How to Use the Best Mockup Templates for Graphic Designers Here at Go Media’s Arsenal, we have been creating and curating design resources since 2006, when we first began releasing our collection […]
How to Use Mockup Template Packs featuring Smart Objects & Displacement Maps
Smart-Object Enabled Mockup Template Packs! Congratulations on purchasing your brand new mockup template pack! If the pack is smart-object enabled or features a displacement map, this post is for you.
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 […]
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 […]
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?” […]
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 […]
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. […]
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? […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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?
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 […]
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?
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 […]
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!
Design Tip of the Week: Saving Out Multiple Artboards in AI (Minus the Hassle) | + 27 Vector Freebies
Dreading saving all of your artboards out as individual files upon project completion? We’re here to help.
Design Tip of the Week: Use Simple Animation to Make a Jib-Jab Style Video of You and Your Bestie
My niece and nephew are obsessed with Jib Jab! They spend hours creating silly videos with our family playing the role of ice skating stars, hula dancers and Justin Bieber.
Create a Paint Splash Effect on your Boss’s Face in 4 Steps using this Free Paint Splash Effect Photoshop Action
Today we’re creating this sweet paint splash effect using our Paint Splatters Vector Pack, recently released here on our Arsenal. Here’s what you’ll need for today’s tutorial: Photoshop Download: Paint Splash […]
How to Fully Customize Your Camo Texture Pack for Exceptional Results
Hi, I’m James Field, a freelance designer specializing in graphics for sports-fashion apparel. I have created a Trend Camos Texture Pack based on recent research into upcoming and current design
trends and increasing requests from clients.
Read these 12 Quotes on Creating the Authentic Work You Were Born to Do
Quotes on Authenticity, Creativity, and Kicking Ass… Sometimes we all need that extra boost to inspire our work. Here are some of our favorite quotes on art, creativity, and authenticity. May […]