Hello,

 

I'm new to the forum. I'm pretty interested into web designing and it simply amazes me every time I see beautiful web 2.0 templates around the web (or some online css galleries). And, I'm also pretty young (15 at the moment, turning 16 pretty soon!). And, I am "somewhat" familiar with photoshop (b/c I used to practice designing but gave up...mainly due to lack of good results from those "self-training-sessions"). I really want to start all over and learn it "professionally". I'm ready to dedicate some time and practice a lot. I want to be eventually be able to design stuff you see on www.cssremix.com or those catchy WP themes on http://wpcandy.com/sites.

 

So, can you guys please recommend any good websites (tuts), training lessons ie.: CD's, online videos,etc ("quality-lessons" instead of those old web-site-design crap). I would prefer it to be free but won't mind paying it. And something that may also help me familiarize with Photoshop CS2 (I don't think my computer will be able to sustain if I try running PS CS3....=]). Hah!

 

**UPDATE**

Hm. It'll also be helpful if you guys can post some websites where I can get some quality icons, stock photos (including vector), Photoshop Brushes etc etc etc. Thanks!!

 

Thank you so much in advance...and sorry for my poor english!!

this question has been asked a lot i suppose... I don't think age matters.

 

take a look at htmldog.com its great for absolute beginners.

 

Resources can be found on places like deviantArt and iStockPhotos

I agree - html dog taught me a lot. Also, I found this one really helpful http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/how-to...-a-web-site.cfm.

I have only just started to and have a whole loads of different sites I used to learn css if you're interested.

 

You've got a head start on me; photoshop mystifies me, but you can get the trial version for 30 days to play with.

 

All the best!