Discussion: Design year in review
The past year has been a fantastic close to a decade filled with great design advancements in all media, but especially on the web. New artists, new firms, new techniques,... Read More →
Interview with Illustrator Godmachine
GoMediazine: Let's start with the usual questions: tell us about yourself, what Godmachine is all about and where you're from. Godmachine: I am from Wales in the UK and have... Read More →
Help us decide: What Templates are next?
Hey readers, you probably know by now that Go Media makes really cool t-shirt templates. We often get emailed suggestions for new mockup templates like pullover hoodies, jeans, cd packaging,... Read More →
Weapons of Mass Creation Video Interview: Horsebites
Welcome to the first 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... Read More →
ForeverSave: Versioned File Backup for Mac
Although it rarely happens to me, I see tons of Twitter friends posting about their Adobe software crashing while working on a file. InDesign has a pretty robust temporary file... Read More →
Interview Series: Weapons of Mass Creation
This past September, fourteen fantastic designers, animators, web developers, strategists and illustrators visited Go Media's studio to be part of the Weapons of Mass Creation art campaign. It was exciting... Read More →
How to Create Fanatics as a T-Shirt Designer
How To Create Fanatics as a T-Shirt Designer Quick...think of the top 3 most popular t-shirt designers that you know of. You probably came up with names like Geoff May,... Read More →
Juggling Design, Programming, Bands, and Life. Dave Garwacke tells all.
Dave is a guy that has always impressed me. He manages to run a site that produces all its own video and audio content, play in 5 different bands, do... Read More →
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,... Read More →
Freelancers, what’s your largest business expense?
It's nearing the end of the year. Americans are out hunting turkeys and folks around the world are pinching pennies in preparation for the winter holiday season. So, I'm curious:... Read More →
Foil Stamping: A Finishing Favorite
Foil stamping is always a fan favorite, due to the elegance and high visual impact that it can provide. Foil stamping (also called hot stamping, dry stamping, foil imprinting, or... Read More →
Back Up Your Mac
Hard drive failure. Not something creative people think about often. At least not until it's happened to you. I went from not even considering a "backup solution" to being (probably)... Read More →
Design a Vintage Poster, Part II
Welcome to part two of designing a vintage poster. If you missed part one, be sure to catch up! Last week's tutorial covered most of the heavy lifting: concept, color,... Read More →
Blank Canvas: How Do You Promote Yourself?
Self-promotion is a must for any self-employed or freelance graphic designer or illustrator. This installment of Blank Canvas asks our readers: how do you promote your services? Cold calls? Mailing... Read More →
Font Sleuth: Find Fonts Fast
Font Sleuth is an interesting new font browser application for Mac OS X. The first thing I noticed about this app—pretty darn fast. No font manager I have ever used... Read More →
Vectors Imitate Life with Gradient Mesh
A Picture Worth a Thousand Points: To start things off, we need a source image to serve as our template for this gradient mesh image. For this tutorial I’ll be... Read More →