[TABLE="class: tborder vbseo_like_postbit, width: 100%, align: center"] [TR] [TD="class: alt1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Hi for the last couple of months I have been learning to create websites i've become prety flument in HTML/css/javascript(jQuery)/PHP/MySql i can create working websites but i suck when it comes to designing them. What shoould I do to better become a designer? From what i've read designing a website starts in photoshop or ilustrator witch one should i start using for designing my websites(i know a bit of photoshop but not mutch)? If there are any books or websites that can help me with this pls refer me to them(i' not interested in books that teach me html css and javascript i already know them prety well i need something that helps me create the design before I start writing any code , something that teaches me the principles of web designs mixing color , layouts everything that is related to design)? [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [/TABLE]
In my opinion, designing and coding are two completely different areas. Design requires some talent and not all the expert coders can create great designs. If I were you, I would continue mastering coding stuff and partner with a designer to do the designing job. But if you really want to learn design as well, here is a list of websites that talk about design: http://designrfix.com/ http://thewebdesignblog.co.uk/ http://1stwebdesigner.com/ http://smashingmagazine.com/ http://designreviver.com/ http://www.catswhocode.com/ http://www.noupe.com/ http://sixrevisions.com/ http://abduzeedo.com/ http://net.tutsplus.com/ http://css-tricks.com/ http://designfestival.com/ http://www.webmonkey.com http://www.splashnology.com/ http://webdesignerwall.com/ http://www.hongkiat.com http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/popular-promising-web-design-blogs/ Code (markup):
I don't need to master designing I am thinking of trying to concentrate on coding but I do what to be able to create atleast apealing sites if not extremly cool looking.
Ademmeda has given some great resources to get you started but he is absolutely correct in saying no everyone is capable of being a great designer. Your best bet if you don't have much in the way of artistic talent is to just stick to current design trends and use tutorials on how to create those results, if you ever want to create a really top site though you'll probably need to team up with a great designer. With regards to designing in Photoshop, this is slowly becoming less common since responsive layouts are catching on and you can't quite capture the fluidity of the layout in Photoshop. At the end of the day though use whatever method suits you to create a great site, no one will know how you designed it, just what the end product is like.
Hi, If you are really interested on designing and beginner or in learning phase, then would be better to visit learning based websites for designing. I can share lots of website, but would be better to you that you should search and select the appropriate website.
If you became pretty good at writing code in a few months, you're left-brained. Design requires someone who's right-brained. You're like a person who's 4'8" tall asking how to become a pro basketball player, or a sumo wrestler asking how to become a winning jockey. There are plenty of designers who would love to be able to write a decent site in just a few months. Sure, they can sketch a dollar bill so well that you'd have to be a Secret Service agent to detect that it's a fake, but they can't code their way out of a wet tissue. If you stick to what you're "designed" for, you'll do well. If you try doing something you're designed to not be able to do, you probably won't be too good at it. (I can code almost anything, and in many programming languages. But I work with a designer who could earn a living as an artist - and can't understand how computers can "understand" code.)
There are people who are artists that make great web designers. They're creative and if you want to create a unique website, creativity is the key. Then there are those who are good at coding/programming and understand complexities and problem solving. Two different worlds. In my experience, I would rather have an expert programmer, and an expert designer, 2 different people, rather than someone who is mediocre in both. Just my two cents.
Coding requires logic and designing requires artistic skills and imagination. Both of them are different things. A designer must possess power of imagination and must know how to arrange various elements on the website to make it attractive and user friendly. If you are keen to learn about website designing then you can start with making simple website designs using Dreamweaver.
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Hi Aleczandru, Looks like, you want to find some design inspiration for your job. There are plenty of resources on web. You can check out designers' portfolios (e.g codeclouds[dot]com/portfolio/) to get inspiration and try to recrete those in Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. View samples of deviantart[dot]com or read articles of smashingmagazine[dot]com . Hope these will help you. Thanks, Jason
Design is not about knowledge man, it comes with the human.. it's kinda gift So if you're bad at it (like me), then just hire someone to do it for u
You can do a lot of cool stuff with the new css, but as everyone above has said, these are two completely different areas. Have you tried looking at other websites coding, and taken the site to pieces looking at all the little pieces of graphics they use? It might be an idea to download some cool templates, then look at the files used in the site, and see if you can replicate them. At the same time you will be learning, and mybe then you can design graphics of your own. In my opinion though, stick to the coding and outsource the rest. If you are good enough at the coding, you will be good enough to make money from it, enabling you to afford to outsource. Don't try to do too much too soon.
Honestly, learn how to code really well, then once you have some OKAY design skills, at least you will be able to put your images, styles where you want. This will save you a lot of headaches with cross browser compatibility, etc.