re freelancing or just starting your own design company, you may be in jeopardy of being a whore. That’s right. Some seemingly sweet client may come along, wine and…

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Surviving Design School

Surviving Design School As a recent design school graduate, I don’t have a whole lot of fancy tricks up my sleeve on which to base a tutorial. However, as a recent design school graduate, I do have some advice to…

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Free Vector Set 14 Sampler

Well we hope it’s been worth the wait! To celebrate the release of Complete Vector Set 14 we’re sharing favorite pieces from each of the 7 packs. There’s a lot more to see though – look through the image galleries…

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From the Portfolio: Maylene & the Sons of Disaster

Illustrate a Malevolent Skull in 8 Steps

Vector Freebie: Skeletons

Hey, sometimes it’s just fun to design with skulls, zombies & other not so living characters. The new vector skeletons from Vector Set 14 bring something different to the table. Inside you’ll find close ups of bones, teeth, claws, rib…

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From the Portfolio: Jedidiah Clothing

Client: Jedidiah Clothing Designer: Jeff Finley Designer: 2007 This shirt design was one of the designs I completed for Jedidiah Clothing back in 2007. It was accepted, but I still have never seen it printed or for sale. As a…

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From the Portfolio: Swap Beats Logo

Client: Swap Beats Swapbeats.com is a hybrid social network and music marketplace that allows a user to connect with other musicians around the world and to collaborate on musical endeavors. Users are able to upload music tracks and swap, sell,…

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T-Shirt Template Upgrade Free to Current Users

*NOTE: This upgrade path no longer exists. The original Men’s T-Shirt Templates was the debut Template Pack back in August 2008. In the process of making two more Template packs & an Advanced Hoodie Design Package, we learned a few…

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From the Portfolio: Candy Lettering

Here are some examples of vector lettering in a “candy” style. The first was a concept for Fergie and the 2nd is a concept for Paint the Stars Clothing. The Paint the Stars one is currently being sold on a…

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Vector Freebie: Ornate Flourish & Pattern

It’s Monday, and that means another taste of upcoming Vector Set 14. And this one is particularly tasty! First of all, none of these ornate images are recycled from low-resolution stock. We’ve created each one from scratch and have baggy…

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From the Portfolio: Chk! Chk! Chk! Poster

Should Shepard Fairey Be Sued for his Obama Poster?

By now you should have heard about the fiasco surrounding Shepard Fairey’s Obama HOPE poster. It’s been all over the national media and every designer should pay close attention to it. Is AP in the right to sue Shepard? Is Shepard protected under the “fair use” law? Use this post to discuss this serious issue that puts all designers in the national spotlight.

From the Portfolio: Triple Five Soul

Vector Freebie: Hand Drawn Wings

Become Successful: Treat Your Clients Like Rock Stars

Maybe you’ve noticed the Go Media staff photos popping up in our twitter profiles or facebook pages. Well, we don’t always look that cool; rock ‘n roll photographer extraordinaire Chris Cassella was the man behind the lens & the magic…

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Design An Elegant Featured Content Slider for WordPress

An Elegant Featured Content Slider for WordPress by John Sexton December 22nd, 2008. Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll create an elegant featured content slider for WordPress like the one featured on http://www.fuseboxtheatre.com. This featured content slider is based on “The…

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Barack Obama Portrait Deck on UrbanOutfitters.com

In August, the Obama campaign was running a contest for the next Obama T-shirt. I thought to myself “Self, you don’t like John McCain, and you certainly don’t like Sarah Palin. You DO like drawing, fresh ideas, and what Barack…

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How to Draw a Classic Hand using a Graphics Tablet

I use this kind of drawing to give to the design an artistic look. In my opinion the hand drawing effect looks great applied on anything from animals to gothic ornaments. Another advantage of this style is that you can make great artwork using only one color.

Rule Six: Motion

Rule Six: Motion – Have movement through your design. Part Six of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Movement? Are we talking about a video here? How can I have “movement” in a static printed design? It’s not…

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Create a Furious Pink Panther Poster

Introduction Everyone knows the pink panther! I sure love the old cartoons and remember this old VCR tape packed with episodes I used to watch as a kid, over and over again. Well, there were lots of episodes, so it…

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The Making of the TweetBacks Logo

So around 4:30 pm yesterday, I had originally planned to catch up on my emails and starred items in my Outlook. I had been meaning to do that for a few days now. However, that didn’t happen. Such is the…

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Hand Drawn Vector Eyeball Freebie

Awhile back I got a friendly email from designer & illustrator Rich Nosworthy saying he had some fun eyeball vectors to share. After poking around his well developed portfolio, I was excited to see what he had in mind. He…

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