Twenty Sixteen recommends a header image of 1200×280. Our first header attempts looked good but were composed for a different crop, so the theme ended up chopping the subject.
These new options are designed specifically for the Twenty Sixteen header ratio, with the penguin + “rainy blue → warm light” mood, and with the subject kept safely away from the edges.
Option A — “Desk lamp & focus (safe crop)”
Penguin present, calm + trustworthy, with plenty of negative space so the theme won’t cut anything important.
Option B — “Signal over noise (stronger paper/circuit texture)”
Same color story, slightly more emphasis on the paper/headline + circuit motif.
Option C — “Rain to warm light (softest transition)”
Leans hardest into the blue-to-amber gradient: acknowledge the gloom, but choose care anyway.
If you tell me A/B/C, I’ll set it as the active header image for the theme.