Confessions of a Web Designer: Interest helps you find more good teachers

Ladies and gentlemen, hello. I am Guo Buntao.

Faced with many web design beginners, encountered a variety of problems, various puzzles. I would like to say that if the interest dictates, then do not give up lightly.

I remember the year when I first went to college is 06, that is, in this year, I officially with web design.

To be fascinated by web design is an accident, an opportunity, or a fate.

University before the summer vacation, at home watching TV, clearly remember, that is the news meeting Living Room program, the interviewees are four of millions of internet wealth upstart, the average age of 25 years.

After listening to their story, I was suddenly attracted by the charm of the Internet, the development of the Internet can not be separated from the site, if there are no tens of thousands of sites, there will be no Baidu. All four of their careers are closely related to the site.

At first, I thought the website was amazing, and I had a lot of temptation. Through the website, you can let people around the country, see you, know you, even they will take the initiative to meet you. So I intend to start from the learning site, we must learn it.

There is always a gap between ideals and reality, it is easy to say and difficult to do. Those who have had this experience must feel empathy.

From the beginning of contact with my first website online, I spent more than 2 years of time.

The conclusion is: Self-Study too hard, self-study success that is genius, after all, like Bill Gates such a few people.

After the university, I sent the high school, did not come and read the computer textbooks, again learned. By learning, I can use HTML to make the simplest page.

At that time, the university Internet is very cheap, 1 hours 5 cents, usually Saturday Sunday, I generally spent in the campus room.

At that time the computer room did not install Dreamweaver software, and each computer is equipped with a restore system, each time to install, very troublesome.

At this time, I met the first person in the university-teacher Wang, the campus room. Later, he turned off the Restoration Genie of the computer I used to use. So you don't have to install the software every time.

Later, I became the manager of the computer room, so I learn the Web page is more convenient. Sophomore time, I bought my own computer, left, night with so many computers sleep together, too hurt the body.

To learn to do the site, just master the basic HTML, is far from enough.

Then, I started in the school library to borrow books related to the Web page, as long as I look at the relevant web pages, such as ASP, PHP, JSP, Access database, Web Page musketeers, PS and so on. Graduation time, statistics, such books borrowed more than 200 copies.

After so many books, or did not have a clue, in the end should learn Which? Once depressed, even want to give up.

Then I search through the Internet to learn how to study the Web page, where to learn from.

That's what makes me understand that when you learn a Web page, you start with idea, and you make it into a sketch. And then the sketch through Photoshop software, make the page effect diagram.

With the effect of the map you know, the site is made after what kind of. All of a sudden the idea is clear, learn to have a goal. This is the same as we now decorate the house, before construction, decoration company first out an indoor effect chart. Customers are satisfied with the results, they can be constructed.

To do an effect map, you must be Photoshop, this time I know the university's second noble-the owner of the West restaurant, the boss of the university is also a graphic design professional, their shop posters, promotional pages are their own design, followed him to learn, soon my PS on the introduction.

It's hard not to, it's not difficult. Slowly realized that the PS software is actually very studious.

Learning PS is divided into two stages, one is the operating stage, is the skilled use of software tools, this phase of learning through online video, you can learn. For example, you want to do a flame word, search, the tutorial is very detailed to follow it.

One is the creative phase, give you a theme, with PS design a beautiful page. This requires you to have idea, but also the ability to organize the language screen. about how to learn and improve, later on.

Learned PS, you can do some banner with PS. I began to try to use PS to do the page effect diagram. The new problem arises, no matter how it is done, it doesn't look like a Web page.

Then I went to the computer department to teach web design teachers, from him to get the answer. The original design of the Web page effect diagram has certain parameters.

We usually browse the Web page width is generally 950px to 1000px between, the resolution is generally 72px, the font size of 13px.

For the study of the web, I lack too much. Later saw the computer newspaper to introduce some of the content of the web design is very good. I began to pay attention to the computer newspaper.

Later learned that the school also has a computer newspaper, so I and the management of the computer report of the teacher Li know. Teacher Li is my third person in the university, because of the Web page, he became my teacher also friends.

I made the first website for the client, or teacher Li to introduce. In retrospect, Mr. Li was still thankful.

For web design learning, initially purely personal interest, a persistence is 4 years.

Interest to change my life, originally rely on the university to learn professional skills, find a good job. It is time to graduate, only to find that they do not understand the professional bullshit. As a result, there are internet companies coming to see me before they graduate.

Last year I taught a student, majored in architecture, the Web is very interested in, and I learned before, can be said to be a coolie, rely on physical strength to eat. Come to me with a January salary. After learning, in Anyang, a local network company to work directly is the company's technical backbone.

Have to say, the Web page from his blue-collar to become white-collar workers, interest can let you change your life.

All said that interest is the best teacher, in fact, interest can also help you find more good teachers.

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