{"id":5693,"date":"2010-07-27T14:06:35","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T18:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:28:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:28:17","slug":"218-of-365-is-a-twitter-background-image-inkscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/07\/27\/218-of-365-is-a-twitter-background-image-inkscape\/","title":{"rendered":"A twitter backdrop by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #background"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5099\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"A twitter backdrop by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #background\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20100727twitterbackground.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5099\" data-attachment-id=\"5099\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/20100727twitterbackground\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/20100727twitterbackground.png?fit=1800%2C1001&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1001\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Twitter backdrop by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Twitter backdrop by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;br \/&gt;\nlemasney, design, open source, creative commons, cc-by, typography, poster, Inkscape, GIMP&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Look at my favorite images from this project on the My Favorite Pieces page&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Twitter backdrop by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;br \/&gt;\nlemasney, design, open source, creative commons, cc-by, typography, poster, Inkscape, GIMP&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Look at my favorite images from this project on the My Favorite Pieces page&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/20100727twitterbackground.png?fit=1000%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"  wp-image-5099 size-full\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"A twitter backdrop by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #background\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20100727twitterbackground.png?resize=1170%2C651&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Twitter backdrop by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" width=\"1170\" height=\"651\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">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<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;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&#8217;s anything like most of the ones I&#8217;ve seen, it will be in the range of 1000 pixels high by 1800 pixels wide. There\u00a0are places for certain elements, such as a side banner, which are covered\u00a0if 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&#8217;s. So in Inkscape, either start with a new 1800&#215;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.<\/p>\n<p>If you like this image, please share it. If you use it, please attribute me, and thanks! (cc-by lemasney)<\/p>\n<p>lemasney, twitter, background, design, open source,\u00a0<a title=\"Creative Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">creative commons<\/a>, cc-by, typography, poster,\u00a0<a title=\"Inkscape\" href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Inkscape<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"GIMP\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">GIMP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look at my favorite images from this project on the\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/slideshow-and-catalog\/\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/graphic-design-portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Favorite Pieces page<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/21\/20121221-on-the-music-in-noise-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121221: On the music in noise by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/17\/20121217-symbols-of-nature-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design-cc-by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121217: symbols of nature by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design #cc-by<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/18\/20121217-ikea-lack-table-comes-to-life-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design-cc-by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121217: Ikea Lack table comes to life by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design #cc-by<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s fairly easy to make a custom Twitter background in Inkscape. 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