Adobe Illustrator
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]
How to make an animated GIF with 8-Bit Characters: Part 1: Design
Have you ever wanted to make a kick ass animation of 8-BIT characters tearing each other to shreds? Well now you can. In this tutorial, I will take you through the process of creating vectorized 8-bit characters for use in…
Vector Freebie: Illustrator Icons
So as a follow-up to the mouse cursor freebie from last week, here are some free vector Illustrator icons! There are eight of the most-used Adobe Illustrator tools inside: both arrows, pencil, magnifying glass, hand, pen, brush, and eyedropper.
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…
How to design a t-shirt on a budget and a tight deadline
Monday morning. You’re walking into work (or in some of your cases, waking up in your undies and walking 10 feet to your desk). You pound some coffee and peruse your inbox. You have a present. One of your regulars…
Design a 6 Panel CD Package Tutorial
A few months ago, I wrote a tutorial for Computer Arts Magazine about how I put together the CD Package for the band Hollywood Ave. I wanted to share you the link, since it’s now available for free online in…
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…
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
Tutorial: Creating fonts in Illustrator and Fontlab – Part 1 from Go Media on Vimeo This video is a brief introduction into how to prepare a font you design in Adobe Illustrator for Fontlab. Fontlab is the program of choice…
A Pseudo-Sugar Skull: From Start to Finish.
Hey people! It’s Dave again giving you all yet another excuse to get your knowledge on. This isn’t as direct as my previous Gigposter Tutorial (by the way – thanks to everyone who found that helpful!) because I’m actually covering…
Ornate Lettering Tutorial 2
This tutorial I wrote on Ornate Lettering is now available for free on Computer Art’s website.
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…
Intricate Patterns in Illustrator
This tutorial will show you how to create intricate patterns in Illustrator super quickly. Stuff that would take you hours to draw manually with the Pen Tool takes just seconds when you use this technique. This tutorial is special because…
Ornate Lettering Process
I’m going to show you the process as to how I do my ornate lettering. This is a new design I did for Stone Sour that utilized this technique. Now right off the bat, this is not a step by…
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…
Create 3D objects in Cinema 4D from vector art
This is a video tutorial on taking vector art and importing it into Cinema 4D to create a 3D object that can be animated, textured, and manipulated in 3D space. In this tutorial, written by David from filmmakingcentral.com he shows…
Old School Type – Line Gradients
One of our readers suggested we write a tutorial explaining how to do this cool text effect. On the Dragonforce logo above, the basis of my typography was sketched on paper first and then vectored in Illustrator using the Pen…
Step by Step: Using the Vector Packs
Step by Step: How to Use Vector Packs We get quite a few people calling every day with trouble opening or using our Vector Packs. I decided to write a tutorial specifically to help out newbies who aren’t exactly sure…
Gigposter Design Tutorial: The New Sex
Tutorial Introduction: // // A lot of people are making them. A lot of people suck. The graphic designers here at Go Media don’t suck, and neither do you. This tutorial requires NO drawing talent… so don’t trip folks. You…
From Sketch to Vector Illustration
Hey everyone! Welcome back to Go Media’s Design Blog – where our talented graphic designers share their wisdom with our fellow artists. There has been such a wonderful response on my vector art tutorial “Beautiful Vector Illustration” that I thought I…
Tutorial: Animating Birds with After Effects
After Effects Tutorial from Cleveland Graphics firm, Go Media Introduction: GoMedia_Vector_Freebie_Animating-Birds Like a lot of motion designers I spend many hours trying to accomplish complex animations in a short amount of time, while attempting to optimize my workflow within After…
Beautiful Vector Illustration
One thing we do regularly at Go Media is create beautiful vector people. Having illustrated hundreds of these, I have worked out a few tips that I would like to share with you. This will make your job much easier.…
Tutorial: Comic Book Style Graphic Design
Tutorial: Comic Book Style Graphic Design Hey designers, want to meet the Go Media team? Attend our all-inclusive soul-fulfilling three-day design retreat, WMC: Off-The-Grid, this October 5 – 7th. To learn more, head to wmcfest.com. We have often been asked the…
PS and AI Tutorial: Designing Ultra SceneXCore Apparel!
Introduction This is a tutorial or a simple “how-to” guide to help you with your design projects. This is not the end-all, be-all way of doing things. We will try to make what is normally a long and detailed process…