How to Create a Header Image for Your Profile on Medium.com

Spice up your Medium profile with a picture or gradient

Author’s Medium profile with self-created ‘artwork’ as a header image

You may have seen a lot of changes to Medium’s platform lately. Some seem good (more customization) and some seem bad (what’s with the massive reduction in reading time?).

There’s lots to gripe about, but let’s focus on the positive today.

‘Cuz it’s Sunday and I just had an amazing breakfast (a peanut butter hamburger with a bacon 蛋餅 on the side).

Anywho, let’s take a quick look at how to add some flavor to your profile by adding pictures, colors, or gradients!

Examples of new Medium.com profile headers

*Note, this guide is for the browser version of Medium and not mobile.

First things first. What am I talking about? Well, here are some examples of a few cool profiles using the new design features from Medium.

First up to bat is

Casey Botticello

with a classy picture/signature combo straight out of a Rolex commercial:

Screenshot of Casey Botticello’s profile from Author on Medium.com