The weapons of a designer are his tools, hardware and software.
These are all I used to make my homepage:

Hardware

• Intel Pentium II, 333 MHz
• 163 RAM
• RIVA TNT 16MB Graphics Blaster
• Hitachi 17" monitor Super Scan Elite 630
• AWE 64 Creative Sound Blaster
• Umax Astra 1200S scanner with transparency adapter
• Olympus D-200 L digital camera
• Modem US Robotics 56K
• Keyboard Microsoft Natural
• Mouse Logitech MouseMan + wireless

Software

• Corel Draw 10
• Adobe PhotoShop 7.0
• Microsoft Front Page 2002
• Macromedia Flash MX
• Micromedia Fireworks MX
• Micromedia Dreamweaver MX
• Microsoft Gif Animator
• Animagic Gif
• Cool 3D