[thastrom]

I want to use a big picture I did in illustrator as background for my website, it covers alot of the site.

How should I do ? Do I just use it as my background? Won't it load slowly then ?

Is there another way to do it ?

Thanks !

[haku]

Depends on the image. Sometimes you can slice them up into just the most pertinent parts, and use background colors to set the solid parts. But if its a picture with a lot of detail, you probably can't do that, in which case it's most likely not most conducive image to web design. First, as you said, it will take a long time to load, and second, having a set background will often make it so users cannot expand the site (increase text size) without the site falling apart and looking bad.

[milani]

There is no way to answer this question without seeing the image. There is no way to say it's not a constructive way to make a web design either. You should show us the image, so that someone can give you a constructive answer.