Ask HN:How do you become a really good web designer?
alexkearns: The only way you are going to learn is by doing. Set yourself a challenge of creating a website design each week. Your first attempts might not be very good but, soon, you will start producing good work.It is also worth checking out design showcase sites for inspiration. www.webceme.com is my own personal favourite.One of the biggest issues I had when I started trying to design websites was getting the color scheme right. I would suggest, to begin with, checking out the color schemes on other sites. There are also a lot of tools for generating nice color schemes on the web. This article gives a good overview: http://whdb.com/2008/follow-the-rainbow-101-color-resources-...