Nice and simple is good. Nice and too simple isn't. Sure you can have a popular and busy website with no images and all text. The search engines will easily index your site and who knows your site may become really popular. Google and CraigsList are examples of websites with very minimal images and they seem to do great. You don't have to look far to find a successful website that has no web graphics. Chances are, however, that your site will just be plain old blah if you don't incorporate any web graphics to your site.

If you don't want your website looking so bland the easiest way to spice it up is with high quality images. Web graphics design isn't the simplest task but you can can do wonders to your website with even very simple and subtle images.

You can add a website image as the background to your text and content. This can be just subtle enough as to give your website some mild texture and flavor rather than a typical solid color. This serves to make your website more cozy and serene, or vibrant and exciting. Solid background colors via HTML coding limits you but images are limitless.

I recommend getting a copy of a program that lets you create, design or work with images and graphics. Adobe Photoshop is one such application that works on both Mac and PC and is extremely popular among graphic artists and web designers. You can download a trial of Adobe Photoshop and start working on some graphics to be embedded into your website for a nicer, cooler and more professional yet artistic feel.