Should a front-end developer be good at web design?

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Hello!
This question was inspired by the fact that I am a front-ender freelancer and customers are often interested in whether I can draw a design, they are ready to pay well.
I saw a cool course on web site design, they promise to give the most up-to-date knowledge and teach all the subtleties.
Teachers from leading web studios. There is also a course on interface design.
I often saw that someone manages to combine front-end and web design (that is, in other words, programming and drawing)
I know that such people earn an order of magnitude more, being able to do this and that. Customers are very willing to choose them, because. you don’t need to pay two people at once, and such specialists have a significant plus - there is no conflict between the designer and the layout designer, when such a specialist draws a site or an interface, he by default thinks over how to layout it later, how scripts, animation and the like will work, i.e. e. not only labor costs are minimized, but also time lags - communication with two people, project approval, etc.
1) But won't the brain boil from two things? So far, I'm wearing rose-colored glasses and it seems to me that it's even more interesting to develop, there is no routine.
2) Will a web designer turn out from a person who has never been able to draw (not at all, a complete zero)? Or, as a rule, web designers are people with talent and / or artistic training, those who went to clubs and schools from childhood?
3) Or in my case, with a lack of talent for drawing, is it better to delve further into the front-end, + can it also be combined with back-end programming? This topic is also interesting, but I'm not sure that such a bunch is popular, because. front-end + design still didn't go anywhere, but mastering two programming technologies is really hard and may turn out to be inefficient.
UPD:
4) If there is no talent, is it possible to learn how to make a cool design, knowing the basic theory of design and stupidly redrawing beautiful sites, stuffing your hand and fixing a sense of style in your subconscious?
Thank you!

Answer 1

In the absence of a talent for drawing, a person does not see harmony in composition and color, but can memorize it.
Personally, I think that it is necessary for a layout designer to have an understanding of the basic things of design.
"I saw a cool course" - nothing could be better than a book. Recommended reading: "Web Design: A Book by Steve Krug or "Don't Make Me Think"

Answer 2

If you firmly embarked on the path of freelancing, it may be worth mastering.
But this will also lead to the fact that it will be much more difficult to get a job in separate front-end positions, or the design will be an order of magnitude more difficult. The combination is relevant only in freelancing, while in specialized companies you will look like a person who spends half of his working time on non-core skills, does not follow current technologies, or has gaps in design, without a sufficient portfolio.

Answer 3

As a hobby, maybe not for work. In most cases, the maximum that is needed is a good understanding of usability.

Answer 4

What's stopping you from trying? Suddenly you have an undisclosed talent) I think that perseverance and willpower, not talent, decide everything.

Answer 5

I've never been able to draw! Generally! Fully! 0!)) neither on the monitor, nor on the leaf... And to hell with it...))

Answer 6

The answer is very simple:
If you are not a handyman, you are ready to invest in the development of new knowledge and you are sure that you will be able to maintain a high level both there and there - of course. However, web designers are divided into categories. A person who has always made interfaces is unlikely to make an identity well. It's good to combine it, but you have to understand that something will suffer.
As practice shows, most often visual shit comes out, but with a good front. Because there is no experience or the soul does not lie. Design is not code - you can't learn it. Literally, there should be a feel for "beautiful" + usability / analysis. Yes, there are basic rules, but this is 30%, God forbid, of everything.
Designer - thinks through all the work from start to finish, both in terms of UI / UX and behavior. Analyzes the audience/behavior of those who consume. Why is it red here and white here? Why is this fat and this thin and blablabla.
And just throwing a site in fsh is a routine.
If I were you, I would start learning python)) And there will be money, and more interesting. And in the Russian segment, highly paid designers are few.
But in defense of web design, I will say:
Web design is any design other than interiors. As a rule, almost everyone can throw a leaflet, make up a calendar, and make a billboard. (We are talking about normal ones)
Personally, I have been doing this for a cloud of years.
I draw websites, any printing, I mount videos, 3D model, but I haven’t fully mastered layout. Although I understand that there is more money, so think about it.
In any professional team there are several people. This designer, this front, this back, this SEO.
It would seem - what for, if Petya both typesets and draws, and the Apache, it seems, can also lift it. Well, I think the answer is obvious to you.
Remark: Artists draw, designer solves a problem.