I really want to become a web designer but there is so much to learn can I make it as a designer?

Josh Foster it's a bit like learning maths at high school. If you want/need to you get can into really complex stuff. For most of us who aren't maths teachers, we add, subtract, multiply, and divide, plus do a few %s and fractions here and there. The rest we can ask an expert or use a calculator.

The same is true for web design. You can do the beginner projects on Treehouse as well as some for fake clients or friends and get the basics down. If you want to get more advanced, the tutorials you need are also on Treehouse and there is this forum or stackexchange.

My kids are 10 and under and two of them have started building websites. I learnt over 10 years ago from reading the internet, talking to a friend, and a couple of books on Flash MX. You can get there with consistent effort over 6 month easily.

My advice is focus on doing lots of personal projects using skills from the basic tutorials. There are millions of bells and whistles you can add from there, but you should only look into them when a project requires something like a self-validating form or whatever :) all the best!

Hi Josh Foster - it's a bit of an open-ended question with many answers really. I think ultimately if you practice, do personal projects, tutorials, read books on design, etc, and apply yourself then there's nothing stopping you becoming a web designer. No-one can really put a timescale on it, and I would say Treehouse is only a part of what you can do to learn and hone your skills. I was always taught "you eat, sleep and breathe design" ... and for me I did/have since I was at school (I'm now 30 lol).