Coffee with a Sign Painter: A WMC Talk with Sean Starr of Starr Studios
An Interview with Sign Painter Extraordinaire Today, we’re proud to release a talk from our design conference, Weapons of Mass Creation Festival 7, which happened this past August 2016, in sunny Cleveland, Ohio.
Please Avoid Making These Mistakes We Often See on Design Resumes
Mistakes on Design Resumes – Hello job seekers! We’re back to talk about what it takes to get the dream design job you’re after. Last week, we discussed, “The Number One Item to Include in Best Graphic Design Cover Letter…
How to Make Your Own Handwritten Font (in 30 minutes or less)
How to Make Your Own Handwritten Font If you’ve ever been too intimidated to make a font, please stand up!
The Magic Element to Include in the Best Graphic Design Cover Letter Ever
How to Write the Best Graphic Design Cover Letter If you want the job at the best graphic design firm ever, you have to submit the best cover letter, resume and portfolio ever. (We’ll leave the bits about being a worthy…
Time Out: Bill Beachy on Overcoming Mistakes
Interviews with Graphic Designers: Bill Beachy We take a moment to ask Go Media President Bill Beachy about a mistake he’s made in his business and what it taught him in the long-run. Bill is the founder and President at Go Media…
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Download of the Day: The Birds Scatter Brush Freebie
The Birds Scatter Brush Free 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 sharing a birds…
Inspiration of the Day: 9/28/2016 – Kawaii Illustration and Character Design
Kawaii Illustration and Character Design Every Wednesday, we scour the web for the best in inspiration from designers killing it at their craft. Please enjoy this incredible art and join us on Pinterest, where we’re dedicated to collecting our own…
Download of the Day: Abstract Grunge Vector Box Freebie
Abstract Grunge Vector Box Freebie Join us every Thursday, when your friends here at the Arsenal share insights, tips, freebies or other fun to brighten your work day. Today we’re sharing some hand drawn, abstract grunge vector box freebies for downloading and…
Design Tip of the Day: Let’s Do the Text Warp Again with Envelope Distortion
How to Warp Text in Adobe Illustrator: Our Design Tip of the Day shows us how to use envelope distortion to warp text in pretty simple yet wicked ways. Shall we get started?
Download of the Day: Hand Drawn Japanese Wave Pattern
Japanese Wave Pattern Vector Free 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 sharing a hand drawn…
58 Social Media Hashtags for Graphic Designers (to Start Using Today)
Hey Designers, are you making the most of hashtags on social media? If not, you can easily throw a tasteful number after each post and get some more eyes on your work. Let’s look at some hashtags that will give you…
Design Tip of the Day: How to Organize Your Design Files
How to Organize Your Design Files Design file names and folder structure are a key ingredient to your success as a graphic designer.
Download of the Day: Star Vector Pack
Free Star Vector Pack 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 sharing some gold star elements we created…
Design Tip of the Day: Using Textures to Distress Vector Elements
Today, we’ll be using Adobe Illustrator to add some gritty, grungy textures to an Arsenal vector to take it from great to greater. Ready?
From the Web: Beverage Packaging Design Inspiration
9/7/2016: Beverage Packaging Design Inspiration Every Wednesday, we’d like to scour the web for the best in inspiration from designers killing it at their craft. Please enjoy this incredible art and join us on Pinterest, where we’re dedicated to collecting…
Not Getting Noticed? Narrow Your Focus.
Narrow Your Focus for More Success As entrepreneurs, we often have lofty goals. We want to be all, do all, achieve all. However, when we concentrate on fulfilling everyone’s needs, instead of becoming experts at our craft, we need to take…
Design Tip of the Day: Creating a Simple Abstract Background in PS & Freebies
Create an Abstract Background in PS in Five Steps Today, we’ll be creating an abstract background texture using Photoshop. Let’s start by opening PS and creating a new document, sized 4235 x 2927.
WMC Fest Talk – Oliver Barrett’s Dirty Work
In today’s Weapons of Mass Creation Fest talk, we hear from Cleveland Art Director, Illustrator and Designer Oliver Barrett.
Design Tip of the Week: Mixing Vectors & Textures to Achieve an Eerie Background
Our Design Tip of the Week combines two Arsenal product categories coming together for one hauntingly beautiful purpose. Today, we’re experimenting with Go Media vectors and textures. Are you ready?
Download of the Day: Vintage Sunburst Vectors
Download of the Day: Vintage Sunburst Vectors 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 sharing…
Download of the Day: Free Hand Drawn Laurel Vectors
Download of the Day: Free Hand Drawn Laurel Vectors 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.
WMC Fest Talk: Michael Cavotta’s F#@% your Function / Fuel Your Fire
In today’s Weapons of Mass Creation Fest talk, enjoy a candid conversation with headshot photographer and personal branding strategist Michael Cavotta, who shares the secret to unleashing your inner exceptionalist and getting face-to-face with your best self. Michael Cavotta is an…
Design Tip of the Week: Make a Hand Drawn Pattern Brush
Join us each and every week here at the Arsenal blog, where we we’ll be sharing a design shortcut or mini-tutorial to make your life a little easier (and design a lot more fun).
WMC Fest Talk: Lenny Terenzi of Hey Monkey! Design
Our next Weapons of Mass Creation Fest talk comes to us from Lenny Terenzi, long time friend of WMC Fest.
Design Tip of the Week: Changing Layer Opacity in an Instant
Today’s design tip will only take a minute or two out of your day. We’re going to show you how to quickly change layer opacity. Let’s go!
