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January 4, 2009 5:15 PM   Subscribe

Where can I find good-looking, high-quality PSD website template to practice my CSS?

I've just got into web design recently, and I'd like to practice my CSS by converting a .psd of a website to CSS/HTML. I had a look around the net for a template, but all the freebies on the internet look really amateurish and cheesy, or are just generic Wordpress templates :(

Where can I find a PSD made by an actual web designer who has artistic skill? Note: I'm not actually going to put anything on the web, I just want to practice coding & learn by example.
posted by dydecker to Computers & Internet (4 answers total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
Open photoshop.

Goto www.siteyoulike.com, press print screen

Paste into photoshop.

Go.

Alternatively, pick something from here: http://99designs.com/
posted by SirStan at 5:31 PM on January 4, 2009


There are some nice layouts at Open Source Web Design. You can do as SirStan suggests and grab a screenshot, or look at the code to see how others are using CSS.
posted by airplain at 7:32 PM on January 4, 2009


Seconding odinsdream, better yet, learn how to use a css grid framework such as 960 Grid or YUI Grids, that's worth a ton more than PSD chop shop.
posted by furtive at 7:48 PM on January 4, 2009


CSS Zen Garden (http://www.csszengarden.com/) might be a good place to take a look at. You can see what other designers have done and create new CSS to redesign the same page.
posted by nalyd at 8:12 PM on January 4, 2009


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