Ok, here's my one rant for the year:
It seems there's a new crop of people out there calling themselves designers, which in itself is fine, we all have to start somewhere. Some of them even have talent.
However, just discovering the outer glow function on Photoshop does NOT make you a designer! If this is something you really want to do, it will take time and effort to develop your skills; do the reserarch - trawl through every design site on the web, mainstream and adult, check the tutorials on sites like
http://www.teamphotoshop.com
and practice!! Maybe even learn some techincal skills (gasp!)
Don't just knock up a couple of banners for beast sites and call yourself a designer. You're just making it harder for yourself in the long run.
Thankyou.
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