Articles by: Adam Wagner
How to Set up Your Wacom for Awesome Results
A lot of you have asked about how to set up your Wacom for awesome results like this. In this post we’ll cover the basics of getting your Wacom working, some finer details of getting it to work well, and finally some tips for getting better at drawing with a Wacom. We use Intuos 2s & 3s here at Go Media. Specifically, this tutorial was written with the Intuos 3 6×11 in mind.
Vector Freebie: Fingerprints
It was a messy Monday morning at Go Media as this fingerprint freebie was being made. There are eleven vector pieces inside that include finger tips, palm prints and streaks. Experiment using the palm prints to distress some type! As…
User Showcase Contest: Results!
Mmmmmm, smell that? Not only is it Friday (awesome), but two lucky designers are giving off the sweet smell of victory. A week and almost 800 votes after opening our first User Showcase Contest, we have a couple of winners!…
User Showcase Contest: $100 & more in Prizes
Sorry, this contest is closed. Winners have been chosen and babies born. Check out who won in our results post. Many talented artists have submitted their work to the Go Media User Showcase, which as of now has 970 entries.…
Vector Freebie & Micro Tutorial: Seamless Swirls
Hey it’s a Monday morning freebie! This one took a little extra time to make, so I really hope you enjoy it. It is (mostly) seamless, so you can drop it into your swatches panel and fill any shape with…
Vector Freebie: Night Lights
Be honest – is this what you would see if you took off your coke-bottle glasses on a late night drive home? These out of focus night light vectors can add a sleepy, dreamy feeling to a design. This freebie…
An Arsenal First!
If you’ve hopped over to the Go Media Arsenal lately you might have noticed quite a few recent updates. In the last two weeks we’ve released a new motion pack and two new fonts. I’m pretty excited that the new…
Vector Freebie: Floral Wallpaper
Hey designers! Today we’re posting free floral vectors reminiscent of old wallpaper. There are four vectors in all. Two main floral designs as well as two grungy variations. [download#17#nohits]
Discover new design resources faster than Smashing Magazine: Use Yahoo Pipes
Ever since I first heard about Yahoo Pipes more than a year ago, I’ve been looking for reasons to put it to work for me. But for some reason or another, it always ended up in the “cool but of…
122 Raster & Vector Wings
Lately I’ve been reading a lot about lucid dreaming, keeping a dream journal, watching Waking Life, and generally trying everything I can to take control of my dreams. The first thing I’m going to do in a dream – FLY!…
Vector Freebie: Illustrator Icons
So as a follow-up to the mouse cursor freebie from last week, here are some free vector Illustrator icons! There are eight of the most-used Adobe Illustrator tools inside: both arrows, pencil, magnifying glass, hand, pen, brush, and eyedropper.
Free Vector Pack 11 Sampler
Hello again – more free vector art! This time it’s a sampler from Vector Pack 11 that was released a few weeks ago. Inside you’ll find seven complete vector pieces, one from each set. So you’ve got a taste of…
Moleskine: The Artists’ Notebook
I’ve often felt product lust over those shiny Moleskine notebooks on the shelf in Borders, and this is why: guys like Jeff Finley use ’em – they must be good. As I was flipping through the Moleskine that sits on…
Vector Freebies: Mouse Cursors
Vector Freebies It’s Monday, so we thought it would be a good time for another vector freebie from Go Media! Our Ohio web designers have found these vector cursors useful – we hope you do too! Inside you’ll find 2…
Watercolors in Use: Alex Cherry
So to go along with the release of Watercolor Texture Set 2 at the Go Media Arsenal we’re highlighting Alex Cherry and his subtle use of the textures in some solid pieces. “Black Cloud” shows just how versatile these textures…
Adobe Bridge is iTunes for Designers
Really? Think about it: What if every time you wanted to jam to your Summer 2001 Playlist you had to re-construct it from your mess of mp3s in a folder called “downloads”? Well, you don’t, because iTunes doesn’t organize your…
Velocity Control in After Effects
Velocity Control in After Effects Tutorial from Go Media on Vimeo This is a short, quick and easy tutorial showing how to use the graph editor to control the velocity of keyframes within after effects. I go over using the…
Ink Bleeding Effect in After Effects (Like Gnarls)
Ink Bleeding Effect from Go Media on Vimeo.