March 28, 2024

20 Inspiring Examples of Big Backgrounds in Web Design

One way to easily define the tone and mood of a website is to use a big background image. However, when doing this, you need to consider that big images often have a lot going on, so it’s important to take a minmal approach with other aspects of the design. Not doing so could result in a website that is far too busy, cluttered, and difficult to navigate. So for your inspiration, here are 20 examples of how to effectively use big background images in web design.

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Whitmans New York

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Von Dutch

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Hiu Denim Co

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Casey Britt

Big Backgrounds in Web Design

Range Rover Evoque

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The Amazing Spider-Man

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Suit up or Die Magazine

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H-Art

Big Backgrounds in Web Design

My Own Bike

Big Backgrounds in Web Design

Tim Roussilhe

Big Backgrounds in Web Design

Tag Interativa

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Stephan Rizon

Big Backgrounds in Web Design

Jalbert Productions International

Big Backgrounds in Web Design

8 Bis

Big Backgrounds in Web Design

Mecenat Musical

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Marcus Thomas LLC

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Mendo

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Project Birdman

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Gisele Muller loves communication, technology, web, design, movies, gastronomy and creativity. Web writer, portuguese/english translator and co founder of @refilmagem & @mentaway Twitter: @gismullr

15 Comments

  1. Derek Kimball Reply

    That’s a great point about being careful when choosing a photo and the design elements of the site. I’ve seen some sites that didn’t apply that rule and everything was far too cluttered.

    What I love about these large photo background sites is that they have so much character. I bet it saves web designer’s a lot of time and effort as well…let the photo do the talking rather than having to invest loads of time creating visually interesting page layouts.

  2. Lawerence Malone Reply

    I personally believe one of the latest web design trend is usage of big background images. Designers nowadays often use photos to create something new in the website. The time has been changed for the betterment for sure.

  3. Gerwin van der Feijst Reply

    It is always a tradeoff. If possible we try to use two images instead. One for each side and the content traditional in the middle. It gives almost the same feeling but speed is less affected.

  4. Paul Weston Reply

    Thought this was a great article and one that has some great sites in it for inspiration. There seems to be a trend with a lot of sites I see using big background images. I agree with you that you have to be careful when using an image of this size because it can make or break a site. There are some great examples and the site that stood out for me was the Amazing Spider-Man site. The use of large city scape image works really well and I love the interaction on the site from the dragging of the back ground and the roll over effects for key points of interest. Great article and I look forward to more like this from yourself.

  5. Darren @ 123 Web Reply

    I’ll have 2 of those burgers thanks. Cracking examples of full-page images, and I suppose those could be changed with responsive design depending on the device being used to view the site, so could work for small-screens too.

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