HELP Needed, please help; counting on Drupal community support

Issues
Trying to find out how to change certain design aspects for Drupal
Project: Drupal core
Version: 6.20
Category: support request
Priority: major

Description

I am a new designer/developer, and new to drupal, and I need help in designing my projects. I have designed few websites on Garland and Sky themes; I think they are the best choice, however, my clients are demanding more than just a CMS, a fully designed site. Please check the following examples: I could alternatively design and develop the few pages of landing and use drupal for all the Wiki, blog, forum and other fun stuff. I am trying to do all this on Drupal preferably. Please let me know of any ways to accomplish this task, any book references, or anything i can do to super design the drupal sites. Please reply back as I am counting on Drupal community support.

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