The only talent needed is knowing what looks good and what doesn't, the rest is busting your ass to make it look that way. If you can't figure something out, do not give up. If you want it to look a certain way and don't have the skill set.. then learn the skill set, do not give up.
yup, exactly right. I'm still learning things after 3 years. In fact, I dont think I will ever stop learning new things, that's the beauty of it.
I have found that once you learn a new technique in photoshop (or whatever program you use), it opens a whole new batch of things you can accomplish, but you must have the patience to learn those new things. A lot of what I learned so far was through trial and error, messing around in photoshop and stumbling on something that looked cool. Other times, I wanted a certain look and spent days trying to get it. It feels good when you finally get it too, lol.
Have patience - never give up - ask questions.
If I can do this, anyone can.