Examples impress themes

Oh dear oh dear,..... always I've been a totally noob in themes and design.
I see a lot of new things within the standard impress theme and css. And really am totally lost.
Is there some specialist who can explain a bit more about theme designing considering impress? Or can even give some more examples?
Keep in mind you are talking to a design nitwit.

Thanks in advance,
Grtz., Shine

Hi Shine,

We're in the same situation. I'm not a theme whiz myself.
However, I treat the themes that are coming out as a Xoops Theme for the moment (there is some documentation on that somewhere)

Furthermore, I treat the template I will make as a normal Web Layout.
So, I searched the web for my type of layout (3 Columns with some specifications) I even searched tweakers.net

So when I started I wanted a 3 Column Layout.
I googled some more and found a good search term "holy grail"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%223+column%22+holy+grail

It's a good place to start. The sites with the best examples will be shown in that search result. Then you look for your own type of layout that you wish.

When you have your layout, you can convert it into an impressive template.