Graphic Design
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,…
- Categorized: Graphic Design, Inspiration
Creating a Cloudy Dream Scene in Photoshop
Sometimes real life can be boring so artists extend their imaginations and designs to extreme limits through dream scenes, fictional world, or surrealistic images. Today we’ll be creating a cloudy dream scene using Photoshop’s different tools and techniques. Tutorial Details:…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop
WebP: Google’s New Web Image Format
So here’s one I didn’t see coming: Google has announced a new image format for use on the web. Named “WebP“, Google claims To improve on the compression that JPEG provides, we used an image compressor based on the VP8…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
Starting Your Own Shirt Line. PART II: The Creation of Your Art and Working with a Printer.
Hey Guys, Welcome to the second article in the series ‘Starting Your Own Shirt Line’. In the first article, Start – Up, we covered the topics: Originality Research Who will like it? In Part II I’ll take you through my…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: apparel, illustration, Graphic Design, business insights
GMZ Reader Special: The Making of Andrew Jackson
Hey Go Media Zinesters, Jeff Finley here. If you didn’t know, I actually spent all of August working on new Arsenal and Zine stuff exclusively. To be specific, I was working on some really rad tutorials. One of which you…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator CS5 HTML5 Pack
Adobe recently announced the release of their HTML5 Pack for Adobe Illustrator CS5. It’s totally free for Illustrator CS5 users. Here’s a quick rundown from their site: Efficiently design for web and devices by exporting Illustrator Artboards for unique screen…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Illustrator, Adobe
New Release: Grid Kit
Grid Kit Released We cooked up the grid kit to be a go-to ingredient in your page layout process. We revisited the classic tomes of page construction and put together a smashing sampling of grids that will inspire & guide…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design
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…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Graphic Design
What is a “Brand”?
I read a lot of industry produced articles and papers on branding, all have one thing in common, the message is confusing, they use a plethora of “tech talk” and what I can only describe as gibberish, so let’s start…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: logo design, branding
Interns Inc., Vol. 3
Internships are an awesome way to gain experience and to learn about being a designer in the real world. Most are mainly summer internships, but there are definitely internships that extend throughout the school year. Typically, students aren’t expected to…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: business insights
Starting your own shirt line. PART I: Start – Up
Greetings friends, This is Steve Knerem and I’m a freelance illustrator from Cleveland, Ohio that specializes in hand drawn art used for apparel and editorial pieces. You can view my work at www.steveknerem.com. When asked by Go Media to write some…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
Interview: Illustrator Ray Frenden
This interview was initially published in the Go Media Forum but we decided it was relevant to all our GoMediaZine readers as well. Ray Frenden the Artist. I think it’s necessary to put this all in context with a brief…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Illustrator
Review: Phantasm CS plugin for Adobe Illustrator
Not many Adobe Illustrators are aware of the plug-in functionality of Adobe Illustrator. I don’t believe it’s promoted very well. There’s not a good one-stop shop to find plug-ins in one place, with reviews and user feedback. And it’s a shame,…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Adobe, Illustrator
Iconic Poster Design Tutorial (with video)
Hey I’m Jeff Finley and I’m going to show you how to make an iconic poster using the new Vector Set 18 from Go Media’s Arsenal. I sent out an email to all our Arsenal customers and the two things…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Roundup: Mac Utilities for Designers
A quick round up of some interesting new and updated Mac utilities of interest to creative types. Photoshop Automator Actions 5.0 (free/$19.95) A package of Actions that lets you control many of Photoshop’s most common functions from within Mac OS…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Illustrator, Photoshop
Photoshop CS5: Performance Tips
So I recently jumped the gun and upgraded to Photoshop CS5 on the Mac. And I wasn’t too happy about it. Let’s just say that the performance levels were not to my liking. In fact, Photoshop CS5 performed worse than…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop, Adobe
Logo Design On A Budget
I am frequently asked to put together logos or promotional materials for independent bands, which is fantastic, except they don’t have the budget of a signed or sponsored band. Through the years I’ve found ways to cut corners to limit…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, logo design
Kickstarter.com: Fund Your Creativity
Have a creative project that needs funds from supporters to get things going? Not sure where to start or how to get the word out? Look no further than Kickstarter. I can’t do a better job than Kickstarter themselves did…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
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,…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design
The Brads: Interface Design
“The Brads” is a webcomic by Brad Colbow for designers, web developers and techies. See more here.
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design
Blank Canvas: How Do You Learn?
For this installment of Blank Canvas, I’d like to hear from our readers on the topic of learning new design and illustration techniques and software. Obviously here at the Go Media Zine, we offer plenty of design and illustration tutorials,…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: illustration, Graphic Design
Blank Canvas: Design Contests
There seems to be quite a growing number of websites such as 99 Designs offering design services by way of “contests”, where the client will submit specs for the project, and the designers will then submit actual designs in order…
- Categorized: Graphic 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…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: business insights
The Brads: Just Google It
“The Brads” is a webcomic by Brad Colbow for designers, web developers and techies. See more here.
- Categorized: Graphic Design