Originally Posted by RedShoe

I design as well (a little)

If you've been photoshopping for 10 years, no tutorial is going to help you. When it comes to photoshop, you always revert back to about 10 different techniques that you know. I've read almost every tutorial there is on gel-text, and metal-textures... I still just use one or two techniques, (out of the countless tutorials I've read).

You don't need tutorials what you need is to learn how to be creative. You have the skills, you just need to learn how to get the "look" you're going for.

Just keep studying. Look at TGP's and try to duplicate what you see and then break down what you learned. Was it a 1 pixel stroke that popped the image out? Was it a soft white glow around the edges? Was it the overused pastel purple tones?

If no matter how hard you try you can't get the look then you are not trying hard enough. Or perhaps you are trying to hard. Ever met a porn designer? They don't sit there and try hard... they relax and let it flow.

Or, perhaps your forte is gay. If you design really good wrestling sites and that's basically a bunch or guys that roll around with other guys, maybe you'd be better off designing gay sites. Gay sites sell really well.

Or, or... maybe you need to build a wrestling type sex site. Maybe that's just your style. As long as you get the same message across, and can talk to your surfer in a way that makes him want to buy... then what difference does it make. The bottom line is you want to make that sale. Who gives a shit if your site looks like shit, as long as you have the same amount of signups it doesn't matter.

You want a tutorial that teaches creativity, and either you have it naturally or you don't. You can learn it, but don't say you can't design until you learn it. Learn it as you go. At least that way you'll still be cranking out sites.

Maybe that's it. Maybe you need to get your fucking head out of your ass and just do it. Stop fuckin bitching and complaining here how all you do is design gay wrestling sites and start telling us how good you design sex sites. Fuck the tutorials. I got your tutorial right here.

Step 1:
Design a good site
Step 2:
Sell it


"I can't get the look, I can't get the look"
You fuckin' baby!