a bit too plain. you could work on the brushwork though.

looks very messy in safari and firefox. don't know about ie.

css style - great. but image - not so great. there is so much you could've done, not just put two images on a black background. don't you think your friend deservers something better? some more effort put in? it seems you've been making skins for quite a while. this certainly isn't your best.

i really like these colors put together. but you just slapped a few brushes on so i think you could improve. add an image maybe?

the skin is very simple. i have a feeling the sidebar and blog entry space are too wide. the image is very bad quality. you can work on that. i see a lot room for improvement.