Been playing around with ideas for the UI. In this screen here, the battle menu is stationary, the health/mana bars look a bit more distinguished, and the placement is on top/left instead of bottom/left.
Look:
In any case, I've decided I'm not really one for graphics or design. If anyone is good at this sort of thing and feels like doing things for me, that would be sweet, but for now, it's going to be ugly and blue.