A criss-cross pattern similar to one I saw mown into a sports field.
Source Firkin
And some more testing, this time with Seamless Studio. It’s Robots FFS!
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Looks like an old rug or a computer chip.
Source Patutin Sergey
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A seamless striped fabric-like texture colored in a dark reddish brown color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
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I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
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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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From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
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This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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Formed by heavily distorting part of a an image of a fish uploaded to Pixabay by GLady
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Inspired by a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by kokon_art
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A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
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Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
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From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
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