Graphic Design
We Love the Hype – Glen Infante of iLTHY
This is the first of many posts featuring the artists and designers involved at Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2011. Some very cool people. Today we’re featuring Glen Infante, designer and illustrator and founder of I Love the Hype. If…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: cleveland, Graphic Design
Understanding & Using Color in Branding
How are you feeling right now? What are you thinking? Are you suddenly excited and passionate, yearning for adventure? Or did a Zen-like calmness just pervade your being? Maybe your mind is on money. Or, if not that, you’re considering…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: branding, Graphic Design
The Ultimate Guide to Managing your Design Projects – Part 1. A false start.
WARNING! This entire blog article is an advertisement. Wait! I know what you’re thinking – either 1. “This guy is crazy,” 2. ”I’m going to stop reading this article immediately” or 3. “This is all just a clever device to…
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- Tagged: Graphic Design
Learn to Create Collage Typography
Ever been asked to come up with a type driven design but still wanted to use imagery? Creating text through collage can be an awesome solution. Here’s what you’re going to need to create a successful piece: 1. An open…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: Adobe, illustration, Graphic Design, apparel, Photoshop, Illustrator
Go Media’s Flickr Pool Showcase: November 2010
Hello there! Simon here, for another showcase of the amazing work posted in the Go Media Flickr pool. It’s so hard to select, as the level of submissions keeps getting more and more fantastic. If you’d like to see your…
- Categorized: Inspiration
- Tagged: illustration, Graphic Design
Blank Canvas: Stock Photography
For this installment of Blank Canvas, Go Media Zine would like to get some reader feedback on stock photography. Do you use it? What’s your favorite site? Do you sell your own stock photography? For the most part, when stock…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design
Hot Topic T-Shirt Wall Game: Name That Designer!
I thought this would be a fun game. I’m sure you’ve been into Hot Topic and looked up at the t-shirt wall for inspiration on designing tees. You might even have the pleasure of seeing one of your OWN designs…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, apparel
Inspiration: Designers Who Started Their Own Clothing Line
As I’m writing the “Designers Guide to the Apparel Industry” eBook that I plan to release soon, I started to take notice of WHO are the role models that inspired this book. Essentially, who are the designers who started freelancing…
- Categorized: Inspiration
- Tagged: Graphic Design, apparel
Go Media’s Flickr Pool Showcase – October 2010
Hello there! Simon H. here. It’s about time to have the next installment on the post series we started last month. Here’s more beautiful art, hand picked from the Go Media Flickr pool. Just a reminder: if you want your…
- Categorized: Inspiration
- Tagged: 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: illustration, Graphic Design, apparel, business insights
Design a Sleek Website Interface in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to create a sleek & clean portfolio/blog Website interface design inside Adobe Photoshop. As we go through, we will deal with selections, layer styles, some basic typography, and so on…We’ll also use…
- Categorized: Web Design, Tutorials
- Tagged: web design, Graphic Design, Photoshop
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…
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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: Graphic Design, Photoshop
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: Adobe Illustrator, logo design, Graphic Design, Photoshop
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,…
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- Tagged: Graphic Design
The Brads: Interface Design
“The Brads” is a webcomic by Brad Colbow for designers, web developers and techies. See more here.
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- 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
Inspiration Sea
Inspiration Sea is a worldwide community spreading inspiration through art. It allows designers of all kinds (graphic designers, illustrators, web designers, photographers, etc.) to showcase their best work. Users can sign up for a free account to gain access to…
- Categorized: News
- Tagged: illustration, Graphic Design
Tutorial: Death Metal Logo
I have been creating extreme metal logos for over 4 years now for many bands all over the world. Being an extreme metal fan and a logo designer, it was only natural for me to start creating logos for the…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: logo design, Graphic Design
Color Management: Calibration and Profiling
Introduction Welcome to the second post in our color management series. Be sure to check out Part One if you haven’t already done so. Today we’re going to talk about the importance of calibrating and profiling your input & output…
- Categorized: Tutorials
- Tagged: Graphic Design, Adobe, Photoshop
Adobe Creative Suite 5
It’s that time of the, um 18-month release cycle again. Time for a new version of Adobe’s Creative Suite. This time up: version 5. For this initial overview, I’m just going to talk about the new stuff in Photoshop and…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator
Color Management in Adobe Photoshop
This is the first part of a comprehensive detailed series of posts guiding you through the image editing process step by step from profiling your display and managing your color space and settings, to profiling your printer and preparing your work for print out, to saving and distributing your work on the web.
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, Adobe, Photoshop
Weapons of Mass Creation Interview: Geoff May
Welcome to the second installation of the Weapons of Mass Creation video interview series. Not sure what this is all about? Read the kick-off article to get caught up! Our first interview was with Richard Minino, otherwise known as HORSEBITES.…
- Categorized: Graphic Design
- Tagged: Graphic Design, cleveland, illustration, apparel
User Showcase Highlight Round 14
Since the last User Showcase Highlight post the Go Media User Showcase Pool has ballooned from 1142 images to 4,672! Our members are up to a healthy 1181 and growing. After browsing through dozens of pages of great submissions, two…
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- Tagged: Graphic Design