30 Creative Twitter Theme Backgrounds

November 2008

One thing I love about Twitter is it’s simplicity. The concept is simple, the usage is simple and even the design is simple. As far as your theme is concerned you are restricted to changing a few colours and adding a background, keeping things nice and clean and ensuring the app doesn’t become a mess like MySpace did :)

These restrictions limit our creativity boundaries so if you want to make an impression with your Twitter profile it all comes down to the background.

I’ve compiled a list of Twitter profiles who have impressive creative backgrounds, which I feel stand out above the rest. Feel free to share any you’ve come across and you can also follow me on Twitter.

Textures

1. @builtbybuffalo
builtbybuffalo
2. @gabediaz
gabediaz
3. @designbyfront
designbyfront
4. @elliotjaystocks
elliotjaystocks

Logos

5. @bittbox
bittbox
6. @benek
benek
7. @3drockz
3drockz
8. @studio3k
studio3k
9. @zohoinvoice
zohoinvoice

Photographs

10. @bookchiq
bookchiq
11. @ceidotorg
ceidotorg
12. @chorrell
chorrell
13. @nonlinear
nonlinear

Twitter Bird

14. @justtweetit
justtweetit
15. @darkmotion
darkmotion

Illustrations

16. @elitistsnob
elitistsnob
17. @imajes
imajes g
18. @flarup
flarup
19. @simplebits
simplebits
20. @pixellent
pixellent

Sky

21. @mayhemstudios
mayhemstudios
22. @divvoted
divvoted
23. @collis
collis
24. @rogieking
rogieking

Colourful

25. @rsg
rsg
26. @abduzeedo
abduzeedo
27. @bartelme
bartelme

Patterns

28. @jophillips
jophillips
29. @randaclay
randaclay
30. @leelowe
leelowe

Further reading

Some useful links for more Twitter inspiration. Check out Another 15 Beautiful Twitter Themes by Gopal. I came across it while writing this post, there’s a few duplicates but still worth a look.

Any more?

Suggest any Twitter profiles I haven’t mentioned below and feel free to follow me if you like.

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