But first:
Put away your wallet; and
You don't need any knowledge of graphics programs.
MyTweetSpace
MyTweetSpace.com features several theme packs that you can choose from.
At the time of writing they had the following theme packs: VectorPack, Professional Themes, Completely Creative, Characters, Funny Themes, Scrap Backs, Seasonal Themes, and Floral.
Each of these theme packs contains one or more backgrounds that you can pick from.
Oh, MyTweetSpace calls the backgrounds "badges", but it is the same thing, just another name.
Once you've picked your theme, you can then pick a frame for the background or choose to have no frame.
Then you are presented with several text fields you can fill in, such as your name, website, email, etc. This information is blended into the final image that will be your Twitter background.
You can also customize the border and fonts, and add your own picture or logo graphic.
When finished, you can download your background image, and upload it to your Twitter account. They have instructions on the download page on how to do that.
TwitBacks
TwitBacks.com works a little differently, but does essentially the same thing.
You first need to create an account -- something I didn't particularly like.
Once you've done that, you can fill out several text fields such as your name, email, website address, etc., and upload your picture or logo image.
On the right-hand side of that same page, you can select from a long list -- 60+ -- backgrounds, or you can upload your own background image.
When you click the Continue button, your background image is generated and you can download it.
They also have instructions on how to upload the background image to your Twitter account.
By Dewald Pretorius of TweetLater
http://twitter.com/dewaldp
http://twitter.com/tweetlater
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