43 Twitter Backgrounds You've Never Seen On A List Before

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Two days ago I asked people to submit their Twitter backgrounds that have never been included on those lists design blogs put out. The response has been fantastic, as you will see! It is a little pet peeve of mine that the various lists tend to feature the same 100-200 Twitter background designs and claim that they are the best out of the millions of possibilities. I find it hard to believe that those lists could be so exhaustive as to have gone through every single Twitter background to determine the best. Besides, isn’t beauty in the eye of the beholder and judgment of design subjective?

So I thought it would be a good idea to offer an opportunity for those who have designed backgrounds but are maybe less known or new to Twitter so they have not yet occupied one of those lists. Of course, the loose requirements of this compilation mean there may be some that you may not consider to be ‘good designs’ or deserving of being displayed. To those of you who have a problem with that concept, I have no apologies. For you I humbly offer the explanation that instead of sharing background designs for the sake of comparison or criticism, why not seize this opportunity to discover people and designs you may have not encountered before? Click on an image to visit their Twitter page, or their link to visit their site. Get to know some new people and marvel in the ’social’ aspect of social media.

Please feel free to encourage and support anyone you want, but I would appreciate it if you would refrain from criticizing. This is about community, discovery and new experiences and inspirations. I hope you can embrace this spirit as you browse through these backgrounds. Enjoy!

@9thwave

@angbowen – Angie Bowen – Fuel Your Creativity

@asktheboater – River Girl – http://www.asktheboater.com
Jump in and enjoy the water!

@aslammemon – Aslam A Memon – htttp://www.aslammemon.com
bio: web / graphic designer, freelancer, font lover

@charleslau – Charles Lau – http://www.charleslau.com
I am an Internet reviewer who writes about websites.

@cooljaz124
I am brand/web designer and illustrator expert.

@cre8vmedia – Adedoyin Kassem – Cre80vMedia Studios
I am a freelance Art Director. I’ve worked with numerous well-known clients and ad agencies on-site and remotely. I bring my vast experience in a variety of areas from strategic user centered design to brand design and development. I am currently available to offer my services to your organization in way that speaks of outmost professionalism, top-class taste and style.

@custommarketing – Customized Marketing – http://www.customizedmarketing.com/
Very simple, but matches our website.

@donnab_art – Donna B Art
My Company is Donna B Art, horse paintings and sculpture, colorful, often abstract, and modern. The background reflects my artwork – a love for horses and design!!

@donnalex – Donna Lex
The background reflects my artwork – a love for horses and design!!

@drewdouglass – Drew Douglass – Envato

@dymissy – Simone D’Amico – I’m a freelance web designer, web developer and blogger.

@edgraphicdesign – Elizabeth Daniell – http://www.elizabethdaniell.com/

@emilygonsalves – Emily Gonsalves – http://emilygonsalves.com/
I freelance under my own name. My background design was created in illustrator CS3, using an original illustration.

@falkencreative – Benjamin Falk – http://www.falkencreative.com/
Freelance graphic designer, web designer & frontend developer. I’m currently playing with PHP and CodeIgniter, so hopefully I’ll be able to add backend coding to my skill set in the future.

@fatma_qatar – Fatma Alemadi – http://esmartsweb.com/

@haleyhennes – Haley Hennes – http://www.haleyhennes.com/
My background reflects where my work begins with coffee and a notebook.

@imasoom – Masoom Tulsiani – Seo Donuts Inc

@iniwoonet – Ignas M. – Iniwoo.net
Inspiration, graphic resources, tutorials.

@julietapaganini – Julieta Paganini – http://www.CanvasProducciones.com.ar
It’s just a texture I found once…but I love it!

@kelychrist – Kely Christ – graphic and web designer

@kevin_desoto – Kevin DeSoto – Have also done many backgrounds for others as well.

@kovshenin – Konstantin Kovshenin – http://kovshenin.com/
Freelance code monkey

@lyndaslineart – Lynda Bruschini – Bella Baby Art
I wanted a fun compilation of some of my art & designs for visitors to see.

@mandaleebee – Amanda Butterworth – Gibson Design Management
I am Director, Creative Services for GDM.

@mycaricaturecom – Victor Dorobantu – http://www.mycaricature.com/

@narshada – Mike Rickard
IT/Web guy. Self portrait done in illustrator.

@nnndesign – Natalie Niemi – http://www.nnndesign.com/
My Twitter background design was derived from my self-promo postcard, designed to reflect my versatility as both an illustrator and designer, as well as the message that I am open to different themes and ideas (as represented by the little demon and angel both whispering in my ears…)

@pablobley – Pablo Bley – The 3rd Party Media Alliance Group
Variation of same design also used on: http://www.plurk.com/phoenixbird and http://www.pablobley.name

@pliggs – http://www.faqpal.com/
Blogger, web designer, social networker.

