Good Dog Creative

We all had to start from somewhere and for some of us that somewhere was a completely blank slate. For a host of reasons many people deciding to make web design their career don’t go to school for that particular field of study. In my case, I was a visual art major and spent my college life in classical art classes such as painting and drawing. After school I found myself in my first job as a graphic designer which, through a few employment changes and some dumb luck, ended up in a web design position. Luckily for me and for others like me, there is a plethora of online learning resources for those wanting to start out in web design and front-end development.

Here are some of the best places on the web for newcomers that I used to learn the basic skills I would need to succeed as a web designer. continue reading…

Here is a very quick and very easy little tutorial to help photoshop beginners create a semi-realistic, simple button and/or light. continue reading…

Twitter is a treasure trove of information for web designers and developers, not to mention it’s a good place to connect with like-minded and interesting people. I’m on Twitter quite often and I read and click on A LOT of tweets throughout the week so I thought I would use this blog to post some of my favorite tweets. continue reading…

Are you suffering from designer’s block? Are you stuck in a rut and producing the same types of designs over and over again? Why not take a lesson from a drawing class and loosen up your creativity with some “gesture” designing. continue reading…

Halloween is just around the corner. Your decorations are up, the pumpkins are carved and the candy is in the bowl so what did you miss? How about some free Halloween wallpapers, resources and tutorials! continue reading…

Some may think that things like spam, Twitter and Facebook have ruined the ability for email marketing to be a viable option in communicating with customers but the practice of marketing through email is still as strong as ever. continue reading…