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Devs, How To Design Your Medium Article Image Header
If you follow these techniques, you will not have to wait until you master graphics and design to make that quality image header for your developer article that you want to post on Medium. Let, me show you how.
Design Basics
So let’s give you some design core basics that are somewhat idiot-proof.
First, how can we match unmatchable images such as different logos and screenshots. Well, you cannot accomplish that, so let’s give you something that is reachable. If you start with a black background and add another layer with a different color and 10–40 percent opacity, then you get a nice background that will be able to be used as your canvas to display screenshots and logos which do not easily match each other.
In the Web world you see this concept used by web designers using a black background with either a red, blue, or purple layer added that has 10–40 percent opacity. I call it the black-background-twist strategy:
1. Black-Background Twist Strategy
- Black background with another dark color layered above and given 10–40 percent opacity.
Next up, we have to deal with two Medium Article Promises at once. Typically, the article title