Top 20 T-Shirt Design Tutorials and Articles

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I’ve been working on an eBook titled Thread’s Not Dead: The Designer’s Guide to the Apparel Industry. (EDIT: it’s out! buy it here in ebook and hardcover) During my research,…

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GMZ Reader Special: The Making of Andrew Jackson

Design Process: Creating the Cover Art for Parachute Journalists

I’m going to show you all how I went about designing the cover art for my band’s new single “24th of January.” Listen/Download for free here. If you aren’t aware, 2/3 of Parachute Journalists are members of Go Media: Jeff…

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Iconic Poster Design Tutorial (with video)

State of the Union: Grunge Design

Grunge design was getting popular when I got started in 2004. I was inspired by the artwork and branding behind the underground punk, metal, and hardcore music I listened to. Naturally their aesthetic seemed to be riddled with dirt, grime,…

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Tutorial: Iconic Poster Design

Telling A Client “No”

You’re the expert, right? You’ve spent four years in design school and have a few years of real-world experience, right? You obviously know all there is to know about design and clients are just dumb and uneducated. You force your…

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Defy The Hand You’re Dealt: WMC T-Shirt Giveaway

You may have heard about this little art, film, and music festival that I’ve been planning this year. It’s called Weapons of Mass Creation Fest and it’s happening THIS weekend here in Cleveland. I wrote this letter to the fine…

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Fave Font: Knockout

We all have our favorite bunch of typefaces we use on a regular basis. When I first started out I was a font-a-holic downloading every free font that I could get my hands on. Over time, perhaps I’ve become less…

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New Arsenal Release: Wacom Illustration Video Tutorial

Go Media owner and veteran illustrator Jeff Finley shares intimate details of his illustration and design process in his two hour video tutorial “Wacom Illustration Techniques”. You’ll learn the process for manipulation and compilation of photos for reference, secrets of…

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Anatomy of a Band T-Shirt

The “band t-shirt” project can be quite enticing for designers and illustrators. Want to know what goes on behind the artwork? Jeff Finley of Go Media shares his personal experiences of the ins and outs of designing t-shirts for bands…

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Screencast: Mocking up tees with ShirtMockup.com

Interview: Film Poster Art with Tyler Stout

GoMediaZine: So who are you and how would people know you? Tyler Stout: My name is Tyler Stout. And I would guess people know me by seeing my stuff somewhere, or personally meeting me at some point in my life.…

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Juggling Design, Programming, Bands, and Life. Dave Garwacke tells all.

Dave is a guy that has always impressed me. He manages to run a site that produces all its own video and audio content, play in 5 different bands, do freelance design/coding, and have a social life. This interview probes…

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Design Process: “Sick” Metal Band T-Shirt

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…

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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…

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Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography

Quick Tip: Find Files On Your PC Fast With FileBox Extender

One little app that I couldn’t live without is FileBox Extender for Windows. Fellow Go Media designer @Adam_Wagner originally introduced it to me last year. It’s a free, lightweight app for Windows that I use to quickly access frequently used…

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Discussion: Do you publicly advertise your pricing?

Ah the age-old debate. To show prices or not to show prices on your website. There are pros and cons to both and Go Media has experimented with both in the past. We eventually decided to go against showing prices on our website, but the discussion never seems to go away. How would things change if we decided to show prices? For the better? Worse? Tell me your thoughts.

Discount a Day in May

We’re doing a crazy promotion this month that not many people know about. For all Twitter followers on the @Go_Media profile, we will be posting a new tweet every day with a unique discount code for a particular product on…

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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: 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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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.