TVC needed a new twitter background design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 42 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
AutoPitch.com
Internet entrepreneur. This is my newest venture :)
People buying and selling cars.
A twitter background that is simple but matches the look and feel of autopitch.com. Here is the demo site so you can really see what it looks like:
http://iwebtouch.com/autopitch/
Some twitter backgrounds that stand out to me are:
http://twitter.com/mailchimp
http://twitter.com/problogger ( i like this design if you take out that guys big head). Something like this that matches autopitch would be good.
http://twitter.com/adamplitt (this one just looks kool!)
http://twitter.com/bickov - what I really like about this one is the sales copy. I think if we took this approach we could have some copy on there like:
Header: The Best Car Deals
Imagine an automotive site like eBay, but the sellers are bidding on the buyers. Welcome to AutoPitch.com.
Anyways, those are some ideas. I hope that sparks some inspiration.
Big Fan of: Really clean layouts that work in a majority of screen resolutions.
Not a Big Fan of: Really busy designs that only work in the highest screen resolution.