From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
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A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
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This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
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Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
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To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
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Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
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Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
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