@pqrdesigns – Pamela Reitmeier – http://pqrdesigns.com/
Graphic designer, Artist & Printmaker…passion for all that is creative.

@printedproof – Christian Collard – http://printedproof.com/

@rcarmstrong – Rafael Armstrong – http://www.rafaelarmstrong.com/
I’m a freelance designer focusing on print, packaging, logo development, and now even some web design & development. [Oh, and I'm also looking for a full-time gig in the North Jersey/NYC area.]

@realmtnboy – Syed Balkhi – http://www.wpbeginner.com/
True Mountain Dew Fan

@relevanttrafik – Gary Nicholson – http://www.relevanttrafik.com/

@ruhanirabin – Ruhani Rabin – http://www.ruhanirabin.com/
Director of Technology / Arachnid (No.1 Interactive Agency of Malaysia). My Twitter background is information based, grungy, Inspired and Complement my own website.

@rylocallahan – Ryan C.Loyd – Creative Soul. Enjoying Twitter.

@sarahcamp – Sarah Camp – Camp Creative Group
I am the creative director / owner of Camp Creative Group. We provide web and graphic design services to clients of various business sizes and backgrounds.

@sashaendoh – Sasha Endoh – Sasha Endoh Design
Background created to match my portfolio site

@sjdvda – Saajid Vawda – http://www.sjdvda.com/
Designed it myself using a grunge texture from DeviantArt and the iPhone social network icons. Makes heavy use of the Meta All Caps font.

@technotip – SATISH – Technotip.org

@tokaino – Tokaino Bespoke Design
Inspirations in my creative work alphabetised across the top and layered beneath and a secret phrase
for when twitter is slow. Backgrounds should be a snapshot of the user.

@web2000 – Kalim Fleet – Freelance web development (PHP, HTML, CSS, jQuery)
Background created using Gimp 2.6 on Windows Vista

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Comments ( 21 )

Thanks for listing my twitter.

I luv the twitter bg of

http://twitter.com/foradian
http://twitter.com/projectfedena

as well !!! keep going bkmacdaddy great list

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cooljaz124 added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 12:07 pm

Nice! I love it! I am constantly amazed by your creativity!

Sorry to say that… But I still think your twitter background is the best! I am thinking of changing mine already…

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Charles Lau added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 12:08 pm

I’m so honored and surprised I made it to this list with these amazing people.. thank you everyone!

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Ruhani Rabin added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 12:11 pm

And thank you BKMacDaddy for including in his awesome list of course!

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Ruhani Rabin added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 12:12 pm

Thanks for including mine in the list

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Emily added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 12:37 pm

Thanks again for including my background among some of these truly amazing ones!!

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sjdvda added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 12:40 pm

Yay Tweet me……:-)

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KHB added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 12:49 pm

Bro, thanks for listing me here, you’re so awesome! =) w00t! Code monkey, haha ^_^

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kovshenin added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 12:50 pm

Awesome. Thanks so much for including me my friend. Just another bkmacdaddy gem…

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printedproof added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 1:13 pm

Hey Brian…UR the best and again, thx for including me with great talent!

As an artist with touch of ADHD…I am alsways changing my bkgrnd so I invite all to chk in every once and a while

Oh and follow me if you haven’t…I read all invites!

Cheers Brian!
Pam

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Pam added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 1:18 pm

hey thanx alot for including mine in here! i really appreciate it, its an amazing feeling so words are coming out hard
http://www.aslammemon.com/
http://www.twitter.com/aslammemon

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Aslam A Memon added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 2:40 pm

I also Like this Background:
http://twitter.com/jaberm

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Amna Yaqoob added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 3:54 pm

Thank you so much for posting my page on a list. Never been on a list with people so cool like this one before.

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Victor added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 5:54 pm

Thank you so much for adding me!

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River Girl added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 7:06 pm

Wow, thanks for adding me, though after seeing most of the others, I definitely don’t belong.

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Pliggs added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 8:45 pm

Whoa, some really great designs here. Very inspirational for me to do better!

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web2000 added these pithy words on Sep 30 09 at 9:45 pm

Very nice selection. Thx for sharing !
@olybop

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olybop added these pithy words on Oct 01 09 at 3:33 am

I missed to submit Anyway nice Bg’s.
Try next time http://twitter.com/binojxavier

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Binoj Xavier added these pithy words on Oct 01 09 at 7:07 am

Nice list here. I also found some new people to follow. Thanks Brian!

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Vonnie added these pithy words on Oct 01 09 at 12:35 pm

Twitter backgrounds are one of those places designers just get to let go and have fun so I love seeing what others have done with theirs. Thanks for including mine!

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