Please excuse the title, Wings can be one of the hardest things to draw other than the human figure, well Go Media have been very busy and only yesterday released one part of set 14, these had to be hand drawn wing vectors as usual they also have a free sample
The Wing Vectors
You can take one look at this set and say “Awesome” because Go media have really out done themselves with this one, I can only imagine how many hours it has taken to perfect each and every feather ( there’s also some bat wings in there i notice! ). The pack costs only $9 / £6 and for the time it will save you and the quality that they are compared to many other vector products. These really are for professional looks, its crazy
I was looking at their other vector wing sets and these simply blow them away in the detail and craftsman ship, I’m guessing these will be mainly used by the avid tee-shirt and apparel designer, and rightly so because they will definitely take a design to a new level.
Go Media
In my eyes Go media is one of the friendliest companies on the web that I know of (or at least in the design sector), they serve up free vectors from time to time to give you a taste of what they’ve been working hard on, They more often than not reply to your comments on their blog Go mediazine, they even tweet, these are all the signs of a great company doing everything right. Getting a response from a company can go along way especially when your treated like an individual. With blogs and social media platforms available to day this means companies can be one on one with its customers and like minded people.
They share their passion for design with tutorials, that are well received by the design community, they also blog about their experiences within business, now this can be very insightful for some one starting out in their own ventures and many will be able to relate to and learn from that, making Go media a great asset.
What I did with my Go media wings
I got my set of wings and was immediately excited to see 14 different types of wings, Angel, bat, eagle etc one for every occasion. I’m not an apparel designer so my brain got thinking because I knew I wanted to do a post about them but also wanted to create something with them as well (it had been snowing all day so there wasn’t much else to do!) so I came up with this…
Guardian of Design Shard
Using one of the angel type wings from Go media I also grabbed a picture of a knight, an ancient door and a little bit of creativity.
What do you think about it, it was quite rushed and completed in about 2 hours, the light source might be a little off but I think it turned out quite well,
The styling of the wings was already really slick so I wanted to carry this type of vector styling through the image so I made some swirls with the same thick border to act as appendages coming from the wings and wrapping around the knight, as if it is alive!
Source Files
The ancient door was found on Flickr by using the Creative Commons search and the knight was found on sxc free stock site, the wings are from Go medias hand drawn collection
Your Thoughts
So what do you think of Go Media? Have you used any of their vectors in you designs? If you have feel free to post links and share your comments below… what do you think of my creation, be nice!
Author of this post: Max Stanworth
Iam the creator and editor of Design Shard, I created this blog to post my inspirations, work and free resources that I hope others find interesting too. See all posts by: Max Stanworth
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I love the ideas and design on this website. Those drawings are so amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Really useful thank you.
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Thanks, they’re great!
Glad I stumbled upon this info. I will book mark it for sure!
I appreciate the fact that you admit using Go Media. Some folks make it the focal point of a piece and take total credit. Your design complimented the wings integrity. As far as rushed, is any piece ever really done?
I concur with your overview of Go Media as a company. Real people that really design and then really grind. Good Show!
Значит всё-таки отреагировали… Не быстро :)
I really like Your outcome- creative!
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These are quite amazing! GoMedia has done it again. I’ve only ever used their freebies, but these are tempting me (as have many others) to buy ‘em.
Respect!
Great tut Max!
Go Media has some real nice work and I’ve used some of there designs before.
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Nice Max. your work reminds me of an Online Game=)cool
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@Gaya – im not sure lol, must just be on a stand!
@Grungybit – Thaks, yea there great, some of the best ive seen from Gomedia anyway.
@Patrick – Ha, Thanks
@Anthony – Thanks man.
Wow! Great stuff man! Really like it.
Great design! 2 hours? jeebus, that’s some skillz. :)
Those wings just rock!
And you put them into good use. Liking the result…
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Love the wings pack!
I think I might know a place to fit those in =)
Btw: Why is the shield attached to his arm? Must be the time eh?
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@Pliggs – i wish i had more time haha, thanks for the kind comment.
@Jeff – No problem, my pleasure, im sure those wings will be getting used in a few designs.
@insic – Yeah hes the guradian haha, not sure he does much though, thanks for the comment.
Guardian of design shard huh. Very nice!
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Awesome Max! The design looks pretty cool for being only 2 hours. The additions of other illustrative elements makes the photo-illustration combo work better and more cohesively. It looks as if the wings were meant to be there, which is always the trick when using stock art. Sometimes when used it looks like it was just stamped in there, but you did an excellent job of integrating it.
And thanks for the the really nice write up about us, I am a bit flattered by that, and it’s really appreciated. I also followed you on twitter with my personal account – which I use much more than the Go Media twitter profile.
My personal twitter account:
http://www.twitter.com/jeff_finley
Thanks again Max, and if anyone has any questions about it, feel free to ask me!
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If that was rushed I would love to see what you could do with more time.
Looks great.
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