I discovered html & graphic design in 5th grade
and after so many years, my layouts arent even that great

I know 11/12 year olds who own websites and who are amazing coders/designers, etc. pretty awesome and talented

Tell me about it. I see designers that are like 10 now, I believe. It's madness!

Bah that's exactly how I feel! How old are you now?

well its not technically 'so many years' but im 14

i'm 15 right now.

I started HTML and did websites when I was 9, but didn't make my own layouts until I was like 11. i feel like i was more creative when i was just starting out...i still haven't found my style. and i don't feel like i've gotten much better.

People start when they're 9? Ah wooow!

Well i'm 16 now (started at about 13) and i'm still...weak. I really want to try out coding and actually making a website but I have no idea where to start. Sheesh! xD

My friend introduced me to Xanga when I was in 6th grade (11). I always changed the color schemes, and we had a sort of "competition" of outdoing the other.

I, of course, went through the sparkly, blinky BUSY phase and moved to color schemes with bad quality images. I started manipulating made layouts and taught myself the ins and outs of the Xanga CSS. I truly started making color-coordinated layouts with some taste in 9th grade. I was held back a bunch though - I hadn't found an image hoster, so I couldn't graphics design for myself.

Then I discovered teh wonderful world of imageshack. From there, it's history... and now I'm 18 and happily designing still.

I'm 16 turning 17 on November. xP

It's kind of weird how I started.... I was at the age of 10 when I started to learn html and such by my self. How? Neopets. lol. When I noticed a lot of people using those fancy userlookups, it made me think I should try it. I did it during my spare time and there was a tutorial and I gave it a shot. I did it and it worked great. Than, I tried to expand my knowledge on CSS/HTML and such by making Guild Layouts for Neopets. Ever since than, I started to learn more & more about graphic design/coding. Progressed to Website, Xanga, Livejournal, and now Myspace. So I've been doing this for awhile and I still try to improve. I still feel slow compare to all the other designers on here because my design isn't that great as others.

I was thinking of having those webdesign/graphic design & such classes for next year but not totally sure. (x

I'm 15 :P

I first started web designing back in 7th grade (12yrs old) and advanced from there XD

QUOTE(Jeng @ Mar 26 2007, 6:27 PM)

I know 11/12 year olds who own websites and who are amazing coders/designers, etc. pretty awesome and talented

Yeah man! A whole generation like that!


I'm 18.

im 14 n i first start on a forum with like way old dudes freestylers all of that and i learned form them and they helped me out now i gotten so good i kan own half of them..i think i started at hmm 12 becuz that wen i learned how to crack programs and crap

I think it's amazing how HTML can interest anyone of all ages and can somehow unite us all together talking about one thing and still have a fun time about it :) Yeah, I first got interested in HTML when I was introduced to Xanga, then I moved onto MySpace, and I'm actually trying to teach myself how to create more complex layouts. I am fifteen.

WHAT DOES THIS TOPIC HAVE TO DO WITH DESIGNING


<<cranky 89 year old

I am constantly blown away by various designs here on cB and then blown away some more (there's not much left of me by the end of one viewing session) when I find out how old/young the designer is. I think the great thing about it is their fresh perspective and take on old styles and looks; they just see things completely different from us 'old' designers.

It's a tricky balance: youth vs. experience and it's a balance a lot of sectors have to try and negotiate. It's cool to have such a mix here though because the learning process is reciprocal; the older designs can offer tips learned from experience and the younger ones offer their different, quirky designs which inspire everyone.

I'm 21 this year and wouldn't even begin to claim my layouts were good (hah, I think I've submitted like, two to the Myspace showcase) but I like to think having looked at and been interested in graphic design for the last, five or six years, I am better at spotting what works and what doesn't (though unfortunately, that doesn't mean I'm any good at replicating the effect)