From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
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A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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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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Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
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With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
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From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
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A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
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Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
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A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
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Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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A nice and simple white rotated tile pattern.
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Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
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The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
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Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio