[Velocd]

Anyone who thinks it takes less than 2 weeks to make a good unquie style is crazy

Innovation to a small extent is important. What I would hate to see is another one of those styles that are so heavily modified around images, that it just glomps the whole page together in one messy compacted look.

Something simple yet professional appearing, and carefully designed, like the Sitepoint forums. Whatever style is made, I think there should be a light and dark version of it. Some people, like myself, enjoy high contrast colors (like the blue version of vB.org). Being a coder, and spending many many hours at the PC, bright colors just kill your eyes. On the other hand, others would find bright colors to be more appealing.

If I had the time, I'd give a shot into this contest..