Posted by David Segall on 02/28/06 14:22

"deaducky8" <deaducky8@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Hullo to everyone out there. I'm still young but when I get older I want to
>have web design as a career.. The reason of this post is to get some
>opinions of whether I should start thinking of a new line of work or pursue
>my dreams.
>I've made a few websites (they're not very good) using some of my
>knowledge of HTML and CSS and I'd like it if people would look at them and
>tell me what they think. Just go to: www.freewebs.com/the_three_sisters/ or
>www.freewebs.com/jessiduckysgrafix/ and reply what you think. Should I stuff
>my nose in more books?
The web sites you have designed show your talent for learning about
the things that you can do on a web site. Of course, you should keep
learning about that. I think the web is probably a better place to do
your reading than more books. At the same time you should learn about
the design part of web design. Your sites are a good expression of you
but have a go at designing a site for someone who wants to look
"serious". Once again, I suggest looking at various sites on the web
to see how the designers achieve (or fail to achieve) the impression
they want to give. When you do, please avoid the standard irrelevant
picture of a group of people somberly looking at a notebook computer!

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