Graphic Design
How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D
In this tutorial I will walk through the steps I used to create this illustration to bring alive the word “collide.” While you may not find yourself needing to recreate the word “collide,” I hope you will find useful the…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: 3D, Photoshop
My Create Chaos Experience
My experience speaking at Create Chaos design convention in Orlando Florida. Monday October 13th 1:30pm I’m sitting in Cleveland Hopkins Airport waiting to board my flight to Orlando Florida. I’ve been booked as a speaker at Create Magazine’s design convention…
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T-shirt Template Freebie
It’s been a little while since we’ve had a freebie on the Go MediaZine, and an email I got this morning provided the perfect opportunity. Here’s what Jan had to say about the Fitted Ladies Apparel Templates we just released:…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, apparel, Photoshop
10 Tips to avoid designer’s block.
Ever feel like some days you can crank out amazing looking designs with little effort? Then on other days it feels like nothing is working, you’ve lost all your talent and you’ll never make another good design for the rest…
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Git Yer Structure Outta Mah Creative!
I had this art history professor my first year of college who gave the most fantastical lectures; he proudly wore mismatched socks with worn-out Birkenstock sandals. During his lessons, (which were sometimes accompanied by a recording of a Mongolian throat-singing…
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The Importance of Sketching: Oliver Barrett’s Moleskine
When I start on a project, I like to brainstorm ideas and write down whatever comes to mind. From there I from there I start sketching until I develop something that can translate well onto the computer, and of course…
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The Day After: Photoshop CS4 Resources
We didn’t get a chance to beta test Photoshop CS4 here at Go Media, but it looks like a worthy upgrade. Here’s a collection of previews & feature lists of the latest & greatest Adobe Photoshop. If you’re in a…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, Adobe, Photoshop
First Look: Adobe Illustrator CS4
Thirteen versions and twenty-one years after the very first Illustrator, Adobe is rolling out beta versions of Illustrator CS4. After so many iterations, you might wonder what Adobe could possibly do to make Illustrator CS4 worth the cost of the…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Illustrator
Free Exclusive resource from Jimiyo: Skull Reference Photos
You could hop on ebay and bid on some anatomical skull models (which run between $20 and $80). Or, you could just download these complete reference photos prepared by jimiyo exclusively for the Go MediaZine. They’re awesome! Inside there are…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Photoshop
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…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: apparel
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…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design
Free Vector Pack 12 Sampler
Jeff promised there would be a sample when he announced the release of Vector Pack 12 last week, and here it is. This freebie is just a taste of what’s in the real thing. We picked one piece from each…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Adobe Illustrator
15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 3 of 3
In an effort to help further educate designers about things they should NOT be doing, here is the last installment of the popular 3-part Mistakes series. Part two talked about staying original, following directions, utilizing the medium to its fullest,…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: business insights, apparel, Graphic Design
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…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Adobe Illustrator
How to Create Photorealistic T-Shirt Mockups
When designing for apparel, presentation of your proofs is very important. A detailed image of a piece simply will not suffice as an adequate proof. You want to hit the design home, and mocking it up on a t-shirt is…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: apparel, Photoshop
15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 2 of 3
5 more mistakes make up part 2 of the 15 mistakes series. This article covers issues such as lack of originality, following directions, and other bonehead mistakes made by designers.
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: apparel, Graphic Design, business insights
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…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
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,…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: apparel, business insights
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…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Adobe Illustrator, Graphic Design
Moving beyond Freelancing: 4 Insights to Growing your Design Firm
I received a series of questions from a freelance designer concerning how to grow from being a one-person freelance designer into a “real” design firm. I thought I should share my answers to her questions with you. Here is the…
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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]
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Adobe Illustrator, Graphic Design
57 Inspirational Sites from 7 Remarkable Apparel Designers
I gathered 7 of the top t-shirt designers today and asked each of them for a handful of sites they couldn’t live without; sites they surf for inspiration, design resources, advice, community, etc. I was surprised at what I found.…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, business insights, apparel, illustration
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…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: illustration
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…
- Categorized: Graphic Design