Articles by Month: July 2012
Photoshop Action: Stamp/Print Effect
Works great on any single color logo, emblem, mark, seal, crest. Because of the great response to my Aged Type action, I took it a bit further and made a similar effect that could be applied, not only to text,…
Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders part 6 of 7
My experience attending AIGA & Yale’s School of Management course Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders. **These last two posts were delayed due to the internet being out at our hotel following a big thunderstorm.** Before I get into it, here…
Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders part 5 of 7
My experience attending AIGA & Yale’s School of Management course Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders. I’m exhausted. I really need some sleep badly. If you decide to take this course – which I highly recommend, don’t plan on blogging at…
Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders part 4 of 7
My experience attending AIGA & Yale’s School of Management course Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders. Fair warning: I’ve been drinking – a lot. AIGA and Yale’s Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders course is NOT like any educational experience you will…
Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders part 3 of 7
My experience attending AIGA & Yale’s School of Management course Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders. Ok, wow. I’m pumped. Today was better than I had expected. Knowledge is power. At least, it feels like I’ve just acquired a super power…
Thick Line Art: Creating Iconic Vector Art
I recently posted a new illustration on Dribbble called “Revivalist” and it got quite a lot of likes. I thought I’d write a tutorial about how I created it. So let’s do this! Introduction One of our clients Disciple Clothing…
Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders part 2 of 7
My experience attending AIGA & Yale’s School of Management course Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders. Ok, so this will probably be my least informative post in this series. But I want to give you the complete experience, so despite the…
Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders part 1 of 7
My experience attending AIGA & Yale’s School of Management course Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders. When my partners and I started Go Media many years ago, none of us had any formal business training. What we had was a passion…
The Chicago Neighborhoods Project
As many city dwellers know, each neighborhood in their city has a culture and feel all its own. And as any designer knows, it is important to infuse the specific culture and artistry of each client, company, or organization into…
The Beat Goes On
For 3D artist Mike Winkelmann (aka Beeple) every visual has a corresponding beat By day Mike Winkelmann is a graphic designer who works mostly on projects for the Web. Outside of his day job, though, he is better known as…
Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2012: the video
Weapons of Mass Creation 2012 from Weapons of Mass Creation on Vimeo. We are the Weapons of Mass Creation. WMC Fest 3 took place on June 8-11, 2012 in Cleveland, OH. For more info visit wmcfest.com Director by Aaron Freeder…