Graphic Design
Flipping Websites with Designer Henry Jones
GoMediaZine: Hello Henry, for those who aren’t familiar, can you tell us about yourself? Do you work alone, or with a team? Henry Jones: I am a web designer, developer, blogger, and an entrepreneur. I have been designing and developing…
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An Interview with Bill Beachy: Go Media President
After countless hours of looking at type, learning how type and image work together, filling up sketchbooks, learning how to code HTML and CSS and even sleeping in the art building, two soon to be “little fish” in the big…
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- Tagged: business insights, Graphic Design
Interview: Designer Paul Lee
GoMediaZine:Hi Paul, thanks a lot for being part of this interview! I’ve admired your work for awhile now, so it’s pretty great to be talking with you. You don’t have much biographical information on your portfolio site, so can you…
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Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop
Introduction Hello again! I was recently asked to do a flyer for a promotions company by the name of inFamous Productions; a very popular promotion movement in Western NY mainly stationed in Buffalo. My main objective was to create something…
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- Tagged: Photoshop, 3D, Adobe, Graphic Design
Blank Canvas: Adobe Or Not?
It goes without saying that Adobe is pretty much the industry leader in professional-level graphics software. But that isn’t to say that there aren’t plenty of other options out there. Go Media Zine wants to know: Adobe or not? If…
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- Tagged: Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe, Graphic Design
Design A Killer Fashion Model Poster
Introduction: This tutorial will show you how to make a killer Fashion Model Poster using basic Photoshop functions like Layer Styles, Vector Masks and Filters like Motion Blur. At a time when there’s more DOWNLOADING of source material than actually…
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- Tagged: Photoshop, Graphic Design
Designing for the Film Industry: Interview With Go Media’s Jeff Finley
Another great interview with Go Media’s Jeff Finley over at Colorburned. Jeff shares his process and insight regarding his goal to design for movies and the film industry. Lots of inspirational and motivational advice for any designer looking to do…
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Design Solution: Indie Coffeeshop Corporate ID
Design Solution: we give an imaginary project at the Go Media designers, and ask them to give us an overview of how they would approach the project. Not so much a tutorial on how to create the artwork, but rather…
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Living In A Die-Cut World
I spot die-cut Assuming you’re in the print or design community, I’m sure you can appreciate my hyper-awareness to the massive amounts of die-cut materials sprinkled throughout our every day lives. Scattered around my kitchen, I’m seeing cereal boxes, pizza…
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Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography
What you will learn In this tutorial, you’re going to learn how to create a vintage, retro-modernist poster in Photoshop. You’ll also learn some vintage coloring techniques, retro photo effects, and some cool 3d typographic effects. You’ll also need Adobe…
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- Tagged: Graphic Design, 3D, Photoshop, Illustrator
15 Over-The-Top Business Card Designs
Business cards are one of the elements of corporate design that should be pushed beyond just graphics, and converge with several processes to become what they should be: a memorable, collectible and impressive piece to be carried away everywhere. The…
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- Tagged: Graphic Design, branding
3D Typography in Photoshop
Introduction In this tutorial we are going to go over various techniques you may have seen before, as well as a bulk of techniques that may be new to you. After you have completed this intense walk though, I assure…
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- Tagged: Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Graphic Design
Go Media’s Jeff Finley: Interview at VectorTuts
Just a quick heads up to let our readers know about the extended interview by Sean Hodge with Go Media’s Jeff Finley over at VectorTuts. Jeff shares design, illustration as well as design industry insights, along with related thoughts on…
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- Tagged: illustration, Graphic Design, Illustrator
Print Indie: Logo Lounge 5
Last year I created a logo for silk screening company Print Indie into the annual Logo Lounge publication. I really didn’t think I had a snowballs chance in hell of getting in so you can imagine my surprise when I…
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- Tagged: Graphic Design, logo design
Photoshop vs. Illustrator: Part 1
Photoshop Vs. Illustrator in a no-holds-barred battle to the death! WARNING! This blog post contains foul language and dirty underhanded insults. The (harsh) opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of Go Media Inc. or Adobe Inc. Please…
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- Tagged: Graphic Design, Adobe Illustrator, logo design, Illustrator, Photoshop
Death To Creatives!!!
I am not a creative. You are not a creative. No one could ever or will ever be a creative. The word creative is not a noun. It is an adjective used to describe a noun. i.e. That is a…
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80’s Style Design Using Photoshop
The 80’s have always had an iconic impact on Pop Culture. I have been seeing a lot of 80’s inspired designs on the internet, but never found a tutorial. So, here’s a simple tutorial inspired by the 80’s. This is…
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- Tagged: Photoshop, Graphic Design
Thoughts on Design Integrity. Getting what you want from your client
You’ve just been given a project and the client has made a list of demands that will surely result in a total design failure. Your integrity as a good designer is on the line… …WHAT DO YOU DO? Manage the…
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Rule Seven: Composition: putting it all together.
Part Seven of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Ok Folks, This is it; part seven of seven. I’ve hopefully convinced you to limit your use of colors and fonts, taught you to provide sufficient contrast, suggested that…
- Categorized: Web Design, Tutorials
- Tagged: Graphic Design, web design, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop
Rule Six: Motion
Rule Six: Motion – Have movement through your design. Part Six of Seven Easy Principles to Becoming a Master Designer. Movement? Are we talking about a video here? How can I have “movement” in a static printed design? It’s not…
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12 Tips for Flawless Service & Happy Clients
12 tips for improving your e-mail correspondence with your design clients. Hey true believers! At Go Media we’ve started having in-house “classes.” Basically any designer from Go Media that has some good advice to pass along to the staff will…
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How to Design a Font: {Part 4} Finishing Touches
Well this is it – the final part in my series “How to Design a Font”! Be sure to catch up with the previous articles in the series: Part 1: Get inspired Part 2: Draw up a Storm! and Part…
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- Tagged: Graphic Design, Adobe Illustrator
How to Design a Font: {Part 3} Make it Digital!
The Grid Now that you have your font pretty well figured out it’s time to get into the computer. First things first, setting up Illustrator. I like to first turn on the grid. This is the easiest way to transfer…
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How To Design a Font: {Part2} Draw Up A Storm!
Terminology Before we get into the meat of this tutorial I want to give you a crash course in font terminology. I know it’s not exactly the most exciting thing but I seriously think it’s good for you to know…
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- Tagged: Graphic Design