Creating a Good Project Image

Table of Contents

Guidlines, resources, and advice for making your own project image

General Design Tips

The project image is 744 x 300 pixels, but displays at half that size, so it needs to be a clear, simple identifier of your automation.

  • Try to convey a sense of your project at a glance.
  • A few distinct colors and an icon may be all you need.
  • You might not need any text. If you do use it, keep it short and large.

Use Clear Images

Bold, simple images usually work best

  • The project image isn’t very large, and may be seen on small screens.
  • Consider using icons and “flat” art.
  • If using photo, keep it simple. Consider cropping complex images down to a clear compelling detail.

Image Rights and Credits

Only use art and images that you have the rights to re-use

  • Do not use an image that you found in search without identifying the source and use rights.
  • The safest images to use are public domain or CC0. You can do whatever you want with these, without attribution.
  • You can use images licensed to require attribution (eg: CC-BY) as long as you give credit to the artist in your project
  • Don’t use any company or software logos without checking their usage guidelines. (eg: GitHub’s logo guidelines ask that you not use their logo in your project images) How to credit images:
  • It’s best practice to credit image sources when possible, even if not required.
  • Your project ReadMe file is the best place to credit your sources.
  • The image credit should contain the following information:
    • Title
    • Creator
    • Linked source
    • License

Resources

Color Scheme Ideas

Where to find images

Photgraphs:

Icons:

Image Attribution Guidelines: