1. Design Bombs- This gallery allows comments, and rating so that you can see how people react to the designs. This would give you a better outlook on which designs to think up. They also have a Twitter account so that you can connect with them as well as resources for designers.
2. CSS Heroes- Pretty much the same as the above site but they don’t have twitter or resources but they do have a great categorization system!
3. CSS-Website- This gallery doesn’t appear to have any kind of search function but designs are browseable by color, date, and category.
4. CSS Impress-This gallery is pretty much the same as CSS Heroes-they allow ratings and comments by users. I have come across some great design concepts via this gallery.
5. CSS Drive-This gallery is one of my personal favorites because not only do they have a great collection, but they also have resources, and other nifty tools.

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I haven’t been successful in getting themes done in the past, but I went over what I had done wrong and realized that it was due to lack of planning. I tend to be impulsive when I do things but in actuality, I work better when I have deadlines and actions mapped out.

I have gone over several design and blogging websites and have made up a guideline for myself, by following the outline that Matt Brett talks about on the ProBlogger blog. I have also integrated my own little steps so that I can create a good custom theme, in a good amount of time. I am toying with the idea of creating posts for each individual step.

1. Write down some of the features that I want in my theme.  This one should only take a day or less.
2. Sketch outlines of what I want the design to look like. This should only take a day or two.
3. Decide on a color scheme. This one should only take a day or less.
4. Use PhotoShop to begin the design process by creating a rough outline of where the header, sidebar, content, etc. will be. This should take a day or two.
5. Use PhotoShop to begin graphical work. This will be done bit by bit. This should take me about 5-7 days.
6. Finish up the design by neatly slicing everything for self-organization. This should only take about a day or two depending on the complexity of the design.
7. Download the xhtml/css starter kit from WPCandy.com and code my design into xhtml/css. This should take me about 4-7 days.
8. After having completed the xhtml/css, I will locally install Word Press either on a demo site or in a local Word Press installation and import the sample data that is provided at WPCandy.com. This will take less then a day.
9. Start converting the xhtml/css template into a Word Press theme, using the demo or local installation. This should take me about 5 days.
10. After the conversion is complete, I will make sure that each page validates. This will only take less then one day.
11. After that, I will install the theme onto my blog, and then I am done!

Now, this is just off the top of my head so I am open to suggestions on changing the process so that I can make it work better, and faster.

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