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					Originally Posted by  HowlingWulf
					 
				 
				I usually just take a large ass picture and crop it to size, and place the header and desc text on top of it. 
			
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 Do you use royalty free stuff, or maybe use sponsor images with permission or link? 
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					Originally Posted by  nate
					 
				 
				I've never seen the point in a big fat header image that has to load before everything else unless I can put a sponsor's link on it.  I dont want my sites looking pretty like the sponsor site anyway.  I tend to build utilitarian. 
			
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 Well, I think small and simple is best..but a nice graphic or image can really make a blog stand out, imo.