Twitter backdrop by John LeMasney via lemasney.com lemasney, design, open source, creative commons, cc-by, typography, poster, Inkscape, GIMPLook at my favorite images from this project on the My Favorite Pieces page
It’s fairly easy to make a custom Twitter background in Inkscape. My advice is to find one you like, right-click on it and choose view background image, then save it as a starting point. If it’s anything like most of the ones I’ve seen, it will be in the range of 1000 pixels high by 1800 pixels wide. There are places for certain elements, such as a side banner, which are covered if it extends too far to the right from the left. With Inkscape, you can experiment with placements, or as I suggested, start with someone else’s. So in Inkscape, either start with a new 1800×1000 pixel image or import your saved exemplar twitter background then create a rectangle of the same size, and then use your imagination. Calligraphy tools, effects, masking, and the new 0.48 Spraypaint tool all work great! Hope you have fun with it.
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lemasney, twitter, background, design, open source, creative commons, cc-by, typography, poster, Inkscape, GIMP
Look at my favorite images from this project on the My Favorite Pieces page
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