There are a ton of great articles around that concentrate on nice footer designs such as the ones by Hongkiat and instantShift, but sadly there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of posts highlighting the amazing work designers are doing with website headers right now.

Although there’s nothing more I like than an elegantly made footer (web designer wall and iprimidieci are two of my favourites) it’s the header of a website that makes that first, all-important impact on a user, making it perhaps the most vital aspect of your websites design.

Let’s take a look at some of the best website headers and introductory graphics currently around…

Have you seen some great headers that we haven’t mentioned? feel free to mention them below!