Openbox, AWN and achieving a sleek look advice

hey guys
Im planning on using AWN with openbox. ive seen alot of screenshots like so http://www.flickr.com/photos/kr-hibiki/5160108080/

( his description is in another langauge, i cant understand it )

and i want to achieve something sleek, something nice like that, so im wondering if someone can point me in the right direction to

getting that sleek style with openbox and awn. i have tried before, ive googled themes, theres alot of tweaking involved with awn

Now ofcourse i dont wanna steal this guys hard work :P, but i do want something similiar

i can understand AWN abit, but my main largest confusion is how he got rings with conky and tint2 split like that. ( i am AWFUL with maths haha ) so configs are my weakest point and editing configs