That's not relevant. He said he's new and learning. Sheesh.
@shmay - Follow tutorials to learn software (they won't teach you good design - just good software tricks and techniques), read articles, and so on. Go to (a real, 4 year) college for design if you can.
But there's no underestimating natural ability. And Dusteh's right - you should set the bar a little higher than "boring generic Web 2.0 site".
I learn from doing most of the time. One thing you might consider - and I just thought of this as a technique learning exercise - is looking at your favorite site and trying to duplicate it in Photoshop.