Help make LJ a more visually stimulating place

We've all seen those horrible (at least to my eyes) monochromatic layouts, or layouts with type so pale you can barely read the text. I've always been more drawn to the more colorful ones, or those with an interesting design feature (bet you were bored by all those tweaks I kept implementing!).

That's why I'm pimping this contest. Although I'm learning, my level of knowledge is still no way near what's necessary to design an LJ layout, so I'm posting a support banner instead.

I don't have the technical skills to make LJ a more visually stimulating place —
but maybe you do!