Rakhama WP

I have this nasty habit of redesigning my site on a regular basis. I’ll come up with a great idea, implement it, and then have another, better idea. So this time I’m going to do it properly.
I’ve been raking around the net for inspiration, finding pictures of things with styles I like – everything from the Atari ST GEM desktop environment, to Wipeout’s ship logos. I know that sounds like a horrible mashup, but I think I can pull something together.

I’m going to aim for a much cleaner design. Yes, it’s maybe time to get rid of the glowing hexagons already. I want to go for a more flat style – thick lines, bright colours, minimal shinyneess (the internet is too shiny). Maybe some glowing though. I dunno. I’m gonna have to draw up some concept designs and pull all these ideas together into something solid.
The layout’s going to be a good deal different, too. Pictures and interactive things will take centre stage, with descriptions and updates at the side. We’ll see if that reduces clutter, makes the pages more aesthetically pleasing.
Then again, I may just find myself extending WordPress with custom plugins, since it provides a hefty amount of functionality already, and use this as the main site. What is a guy to do…?