Re-redesign

So, I came up with a re-design that I really liked. Then, today, I had an epiphany. I have a mental image of what I want, but have no idea how to produce it on a computer. Sure, I can see straight through the design and figure the PHP logic, the XML/RSS calls and feeds, and the table layouts, but I can’t figure out how to make the pretty stuff in my head come up on a monitor. I’m pretty sure it will involve vector graphics, though. As much as I know how to do everything but the design, I can’t get anywhere without the design. I have also thought of ways to significantly increase the speed of the site–static HTML (duh) and fewer database calls (kinda goes along with the whole static thing). Probably do a lot of background processing with cron jobs, too. Also go all Web 2.0 ninja and use the hell out of some cached XML/RSS feeds. Why let my site and server generate the content when I can have somebody else do it for me? Mmmm…aggregation.