Most of you either using Twitter, know someone who is on Twitter or just want to be known as a Tweeter. On Twitter you can use a the standard background, a standard premade Twitter background or you can make your own.

Why not stand out from the crowd and create your own Twitter background?

Below are sites that offer free/custom backgrounds:

• All Free Backgrounds
• Artweet
• BackTwounds
• BgPatterns – Create backgrounds more than just Twitter
• blondish.net – Offers free Twitter backgrounds and great tips
• Boinblog – Photoshop template to customize your Twitter profile­page
• Capitalist Cookbook
• cheth Studios – Offers original PSD files for easy customization
• Creative Twitter Backgrounds
• deviantART – Zidalgo Twitter Theme Pack 001
• Doctor Twitter

Doctor Twitter

• Digital Design Advice – Offeres a Twitter template for you to customize.
• Flickr: twitterbacks – A Flickr gallery of great Twitter extended backgrounds free to use
• Free Tweets
• Free Twitter Designer
• Graphics Hunt
• Gumpas
• Heaven Graphics
• Hipandtwendy – backgrounds for Twitter & MySpace
• Killer Tweets – has some really cool themes
• Language is a Virus – 1000’s of unique free Twitter backgrounds
• limeshot design
• lovehelvetica
• MyTweetSpace – Choose from over 250 + Backgrounds, Enter your Name, Company, Websites, Logo, Personal Photo and more.
• Pattern Head
• PimpMyTwitter

PimpMyTwitter

• Postive Space
• Pretty Tweet
• Profile Brand
• SherifAbdou
• Show and Tell Promo
• SquidFingers
• Sweet Tweet
• The Closet Entrepreneur – Provides a template and steps so you can create a background using PowerPoint/KeyNote
• TweetBacks
• TweetHawk
• TweetPages
• TweetPlate
• TweetStyle – Free and custom Twitter backgrounds

TweetStyle

• twit cane
• twitart – offers backgrounds & avatars
• twitbacks
• TwitterBacks
• Twitter Backgrounds
• Twitter-Backgrounds
• Twitter Background Images
• twitter backgrounds – Has a variety of diferent backgrounds for different categories.
• Twitter Designs
• Twitter Gallery
• Twitter Image – has free and custom templates available
• Twitter Patterns
• twitter showcase
• Twitter Templates
• twitter treats – wallpapers, icons & more
• Twitter Wallpaper
• twitterMyProfile
• webdistortion – Offers 26 different backgrounds
• WishAFriend – I really like the poker custom template (Put your Poker Name or any name and it will be displayed on the Ace of spades)

Purple Princess

Other Background Generators/Textures/Templates:

• Amazing Textures
• ava patterns
• Best Design Options – 1000+ background patterns
• CG Textures
• ColourLovers
• deviantART
• Grunge Textures
• Pattern Cooler
• PixelKnete – Do you like dots?
• RepeatXY
• Smashing Magazine – 100 Beautiful Free Textures
• stripedbackgrounds
• StripeDesigner
• Stripe Generator
• Stripe Mania
• StockTextures
• TartanMaker
• Texture King
• texturez

Know of any other sites that offer backgrounds, themes or textures? Please comment below to share with others.

Check back often as I will be adding more sites to the list as I find them.

Last Updated: 6/14/2010