Articles by Year: 2014
Introducing the Vehicle Mockup Templates Pack
Your Work, Personified. Our World’s Best Mockups from Cleveland’s best graphic design company, Go Media, guarantee you present clients with your work, in the best possible light. Created from professional photographs, our templates are hand-crafted by our in-house design team. We…
Illustrator Poster Design Tutorial: Let’s make a horror movie poster with vector set 23
Illustrator Poster Design Tutorial With the re-release of our latest, horror-themed, vector set, we felt it was fitting to have an Halloween tutorial. So today, we’re going to work on re-creating this poster for Dracula’s daughter, a fictitious movie from…
28 Dynamic Flyer, Poster, Print Illustration Inspirations: Vintage Design by Go Media
Paper & ink are woven into the fabric of Go Media. Dreamers and doodlers, our Cleveland Graphic Design staff believe illustration is one of the quickest, deepest, most meaningful ways to convey your message to the world. Custom Illustration is a…
How to Apply a Noise Texture to Your Design with the Dirty Plastic Noise Texture Pack
Hello there! Simon from The Shop on this end of the keyboard. I’m excited today, because one of my go-to personal texture packs is released on the Go Media Arsenal! Let me show you what the Dirty Plastic Noise Texture…
Typography Tutorial: The Soul in the Machine – Adding Glitch Techniques to Your Work
What is Glitch Art? In this tutorial, my aim is to introduce some techniques that you might not be familiar with that can achieve a unique glitch aesthetic in your designs. I like the idea of using some aspects of…
How to Land & Maintain Big Clients: 11 Absolutely Essential Tips
Cover image includes work from Go Media for Dawn, Pepsi and Lincoln Electric. For more of our work click here. Landing Big Clients One question we’re always presented with here at our Cleveland based website and graphic design firm Go Media…
Must-Have Hand Drawn Vectors: Introducing the Hand Drawn Lettering Elements Pack by Jason Carne
Hand Drawn Vector Must-Haves Jason Carne, Arsenal Marketplace Artist and Freelance Designer, as well as great Hand Lettering talent, has done it again. Responsible for the hugely successful tutorial “Hunters and Gatherers: Techniques from Conception to Completion,” Jason now brings us…
Having Faith in Design: an Interview with Mike Jones of Creative South
Cover Photo courtesy of Patrick Chin Meeting the Man: Mike Jones Whew! What a weekend, huh, guys? As this was my first Weapons of Mass Creation Fest, I did not know what to expect. I knew I’d meet some cool…
Podcast for Designers – Episode 26: Live from WMC Fest 5!
WMC Fest has come and gone by the time you’re listening to this episode. Nonetheless, custom Cleveland website design agency, Go Media set up shop in the Big Cartel Vendor Village at WMC Fest 5 to talk shop with some speakers, vendors,…
Bandage, Bottle Mockups and More Mockup Everything Templates are Here!
Bring Your Hard Work to Life. In the mood to pump up your portfolio and blow some minds this month? We knew it. It’s easy. Just head to MockupEverything.com and pull your designs on our latest and greatest templates. (We…
The August 2014 Flickr Pool Showcase, Announcing New Monthly Prize
August 2014 Flickr Pool Showcase Hey Everyone! We’re not only excited to show off our next round of outstanding Flickr Pool Showcase Designs this month, but we’re ready to up the ante next month…who’s game? Enter for your chance to Win a…
New Designer and Developer Resources – August 2014
At Go Media, I’m a front-end developer, a podcaster, a content creator, a designer, and a maker. Just like you, I like to wear a lot of hats and I like to keep up on the current trends, tools, and…
Ice Bucket Challenge: Go Media Style
Ice Bucket Challenge We were challenged to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and, of course, accepted… with a twist… We challenge our very own Wilson Revehl and our friends at Jakprints to complete the challenge within 24 hours…or…
Illustration Tutorial: “The Man Who Knew It All” Technical Process & Design Philosophy
Today I’m going to be sharing the process I usually go through in creating my illustrations. Not the conceptual process but mostly the technical process. For this tutorial I will be working on a recent illustration for a book on the subject of “The Man Who Knew It All”. I was given this brief and told I have carte blanche to do whatever I wanted. I thought this would be a neat chance to play around with the process itself and use that as the subject matter. In short, peeling back the creative process as the concept of knowledge.
Free Arsenal Templates & More: Go Media’s Arsenal Freebie Sampler
Free Arsenal Templates & More: Vector, eBook, Mockup Template, Font and Textures Freebie! Hello Go Media Faithful! We have got to say, our Arsenal customers are the best around. We’re constantly inspired by what you create and consistently moved to produce…
20 Creative, Hand Drawn Logo Designs
David works for Radley, who design beautiful handbags and purses. When he’s not working, he enjoys studying product and user interface design. Designing a logo is a delicate process. The entire tone and personality of a company can be affected…
WMC Fest 5 is HERE!
WMC Fest 5 is here! Take a look at our last minute reminders. Hey all you creatives, Christmas came early this year! Thanks to all of our supporters, WMC Fest is entering its fifth year and we are so happy…
Hand-Lettering Tutorial: From Sketch to Digital Design
Hello Go Media faithful! Today’s tutorial comes to you from our friend Kelsey Cronkhite, designer, blogger and fellow Clevelander! You’ll see her work in the Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 5 gallery. It’s too, too amazing, so: Buy your tickets…
Things I’m Excited for at WMC Fest 2K14
Hello Go Media Faithful! Here’s a blog post comin’ to you straight from Weapons of Mass Creation Fest speaker coordinator extraordinaire Margot Harrington of Pitch Union Design. She originally published the blog post you see below on her lovely blog…
Become a Master Typographer: Pro Tips – Making and Breaking the Rules
As with life, rules in both the lands of lettering and typography are made for a reason. In many cases, it’s best to stick to the books. However, in other cases, it’s quite alright to bend (and even break) the rules. Illustrator…
Introducing the Ultimate Texture Bundle from Go Media’s Arsenal
Stock Up with Our Ultimate Texture Bundle The endless hunt for textures is over when you purchase the Ultimate Texture Collection Bundle, available on Go Media’s Arsenal. This download is jam-packed with the best of the best: 6 sets, one collection…
The Poster Contest of Which Dreams are Made: What and How You Can Win
Poster Contest from our friends at the National Poster Retrospecticus Let’s talk for a minute about how much I love John Boilard, Producer of the National Poster Retrospecticus, a traveling show of over 300 hand-printed posters coming to Cleveland for…
New Tattoo Mockup Templates & More from your friends at Mockup Everything!
Mockup your Artwork on our New Tattoo Mockups and More! Hello Go Media Faithful! We’re back again, as promised, with new mockup templates for you Pro Users of Mockup Everything. Free users, you’re in luck, too, because we’ve added yet another…
Inspiration for Graphic Designers: July 2014 Flickr Pool Showcase
Inspiration for Graphic Designers: July 2014 Flickr Pool Showcase Hey Everyone! We’re so excited to show off our next round of outstanding Flickr Pool Showcase Designs: awesome inspiration for graphic designers like you! Interested in Joining? If you are new to…