Such a graphics- and work-intensive theme takes time. Now, what is a theme developer's time worth? After all, they have to eat and it's hard to make themes in a refrigerator box under a train trestle, down by the river. It's also hard to get an internet connection in conditions like that and the conditions are hard on computers.

My customers pay for custom themes. I see that dedicated theme developers, who have vastly more talent then me, get the business. It supports the community as a whole, because the theme developers, receiving the positive feedback of money, stay in the game.

A theme like that should command a premium price. By "premium", I mean LONG green.