This is because I've developed a sort of subconsciousness that tells me that if the webmasters behind this site have not got the time to make professional looking graphics, why would they have the time to offer professional services. Being a webmaster yourself, you can probably distinguish between a personal home page and a professional one pretty quick, just by looking at the layout. I can tell you that seeing this has nothing to do with being a webmaster. Finally, after a long intro, I can get to my point. And here's where graphics enter our picture.
Graphics can look amateurish or they can look professional.
And the truth is that the most important thing to create quality web graphics isn't your software, but the tricks you know. In the next chapters I'll be sharing some of these tips and tricks with you, guaranteed to make your graphics look more professional.