Wordpress themes

WPESP Portfolio theme
Reminds me of the Criterion website.
via #15 on 22 Professional Wordpress themes

Gridblog
Clean, grid structured theme

Modicus
Minimalist theme with lots of whitespace.



Thematic
The ultimate in SEO-ready themes, Thematic is a highly extensible, WordPress Theme Framework featuring 13 widget-ready areas, drop-down menus, grid-based layout samples, plugin integration, shortcodes for your footer, & a whole lot more. Perfect for any blog and the starting point for theme development.

Magazine Basic
A magazine style theme with a fully customizable layout. Theme options include site width, 1 or 2 widgetized sidebars, logo uploader, multiple front page grid layouts, Google Analytics, header ad space and tons more. Also includes dynamic SEO keywords and page descriptions. Tested on WP 2.7.x using Firefox, IE6 and IE7. Fully optimized for search engine ranking. 100% valid xHTML. Designed by c.bavota.

Overstand
One of my favorite themes found to date. Simple, elegant, and modern.

simpleX
I think this is the theme that Camden uses when starting a Wordpress site.

Atahualpa
Build your own unique, professional and browser-safe WordPress theme: Over 200 theme options, drop down menus for pages and categories, fluid or fixed width layout, 1, 2 or 3 columns, rotating header images, auto image resizing, integrated Feedburner form, 4 extra widgets and more. WP 2.2-2.7 and WPMU.

The Official Free Themes Directory from Wordpress.org

Mimbo (Magazine theme)

Wordpress Portfolio themes

WPComic
WPComic is a theme that is used to convert your WordPress blog into a webcomic site without the need for any ftp software or additional Worpdress plugins. Everything you need can be done directly from the WordPress admin panel on your site. WPcomic is also highly customizeable. All color settings can be modified directly from the admin page or WordPress. WPComic even comes with a color picker!



ComicPress
Free theme created specifically for comics, with a new comic featured on the homepage and archives. Multiple column layouts are available, but the one-column and three-column layouts would probably work best.



F8 Lite
A photography & multimedia portfolio theme for Wordpress



Nishita
A simple, elegant styled PhotoBlog theme for Wordpress.



Modern
Clean, with horizontal navigation for permanent content.

Unstandard

Sharpfolio

Nautilus

Versatility Lite
Horizontal nav and sidebar. Nice design.

Viewport
AJAX? image slider gallery for all posts, but requires some extra work for each post.

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