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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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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Pointers for Designers Working with Apparel Companies

There is often a disconnect between an artist and a screen printer. Problems often arise when there is a lack of understanding of the print process and a lack of communication between the designer and client. Screen printers get mad…

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New Go Media Forum

Registration is now open for the new Go Media Forum! Why a forum? I originally planned it to mainly offer support for customers of The Arsenal. However I received a lot of messages from folks who wanted it to become…

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Amazing Distressed T-Shirt Mockups in less than 3 Minutes

Go Media Watercolors in Skateboard Art

I got an email from Barton Damer, a loyal GoMediaZine reader and author of the Badass Bling Effect, Intricate Patterns in Illustrator, and Ink Bleeding Motion Graphics tutorials. In the wake of the debate over good/bad use of our Arsenal…

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New PS3/XBOX360 Game Features Go Media

There’s a new game coming out this month called Baja: Edge of Control. They’re calling it the Gran Turismo of off-road racing. We were asked to be a sponsor probably over a year ago, and I had totally forgotten about…

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How to Win at Design by Humans

I talked with Marc Hemeon, one of the brilliant minds behind the t-shirt design contest site Design by Humans. If you can remember, they were the only company able to pull off the impossible Bold is Beautiful shirt a few…

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What’s Your Opinion on Stock Artwork?

A recent comment by “Smutek” inspired me to ask this question. His comment was on Dave’s tutorial about designing on a budget. The tutorial covered the use of stock artwork (specifically Arsenal stuff) to create a pro-looking design in less…

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Recap: Vectips Interview with Go Media’s Jeff Finley

I thought I’d repost the recap of the interview I did with Vectips that took place over Twitter on Wednesday, August 27 at 1:00 pm EST. The interview was pretty fun, and definitely interesting to hold over twitter. Read on…

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Vectips Interview with Jeff Finley via Twitter

This is pretty cool. I’m going to be doing an interview with Vectips over Twitter Wednesday, August 27th at 1:00pm EST. Vectips is a new blog that’s constantly posting resources for vector artists. I’ll be answering all of the questions…

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Vector Pack 12 Released!

After a few months worth of hard work and hand illustration, we’ve finally released Vector Pack 12. This set is cool because we are introducing color! Imagine that! So for those of you who dig stock vector art, keep reading.…

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Crazy Idea? Go Media Offers Design Help via Twitter

Go Media is trying something new here. We’re using our official twitter account to offer design help and customer service. Crazy? Maybe. Basically, designers like you can ask a question and we’ll try to answer it. It’s like having a…

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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 3 of 3

Drawing a Tattered Scroll from Scratch

15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 2 of 3

Zine Features You May Have Missed

It’s late at night and I saw we hadn’t posted today. So I wanted to point out a couple things on our site that you may not be familiar with. I don’t really mention them much, but take a look…

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Jeff’s Weekly Review July 21-29

Judging by the welcoming response to last week’s review, I’ll go ahead and continue with this one. You suggested that I keep posting the reviews because it reminds you that you’re either a) slacking off and need to get to…

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15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 1 of 3

Designers in the music and apparel industry are some of the most talented designers around. I’m willing to bet there isn’t a sector of graphic design that allows more creativity and more artistic freedom. Despite the amazing talent and style,…

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57 Inspirational Sites from 7 Remarkable Apparel Designers

Jeff’s Moleskine Round 2

Here we are again with another round of scans from my Moleskine. Not much to say about these other than I was just having some fun drawing skulls and things. I was using just a regular ball point pen, which…

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Go Media User Link Feed

Hey folks! This is the Go Media User Link Feed. Everyone is allowed to submit a link and give a short description. It will show up in the sidebar on every page on the GOMEDIAZINE. However, all links submitted must…

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New Design is up! Feedback wanted!

We’re really happy to announce a brand new site design to the Go Mediazine. Or should I officially say GOMEDIAZINE – all one word. Or you could spell it GOMEDIAzine or something like that. But anyway, we’re still tweaking some…

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Computer Arts Projects: Typography Feature for Jeff Finley

In addition to the feature in Advanced Photoshop this month, I was blessed with a feature in Computer Arts Projects. Issue #111 Typography to be exact. They highlighted some of my 3D typography and ornate lettering techniques. Here are some…

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