Ryan McMaster: Holy Crap, This Guy's Awesome

Now this is what I aspire to as a fledgling web designer. I absolutely love this guy's use of texture, most obviously his choice of background imagery but also in the various graphics used throughout the site, such as buttons and rollovers. Everything has a chiseled or embossed feel to it, which Ryan pulls off without it looking cheesy or overblown. And, because I'm a complete sucker for rollovers, I especially adore the treatments Ryan's given his rollovers, particularly on his personal site which, if anything, looks EVEN COOLER than his portfolio site!