Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
If you want png files of thisu can download them here :
Source Viscious-Speed
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
A seamless paper background texture colored in pale yellow. This seamless texture is ideal for those who need a yellow background image for their website. The texture resembles paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
A seamless pattern with green and yellow diagonal lines on top of a white dotted background.
Source V. Hartikainen
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo