Graphic Design
Sports Branding Insight With Todd Radom
In this edition of the Go Media Podcast, we sit down with Todd Radom to talk about his extensive experience designing for the sports industry.
7 Ways to Know If You’ve Hired a Great Designer
Looking to Hire a Great Designer? You’ll know you hit the money when you find they have these traits:
Enplug’s Entrepreneurial Journey: Zach Spitulski Spills Secrets to his Success
By being named one of Inc. Magazine’s 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs under 30, Zach Spitulski (Enplug) has been grouped with the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos, Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp of Birchbox, and Drew Houston and Arash…
Forever Distracted? Here’s How to Bring Focus into Your Creative Work and Life
One thing I’ve come to learn about myself is just how easily distracted I can be. Up until recently, I could barely continue to write a blog post without checking the email that pops into my inbox, or create header…
30+ Quirky, Free Fonts We’re Shouting Out
Another free font post for my fellow font junkies. Shout-out to the artists who created them.
Personal Branding Podcast For Graphic Designers With Kimika Hudson
Design Conference Podcast In this edition of the Go Media Podcast, we sit down with Kimika Hudson to talk about how creatives can “thrive, profit and have fun by being themselves online.”
Grab This Macabre Vector Freebie
Grab This Macabre Vector Freebie When asked what you wanted to see next on the Arsenal, our e-commerce site for the best design resources in the world, you told us, overwhelmingly: “HORROR!” “MACABRE!” “BLOOD, GUTS AND GORE!” And we want…
Why Single Mothers are the Real Creative Directors
When you hear the word ‘creative’ who is the FIRST person you think of? Maybe you think of a painter, a hip-hop artist or even a comedian? Maybe Kanye West is the first person that pops in your head or perhaps Louie C.K.
Having done stand-up for seven years and venturing into the new world of copywriting, I have had the chance to interact and meet with some extremely creative people. People whose minds churn out ideas for great punch lines, witty banner ads and campaigns that you sing in your head.
But maybe, just maybe… the most creative people on this planet don’t come with the sexy title of Creative Director or Chief Creativity Officer. Maybe the most creative people have the least glamorous job. Maybe they have no choice BUT to be creative. Who am I talking about? The creative architects known as single mothers.
How These Designers Used Social Media to Expand Their Reach, Take On the World
These days, you can’t go anywhere without noticing someone staring at their phone, laptop or tablet. Most of the time spent on these beloved devices is on social media like Instagram and Facebook. Social media runs a large part of the public’s everyday lives and many choices are made by the content they see. Why not use social media to your advantage as a designer to get your work out to more prospective clients? Here are some designers who took to the web in order to broaden their reach and made a name for themselves in cyberspace.
Seven Questions to Ask Yourself When You Want to Create an Iconic T-Shirt Design
It seems like everyone is creating a t-shirt line these days. But creating a great t-shirt design is an art few can master. Luckily, the team here at Cleveland graphic, logo, web design studio Go Media has a rich background in apparel design to draw from, as do friends of Go Media, designers Herman Lee, Ed Pincombe and Dan Byler of Jakprints.
Today, we are sharing 7 questions to ask yourself when you aim to create your next tee design. Like any other project, you want to concentrate on designing “an iconic graphic that leaves a great impression to the viewers through all different kinds of medium,” reminds Lee. But when dealing with apparel, your own set of questions will arise.
Our Free Tool Will Help You Create Portfolio Worthy Mockups
Meet T-Shirt Mockup Tool Mockup Everything What’s better than a portfolio filled with your best work? Not much, we say. After all, you never know when opportunity is going to come a-knocking. But this, we know, is much harder than…
Creators. Doers. Makers. – WMC Fest Episode 3: Michael Cavotta
The WMC Fest Creators. Doers. Makers. Series Our new video series highlights remarkable makers and designers that inspire and motivate us to create greatness. Episode Three puts the spotlight on Michael Cavotta, a featured speaker and workshop leader at the best…
Takeaways From Creative Control Fest 4
Creative Control Fest is an annual creative gathering in Columbus, Ohio aimed at bringing ethnically and culturally diverse community together. It was inspired by some of the efforts of our own design festival Weapons of Mass Creation Fest, and works…
Creating Learning Material
-Creating Learning Material: A Beginners Guide to Making Educational Content In 2014, back when I lived in Pittsburgh, I received the opportunity to be an art instructor at a community-focused arts organization known as Wash Arts (located in Washington county).…
Conceptualizing Through Questioning | Design Tip of the Week
Conceptualizing Through Questioning Coming up with an idea can be difficult. Coming up with a GOOD idea is even more challenging. There are times when one faces a creative drought, when those AHA moments feel as if they are never going…
Creators. Doers. Makers. – WMC Fest Episode 2: Michael Bierut
The WMC Fest Creators. Doers. Makers. Series Our new video series highlights remarkable makers and designers that inspire and motivate us to create greatness. Episode Two puts the spotlight on Michael Bierut, a featured speaker at the best creative conference of…
So Your Design Just Got Rejected… (7 Actionable Steps to a Happier Client Relationship)
You’ve just spent the last two days pouring your heart into a design. Then, the dreaded email comes through.
Expand Your Network Through Facebook: 10 Quick Tips for Small Businesses
What would you like to do with Facebook? (Horrible pun intended).
The first step for expanding your network through Facebook is asking yourself: What are my goals? What do I really want to do with more likes?
If your answer is that you need to increase your likes by x%, your favorite Cleveland graphic, logo and web design studio Go Media can help with that. We love a good contest as much as the next person! However, a contest that increases your community by 1000, 3000, or even 100,000 likes may seem awesome in theory, but do you know what’s not awesome? Talking to yourself. And if you have a bazillion likes who don’t contribute to your page in any way, you’re essentially talking to a wall. That’s why we we strongly encourage our clients to create robust Facebook pages with “Active Likes.”
Color Linework in Photoshop | Design Tip of the Week
Black and white linework is always nice, but sometimes a bit of color is needed to add a pinch of visual flavor to your delicious illustration soufflé . (Hooray cooking metaphors!) Let’s get into it and show you how to…
Designing a Kick-Ass Logo? Here are 7 Mistakes to Avoid
Mistakes to Avoid When Designing a Logo When you think of great products or companies, the visual image that forms in your mind is probably that of their mark; McDonald’s golden arches, Nike’s Swoosh and Coca-Cola’s wave. The inherent value…
Creators. Doers. Makers. Video Series – WMC Fest Episode 1: Danielle Evans
Our new video series highlights remarkable makers and designers that inspire and motivate us to create greatness. This week we put the spotlight on Danielle Evans. You may recognize Danielle’s work from this year’s Ink Wars competition or her downright delicious Food and Dimensional Typography Workshop – both featured at the best creative conference of the summer, Go Media’s Weapons of Mass Creation Fest!
Tips on Landing an Internship
Tips on Landing an Internship Sadly, the day has come where my amazing internship with the designers at Cleveland design firm, Go Media ends. But before I go, I want to pass on helpful advice to any designers out there…
My Junior Shadowing Day at Go Media
My high school requires a Junior Shadow experience therefore I sent my requests to shadow a company to many companies in the Cleveland area and in Ohio. I was initially contemplating a career in Game Design and contacted a variety of companies. Go Media had been recommended to me by a faculty member from an art school in the area. I looked them up to see what they were about and I could then see why they came so highly recommended.
Bright Ideas From the Intern
Hello Zine Readers! Sad to say it, but my time interning with the amazing graphic design team at Go Media is coming to an end. I am super jealous of the students that get to intern with them in the…