[header] How to make an eyecatching youtube background [title] Get a decent image editor, such as photoshop or gimp. [step] Ms paint will not do. [title] Get a template. 
[title] Edit the template, but remember, if you seen some more popular users with links on there backgrounds, such as facebook and twitter, you can't add them unless you are a youtube partner. [substeps] Try to use images that reference things you have done in your videos.