How to Make a Twitter Background From Your Followers
While Twitter allows you to personalize your social-media account to some degree, all Twitter layouts look more or less the same: a large white column in the middle containing the majority of your content, a narrow column on the right with your stats and information about Twitter trends, and the background graphic of your choice. You can choose from the default backgrounds Twitter offers, or you can upload your own background graphic to further personalize your profile. If you'd like to create a unique Twitter background, Twilk is a free service that creates a collage out of the Twitter avatars of your followers.
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Instructions
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Visit twilk.com and click the blue "Start" button in the middle of the page.
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Sign in to Twitter by clicking the "Sign In" button. This also authorizes Twilk to access your Twitter account and list of followers. Once Twilk successfully gains access to your Twitter account, the page redirects you to your Twilk settings dashboard.
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Select which Twitter accounts you'd like to include in your new Twitter background by clicking the radio button next to your preference. Twilk lets you include your followers, the people you follow, or both. You can also choose to include only the people you follow that also follow you back.
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Choose the size of the avatars that appear in your Twilk background image by clicking the appropriate radio button. You can choose to display the avatars in three sizes: small (24 by 24 pixels), medium (48 by 48 pixels) or large (73 by 73 pixels).
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Select the color and layout options you want for your new Twitter background. For color options, choose between full color and gray scale. For layout options, choose between a full desktop collage, a sidebar collage or a collage that gradually fades into the background color of your current Twitter color scheme on the right.
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Choose whether you want to display the avatars in straight rows across your background, or in "confetti" mode with the avatars tilted in different directions over the entire background image.
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Click the "Preview These Settings" button at the bottom of the Settings form to preview what your new Twitter background looks like. This process may take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, depending on the Twitter server load at the moment.
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Click the green "Edit" button if you'd like to make any changes to your background. If not, click the "Use Background" button. This redirects you to the final confirmation page to install your new Twitter background.
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Uncheck the box if you don't wish to follow Twilk on Twitter when you use your new background on your account. If you do wish to follow Twilk on Twitter, leave the "Follow Twilk on Twitter" box checked.
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Click the green "Next" button. This will post a tweet to your Twitter account announcing that you've changed your Twitter background to a collage of your followers' avatars using Twilk. You must complete this step to display your new background.
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Tips & Warnings
Your new Twilk collage displays a large graphic in the upper-left corner advertising Twilk's services. If you don't want your collage to display this advertisement, you must upgrade to Twilk Pro prior to creating your collage. Click "Learn More About Twilk Pro" link at the bottom of your settings page instead of previewing your wallpaper. You can learn more about the service, its costs and benefits, and, if you wish, register for the service at that time. Twilk Pro allows you to create a Twitter background from your followers without advertising the site on the image.
Change the color your Twilk background fades into by customizing your Twitter design. Log in to Twitter. Click your username in the upper-right corner, then click "Settings." Click the "Design" tab in your Settings dashboard and then click the "Change Design Colors" at the bottom of the page. Select the background color of your choice by clicking the square under "Background," then clicking the color you want. Save your changes by clicking the blue "Save Changes" button.
You must tweet a notice that you've used Twilk to create a background from your followers to complete the collage-creation process. If you don't want to advertise Twilk with a tweet, visit your profile immediately and delete the tweet.
