I must say, as a relative newcomer, what stuns me about the hoods is the range of quality and information. I spent a lot of time in Orient over Goldfest and so many of their hoods are a delight - beautiful graphics and designs that somehow seem to spotlight where the hood is, articles about history, games, and homes. But many aren't developed and vacant. Following QuintusCinna's comment, I poked about in Italia and you are right - few of the homes are very developed, but many that are, could be sooooo much more aesthetically interesting if the persons involved had some html help. And I couldn't make something beautiful like this hood in Egypt, because I have no clue about CSS or anything else graphic. Now if there were someone to design for and with me, it would make a lot of difference as to whether I'd want to take on developing a given hood!

I remembered seeing something in Rome, and found it at Lady Livia's: a group of Roman artists who've agreed to help hood developers who want to make a beautiful and content-full hood, but only have the content and not the beautiful part. I thought it was a great idea, and perhaps some of our Romans could take advantage of it.

It's not true to say that a content-full hood doesn't need good graphics, any more than you can have beautiful furnishings in a wooden shack. A beautiful graphic enhances the value of what you read about and the whole experience. So if I were in Rome, I'd jump to take advantage of this!

Are there such groups or ideas working in other hoods, for those who need graphics and design help?

The Domus Depot Urban Builder's Guild