122 Raster & Vector Wings

Lately I’ve been reading a lot about lucid dreaming, keeping a dream journal, watching Waking Life, and generally trying everything I can to take control of my dreams. The first thing I’m going to do in a dream – FLY!…

Accountants, lawyers, and doctors, oh my! A designer’s guide to business.

Vector Freebie: Illustrator Icons

Free Vector Pack 11 Sampler

Hello again – more free vector art! This time it’s a sampler from Vector Pack 11 that was released a few weeks ago. Inside you’ll find seven complete vector pieces, one from each set. So you’ve got a taste of…

Moleskine: The Artists’ Notebook

I’ve often felt product lust over those shiny Moleskine notebooks on the shelf in Borders, and this is why: guys like Jeff Finley use ’em – they must be good. As I was flipping through the Moleskine that sits on…

Vector Freebies: Mouse Cursors

Vector Freebies It’s Monday, so we thought it would be a good time for another vector freebie from Go Media! Our Ohio web designers have found these vector cursors useful – we hope you do too! Inside you’ll find 2…

Getting Things Done: My First Weekly Review

After a long day at your desk, do you ever ask yourself “What the heck did I accomplish today?” I know I could be working like a madman and pushing projects out before deadlines and I still won’t even remember…

Adobe Bridge is iTunes for Designers

Really? Think about it: What if every time you wanted to jam to your Summer 2001 Playlist you had to re-construct it from your mess of mp3s in a folder called “downloads”? Well, you don’t, because iTunes doesn’t organize your…

Free Skull Tiling Background

To celebrate the release of Vector Pack 11 I made this seamless tiling Skull wallpaper using nothing but the Hand Drawn Skull pack. Just right click to save it to your computer. Use it for desktop wallpaper, upload it to…

Project Managment: Go Media Style

Go Media’s Prooflab Demonstration Video from Go Media on Vimeo. This video will walk you through our customer and project management system called “Prooflab.” We built this application from the ground up based on our specific needs as a design…

13 ways to trick your client into happiness

The art of making your customers love the designs you create. In an ideal world our clients would think like designers. In an ideal world our clients have a good knowledge of marketing. In an ideal world they think logically…

Free Go Media Wallpapers

We went through some of our old artwork from the past two years and decided to make a few free wallapers for you. They’re in a bunch of sizes and some for widescreen monitors. Just go to our freebies page…

Project Managment: Go Media Style

Free Vector Pack 10 Sampler

Free vector art! Everyone loves it. So to celebrate the release of Set 10 last month, I wanted to give you all a sampler of the set. It’s got 7 of my favorite pieces. The set includes Tattoos, Lightning, Blood…

The Dreaded Design Lull – 9 Ways to Get Out of a Slump

2 New Fonts to Help you Win at Life

We just released two new fonts. They are now available to purchase on Go Media’s Arsenal. These two new fonts are sure to help you attract any customer you want and ultimately win at life. Well, maybe only get you…

What is a “Vector Pack?”

Ok, so it has come to my attention that some people who purchase stuff from Go Media’s Arsenal surprisingly have no idea what they’re buying. But they buy it anyway. Strange… Vector Packs are NOT software Some people call it…

Workflow Tip: Illustrator to Fontlab

Land Bigger Jobs: Appear “bigger” than you actually are

Free Vector Pack 9 Sampler

I figured I’d offer up a free sampler of Vector Pack Set 9 which was just released yesterday. This will give you a good idea of the quality and detail in some of the vector shapes you’ll get. Downlad the…

Make it Look Like Affliction

As graphic designers for the apparel industry, we’ve heard the phrase “Make it Look Like Affliction” so many times. It’s a strange coincidence. You have a dozen apparel companies and bands who have absolutely nothing in common with each other…

Application advice for creative jobs

Because we’re looking to expand our staff here, I want to off some key advice to anyone applying. IT IS ALL ABOUT PRESENTATION!! Some of these things are common sense, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t think about…

Free Vectors: Set 8 Sampler

We’re giving away a little sampler of our newest Vector Pack Set 8. There are 7 items, one from each individual pack including Decorative 2, Religion, Flourishes, Music, Industrial, Arrows 2, and Silhouettes. Enjoy! Download the file after the jump…

Design Piracy – What to do when your designs are stolen

It’s happened to the best of us and will inevitably happen to you if it hasn’t already. Your hard work and creativity are ripped off without consent, permission, payment, or even credit. Oftentimes the idiot who assembled a piece of…