I'm really sorry for not posting to the group in some time. As I stated in my previous post I was in the middle of my finals, but fortunately those are over now!
The past few days I've been mainly busy with getting inspiration from various css gallery sites, gathering design elements and color schemes that may be useful. I plan to have a mock-up ready by this weekend based on what I gathered, which I will post to this group to gather input. Based on the input from my mentors and the community I'll flesh out the design so I can move on to implementing the theme.
Tomorrow I'll post a compilation of several design elements and layouts I gathered on the web so you'll have an idea of what I'm aiming at. Such a document may be useful for future theme designing too, so I guess it would be a good idea to release it to the community.
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As I understand your project
As I understand your project it goes beyond the web design element and includes creating an actual Drupal theme, so make sure to plan plenty of time for the actual theme-building process.
Thanks for the advice
Thanks for the advice Robert. I plan to finish the design process as soon as possible, so I can start themeing in the second half of July.
Overview of design elements
Here's a overview of some of the design and layout elements I might implement. It's not a complete or final list, but it provides an overview of some things that are really popular in modern, stylish websites.
http://www.kvw.be/soc_inspiration
I have contacted my mentors with a more detailed plan for the core theme. Once I have it sorted out with them I will post a more final list to this group and a mock-up. So hopefully I can finish the design process by the end of next week so I can get my hands dirty with the coding.