Copy. Modify. Repeat many times. Pretty soon you'll be doing "original" work that's really the sum of everything you've learned copying other people + your influence.
My apps look ugly as sin. How do I improve my design skill?
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Re: My apps look ugly as sin. How do I improve my design skill?
#12I used to stress about making my apps look good. Now I just use Skeleton (http://www.getskeleton.com/) to cover the basics and when my app is ready I pay a designer to make something that looks awesome.
Other options include Less Framework (http://lessframework.com/) and Twitter's Bootstrap (http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/)
Re: My apps look ugly as sin. How do I improve my design skill?
#13Don't. Go here: http://themeforest.net/category/site-templates/admin-templat... Purchase a theme for $20 that would take you weeks to design and more time to slice and code. Get profitable, then hire a professional designer.
I agree with dchuk .
Re: My apps look ugly as sin. How do I improve my design skill?
#14not out yet, but i like the approach of this book (i got some good tips from the mailing list)
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Hackers-Reverse-Engineering-Bea...
Re: My apps look ugly as sin. How do I improve my design skill?
#15Google: "PSD UI" you will find tons of elements to make a web app.
Re: My apps look ugly as sin. How do I improve my design skill?
#16I like http://colourlovers.com. I can choose what I like as a color and then see 4 other colors that other people felt went well with it. Saves me the brain power.
Re: My apps look ugly as sin. How do I improve my design skill?
#17This is a great guide: http://paulstamatiou.com/startup-web-design-ux-crash-course
Re: My apps look ugly as sin. How do I improve my design skill?
#18If you've got anything that needs work, maybe we can help demonstrate by critiquing it: