How did you gain your skills at web design?

I started off skinning a forum software called Invisionfree, which is basically IPB 1.3. Then I started some web-design, made some signatures, and then I started large pieces, then I started making websites more often, and became more involved in web-design, and my skills evolved like a monkey to a human.

i started out with sigs and got in web design and stuff, i guess as time goes by you start picking things up and getting better.

Talent+High aptitude for art/computers+time

I got into the whole web design scene when i used to play runescape. I had a bigish clan and we need a website. The first one i made was crap, but its now been like 8 months science then and i consider my self gd. And yer its all bout practise, but you need sum insperation and something behined the site i feel.

like most i started sigs in forums, and then my friend introduced me to making templates for money and i had no job at the time

this is such an open ended questions. practice is the only logical response.

Started 5 years ago with a front page template. Then I tweaked it a bit, then more. In months I was teaching myself to make a new header, then an entire layout. 5 years of working 10 hours a day on my sites and reading countless articles were the secret. And loving this, otherwise the work schedule would have killed me

Learned it all by simply trying around with Photoshop and drinking loads of Tea <:

To be honest, if you purchased the magic design beans, you could of just went ahead and planted those and grow yourself a talent tree. I don't recommend harvasting it more once a week though.

In all fairness, working hard at something will lend results sooner or later. Most of the time, later.

Originally Posted by Jason-X Where did you learn your skills from?

What skills?