Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
CC0 remixed from a drawing. Walter Crane, 1914, Firkin.
Source SliverKnight
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Quadrilateral Line Art Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
More carbon fiber for your collections. This time in white or semi-dark gray.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
This one looks like a cork panel. Feel free to use it as a tiled background on your blog or website.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Just the symbols of the signs of the zodiac distributed in a chequer board-like pattern
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper