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I suspect that what @IamSam was getting at is that Illustrator and Photoshop are only the tools. You need to get to grips with the concepts of design before you can effectively use the tools.

Just because you know how to use a word processor doesn't mean that you are a great novelist.

I still maintain that you need to immerse yourself in the world of design, look at function and form and work from there.

It is possible that you can come up with your own "style" that doesn't need to follow the concepts of design and form but to be honest that is unlikely. If you want to make it in the world of design you need to know what works and that can only come from studying what constitutes good design. As I said in a previous post - there are rarely shortcuts to success. You are going to need to work at it.

I wish you luck.

Cheers

John