Don’t Quit Your Day Job – Advice for Young Creatives on Making Ends Meet
In this article, we’re going to tell you, in no uncertain terms, “DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB!”, but we promise not to be cynical about it. We offer this advice because we understand that, for a lot of creative professionals,…
Save the Date: WMC8 is happening August 18 – 20th at Mahall’s in Lakewood, OH
We’re happy to announce WMC 8 will be taking place August 18-20 at Mahall’s in Lakewood, Ohio, just outside of Cleveland. Be sure to check our site for regular updates and more info. Get ready to party. Visit Official Site…
Patch inspiration that will get your creative juices flowing
We’re sharing indie patch inspiration Who else is obsessed with patches? Here are some we fancy. We hope they get your creative juices flowing. You never know…you might be the next Michael Jackson of patch design. But remember that these…
You’re Invited to our Creativity at Work! Open House
Join Cleveland’s coolest creatives for a night of fun, frivolity, and fundraising. Get an inside look at the Go Media office, rub elbows with the creative class, shop for amazing artwork, drink, eat, listen to music and help support the…
Design Tip of the Day: DIY Watercolor Washes + Freebie
In today’s Design Tip of the Day, we’re creating DIY Watercolor Washes using a fun and easy method that results in completely one of a kind, abstract elements like some of the ones we just released in our Watercolors 3…
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In Defense of the Dreaded Cold Call, Part 2: Get On The Horn
The Eccentric’s Guide to Cold Calling in 5 Simple Steps…. Last month we discussed the oft forgotten virtues of peddling your wares door to door, a daunting enough task to be sure. In this installment we’ll explore the redheaded stepchild…
Design Tip of the Day: Creating your own Coloring Book in Photoshop
How to Create a Coloring Book in Photoshop > It’s time for the holidays! That means lots of relaxation time, including time spent curled up by the fire. If you’re like me, it’s hard to keep still when all you…
Download of the Day: Snowflake Brush Freebie
Free Snowflake Brush Freebie Join us every Thursday, when your friends here at the Arsenal take over the Go Media blog to share insights, tips, freebies or other fun to brighten your work day.
In Defense of the Dreaded Cold Call, Part 1: Going Door to Door
Peddling Your Design Services the old fashioned way in 6 simple steps… There are a million different ways to market your design services nowadays, and countless tools to connect with potential clients. Thanks to the advent of technology, the conquest of…
Download of the Day: Free Snowy Overlay
Snow Overlay Freebie Join us every Thursday, when your friends here at the Arsenal take over the Go Media blog to share insights, tips, freebies or other fun to brighten your work day. Today we’re releasing snowy overlay to make your…
PS Basics: Pimp out your Hang in There Cat Poster with our Crumpled Paper Textures
How to Use Paper Textures in Photoshop > What’s better than the old “Hang in there” cat poster? Not much in my book. But today, we’re going to add a little more character to one, just for kicks, using our…
WMC Fest 7 Talk: Wilson Revehl – Go Media’s Best Worst Year Ever
In today’s Weapons of Mass Creation talk, Co-Founder, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Go Media, Wilson Revehl is up to bat. After leading Cleveland’s Go Media through its best worst year ever, Wilson Revehl packed up and took…
What Makes a Great Poster?
Great Poster Design Tips: Recently, we received an email from a Go Media friend asking a simple, yet incredibly complicated question: “What are the qualities of a good poster design?” And while we’ve done many a blog post about posters…
PS Tutorial: Create a text portrait poster based on your favorite book (Free mockup included)
Let’s Create a Text Portrait Poster! In today’s tutorial, we are going to be creating a text photo poster created by combining the image of our choice with related text. I’ll create mine based on my favorite book of all time, The…
WMC7 Talk: Aaron Sechrist – The OKPants Code of Ethics
How to Become the Best Graphic Designer Ever >> In today’s Weapons of Mass Creation talk, Cleveland design legend and WMC Fest emcee Aaron Sechrist’s topic is, “How to Become the Greatest Graphic Artist that Ever Lived…Like Ever). And believe…
WMC Fest 7 Talk: Jay Wallace – The Stake is High
In today’s Weapons of Mass Creation Fest talk, we are treated to some quality time with Joshua “Jay” Wallace, illustrator and graphic designer for the Columbus Crew Soccer Club.
PS Tutorial: Create a Dirty Text Effect Using Photoshop
In today’s tutorial, we are using a stock image of soil to create this sweet text effect in Photoshop. Ready? Let’s go!
Podcast: How to Survive Creative Burnout with Jason Carne & Lenny Terenzi
On today’s podcast, Heather sits down with designers Jason Carne and Lenny Terenzi to talk about what happens when your passion for art and design is dampened by a stretch of creative burnout.
WMC Fest 7 Talk: Jeral Tidwell
In today’s Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 7 talk release, Jeral Tidwell talks Copyright, Analog Art, and Thinking Like a Badass.
Advice: How to Get Paid, Dealing with Bad Clients
From time to time, Go Media faithful write and ask us for advice. They want to which printer we recommend, how to bill appropriately, or how to work that pesky Wacom. When we recently got questioned about a bad client,…
Design Tip of the Week: Make Your Ex Disappear from a Photo in a Minute
In today’s design tip of the week, we’re going to play with making our exes disappear, as inspired by my viewing of External Sunshine of the Spotless Mind this past weekend. (Thank you Netflix!) You’ll need: – Photo of you and…
Playful and Free Halloween Fonts
Download these Free Halloween Fonts: Happy Halloween Arsenal Army! We’ve pulled together a few free fonts we figured would get you in the mood for one of our favorite holidays ever!
The Upside Down of Frustration: A WMC Talk with Jillian Adel
A WMC Talk by Jillian Adel Today, we’re proud to release another talk from our design conference, Weapons of Mass Creation Festival 7, which happened this past August 2016, in sunny Cleveland, Ohio. This talk features Jillian Adel. Jillian is an…
How to Have the Best Graphic Design Portfolio on the Block: 3 Tips
Graphic Design Portfolio Tips by Go Media – Hello Go Media Faithful! Hunting for your dream job? The last two weeks we’ve been discussing the resources you need to submit in order to gain the attention of your dream design firm.…
Design Tip of the Day: Creating Super Quick Color Palettes
How to Create Color Palettes for your Brand: Ever admire a brand that seems to have it’s color scheme on lock down, but feel helpless in regards to where to start? Ever get stuck in the middle of a design project…
