| If you're seeking to start making a bit of extra money | | | | to a few popular forums and offer a service to do |
| in your free time or want to make your first step to | | | | signatures cheaply for people - even at $1 a signature, |
| freelancing online, I believe the graphical sector to be a | | | | that's still worthwhile and you're gaining experience as |
| great place to start. A lot of people with an interest in | | | | well as building your portfolio at the same time. |
| the internet seem to have at least some experience in | | | | An education in Photoshop can open all sorts of doors |
| Photoshop - be it out of interest or just plain curiosity - | | | | to you when it comes to trying to earn a second |
| it's hard not to wonder how half the images you see | | | | income from home. It's really your first step to a |
| on the internet are made, isn't it? | | | | promising freelance endeavor on the internet. After |
| Okay, so maybe you haven't used Photoshop before | | | | you've become more proficient in Photoshop, you can |
| why not try it out? Now is as gooder time as anyway. | | | | begin to tackle the big daddy - web design. If you can |
| Download a trial and run through a few basic tutorials | | | | design a professional looking website in Photoshop, |
| that Google will churn out for you. It's incredibly easy | | | | you can make megabucks without knowing any code |
| software to pick up - trust me. Within a day I'm sure | | | | whatsoever. |
| you could be to the standard of making basic logo's | | | | I've been a Photoshop user for years now and money |
| and adverts for websites... start offering your services | | | | is never far away if I'm stuck. I can go on any number |
| to people. Lots of companies and individuals out there | | | | of forums and offer my services - I even owned my |
| are willing to pay for your work to save them the | | | | own web design website at one point, but decided to |
| trouble of doing what is realistically a very basic task. | | | | invest my time elsewhere. |
| Create a small portfolio of logo's or similar web images | | | | Oh - I almost forgot, here is a brief list of forums you |
| and start posting it around on a few graphic-related | | | | could start out advertising your services on: |
| forums - or even any old forum for that matter. Most | | | | - |
| forums have a feature for users to automatically | | | | - |
| leave a signature after every post - you could sign up | | | | - It can be anywhere, really! |