haha no i never took any design or art classes...it's pretty sad. My dad is a GD and when we used his computer, it was all mac and all adobe/quark so i had "training" all through middle school and high school without knowing =p but i'm the one with the crappy job, so my story i more like the "what can go wrong" scenario....but yeah in the arts, there's always a lot more emphasis on your portfolio than your education~