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Free Road Sign Social Icon Pack

February 12, 2010 by Eric | 1 Comment »

It’s my birthday and to celebrate I thought I’d give a gift to the readers of Good Dog Creative. Here’s a pack of road sign icons that you can use to direct your site’s visitors to your social networking profiles. The pack includes the illustrator file along with separate PNGs of each individual icon. continue reading…

Doggie Do 365: day 29

January 29, 2010 by Eric | No Comments »

An abstract space scene desktop wallpaper with the Good Dog Creative paw. You can view and download the full size wallpaper by clicking on the image.

To create this image I used techniques that learned from the “Create a Fantastic Abstract Fan Poster” tutorial on Tutorial9. continue reading…

Doggie Do 365: day 25

January 25, 2010 by Eric | No Comments »

For day 25 of the daily design challenge I thought I’d give Gooddogcreative.com it’s own persona. “Personas are easy-to-use themes that let you personalize the look of your Firefox.”

This persona has been added to the persona gallery so now everyone can have a Good Dog Creative themed Firefox.

Doggie Do 365: Day 21

January 21, 2010 by Eric | No Comments »

A desktop featuring a line from the Elton John song “Rocket Man”. I use parts of the Stereoscopic Image tutorial from PSDtuts to guide me on this one.

If anyone would like to use this desktop in any way please feel free.

5 Free Playful Alternatives to Comic Sans

January 20, 2010 by Eric | No Comments »

The widespread hatred for the Comic Sans font throughout the design community is well known. While that particular font is avoided as if it carries the black plague, sometimes a playful comic style font is still useful. Here I’ve gathered 5 well designed and playful alternatives to Comic Sans that are free for personal and non-commercial use with simple, cheap and even noble licensing options. continue reading…

Doggie Do 365: Day 19

January 19, 2010 by Eric | No Comments »

After a long weekend and an extra day off I’m back and picking things up with day 19 of the daily design challenge. This is a dual monitor wallpaper featuring some pipes and gears on a dark textured background. Please feel free to take and use this however you wish.

Doggie Do: Create Something (Day 6)

January 06, 2010 by Eric | 2 Comments »

Daily Daily Design Challenge, day 6.
“Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.”

Doggie Do: Create Something (day 4)

January 04, 2010 by Eric | No Comments »

Day 4 of the Daily Design Challenge. An abstract space scene created from just brainstorming and playing around in photoshop. It’s 1920px by 1200px and would be suitable as a wallpaper if anyone would like to use it. continue reading…

Design Every Day (or as often as possible)

January 02, 2010 by Eric | 1 Comment »

Recently there was an article on Smashing Magazine titled “Design Something Every Day” that asks us to do just what the title says. This isn’t a new idea. People have been doing this for a while and Smashing Magazine gives a good list of those people in their article. What is new is doing it myself. So, starting in January there will be an attempt to create and post something new every day. continue reading…

10 Creative Dual Screen Desktops from DeviantArt

November 27, 2009 by Eric | No Comments »

Since I’ve started using a dual monitor setup I’ve been intrigued and inspired by dual screen desktops and wallpapers. I enjoy creating these wallpapers and I like to find new and interesting wallpapers created by others. One of my favorite places to look for inspiration in creating my own desktops and for unique, free desktops to download and use is deviantART. Here are my 10 favorite. continue reading…

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