Are there any free online courses that teach website and graphic development?

[Arkitech]

I've had a few good ideas for websites for over a year now but I have a difficult time in creating the graphics and the layout for the pages. Does anyone know if there are online guides or courses that teach you how to create the graphics and the webpage layouts?


Thanks

 

[nukefarmer]

phong.com has some tutorials on how to create some cool graphic effects.

 

[jjones]

my suggestion is to get photoshop if you don't already have it and learn to use it. there's probably thousands of tutorials on line but you can start here: tut's
also, ulead's photoimpact has some great button and other graphic wizards to make some of the simple graphics easily. you can d/l the demo or get a copy at your fav hangout.

for design and tips here's a cuple of sites that might help:
webmonkey
htmlgoodies

but i would suggest finding some site online that you like the layout of and just emulate them, changing color schemes and graphics to suit you desires. you might consider using dreamweaver for site design if you're not writing code yourself.

with time and experience, you'll be creating whatever you want.

 

[rippy]

Webmonkey is by far the best website design learning center I've found.