Who inspired you to become a designer?

Who inspired you to become a "photoshop" designer ?
bert monroy was a big inspirationis for me.
he is a winner of the photoshop hall of fame.
high-quality designs as a realist artist ROCKS my world.
http://www.bertmonroy.com

Money was my biggest inspiration to start with. I then found as time went on that there's a whole new artistic world to appreciate, which is when money became less important and I started focusing on integrity and customer retention.

I wasn't inspired, as i ain't really into photoshop much, but what got me more into it is that old tutorial site... ROBOUK.MCHOST or something... not up anymore. Sadly

I think you should edit your post to what inspired you to become a freelancer.
But the thing that got me into the whole web design/web hosting scene was just to help other people out. I have always wanted to help others!

I didn't really get inspired. I guess I just got attracted to the glamorous life-style of a designer.

Or I'm just an artistic person and drawing just wasn't exciting anymore. So I decided to try computer/graphic art and realized that websites and such are very fun to do.

I was interested in trying my hand at some tutorials that I had found and wanted to see if I could make them into something that would be unique for me.

Well, I was a newbie on the internet, and I was impressed by everything, of course.

I joined a community, some of the members there were making trendwhorish banners, and I requested one, and got a really bad graphic - and I guess thats what started me off.

I tried to improve it with my horrible Dell version of PSP7.

I still use PSP to this day though.. Photoshop just seems like a waste, as I can produce stuff thats just as good with what I already have here.

I was a huge fan of a gaming site and of peopele who did "Sigs". I've worked my way up since.

That girl named Tynz was making those sexy banners for her Xanga (sort of blog) and when I learned she made those in Photoshop, I got into it and started playing with the program.

No one really inspired me. I wanted to have my own forum, so I did.. I had made my own logos and stuff, but always got my designs from other people. Then I decided to upgrade to a paid host and I started experimenting with Invision Power Board and finally knew how to design stuff.

But I am now only designing for money. I am trying to get a VAIO but I'm $500 short.