What makes these blog headers effective?
Jabiz Raisdana left a comment on Does my header make my blog look fat?,
I would love a quick run-down on what story you think my images tell.
He has three blogs, and I think all of Jabiz’s headers are effective for a number of reasons.
Titles
Jabiz uses Intrepid in all his titles. From the Visual Thesaurus, we see words related to intrepid on the left. I would expect his headers to evoke these types of feelings.
He has three blogs.
Looking at the the lines in his headers
Here are the headers from his blogs. I have used red to identify what I see as the dominant lines in each image. Notice how these lines direct the eye to the two important areas, the posts and his sidebar. I’ve also made specific comments about the images below each example.
On Intrepid Teacher, the use of a larger boy and a smaller one walking down an alley evokes fearlessness. You don’t know what is at the end around the corner. The larger boy looks like he is being supportive to the smaller one, much like a teacher would be to a student.
On Intrepid Flame, the challis or bowl evokes a feeling of the unknown.
On Intrepid Classroom, the figures are going somewhere, but you don’t know where. They are all going together though. Much like we do in a classroom.
Interpretation of images can be very individual. Certainly affected by each of our experiences and cultural lenses. These are some of my impressions. What about you? And Jabiz, what were your intentions?
What makes these headers work?
It’s the combination of the visual and the verbal.
- There is something about each of the images that relates to the title. So, something that evokes the quality of intrepid.
- The dominant lines in the image guide the eye to the most important parts of the blog, the posts and the sidebar.
What else?
What do you see that you think makes a blog header effective? Any examples of headers you can point us to that are really great?
