Good Dog Creative

Day 39 of the Daily Design Challenge is a logo for some random words that I put together. Kind of a fun little exercise. Monkeygrass.

It’s been a hectic week and, just like I knew would happen, I’ve missed a couple of days for the daily design challenge but I’m getting back into it so here’s day 35.

“Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.” continue reading…

I’ve found that, as web professionals, it’s almost a requirement for us to collect domains and create pet projects so, what do we do when have these things that we can’t really use any longer but don’t want to just let the registrations expire? Make some quick cash, that’s what. continue reading…

Day 32 of the daily design challenge. “It is much easier to become a father than to be one.” ~Kent Nerburn continue reading…

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…

A play on Warhol’s “Marilyn Diptych” and his famous quote.
“In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” ~ Andy Warhol continue reading…

This is just a fun steampunkish/scifi photoshop project inspired by Dr. Grordborts Infallible Aether Oscillators and the “Creating a Stunning Old-World Look in Photoshop” tutorial from PSDtuts.

Augustus Bellywort’s Radically Reticulating Rayguns! continue reading…

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…