It's hard for me, I cannot seem to learn photoshop. I know basic HTML, but thats about it.

Im always outsourcing, which is costing me a lot of money.

What sites have you created start to finish?

None hehehe

dont worry dude im horrible when it comes to design. im more with programming and setting up websites. while im at school i think i will take a web design class so i can offer web design for my up comming host company.

try this place, i learned how to make a few things from this place:

http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/

try out good-tutorials.com

lol i have, im just un learnable

There's a ton of site talking about learning photoshop out there..

i plan to buy fireworks soon as i heard photoshop is a resource hog. and also i dont have 700 bucks to throw on anything

Practice makes perfect. Choose a design you like and try to replicate it in Photoshop. You might be surprised how much you can do.

Maggot -

In my opinion (and many others) taking a class on design won't make you a designer. Design isn't like development where it deals in absolutes. I would suggest, for all you great developers out there, to find a great designer to partner with.

You can always trade services in place of cash. This will save you a lot of time and frustration.

um i work alone

if i work with other my performance drops by 70%

Great point. Some people believe that web designing can be learn over night and the next day produce a a professional website.

I've tried, and I've learned that I'm the type that just has to pay others to do it

I'm the same way. I could spend hours trying to make a little banner or graphic and it always turns out looking like a 3 year old did it lol.

You might try looking for designers at http://www.wahm.com under the WAHM Who Web Design. These are work at home moms who are looking for pages to design and many give you great rates!

Libby