Feathered #1324
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
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Vintage tile background (colour 3) #2246
Green CC 0A 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
Gray Striped Fabric Pattern #1170
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new gray "fabric" pattern. Use it as backgrounds for websites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
stone filter pack #154
Stone CC 0This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.
Source Lazur URH
Floral background 2 #2471
Yellow CC 0Background formed from the original with an emboss effect.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 6 #2461
Fabric CC 0A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
Geometric pattern #2004
Grid CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background@2X #548
Noise CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
Cross Scratches@2X #626
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Grilled Noise #581
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Green Background Pattern with Warped Vertical Stripes #1328
Green CC BY-SA 3.0Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 336 #1721
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Kinda Jean@2X #1063
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 #409
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Background pattern 250 (colour 4) #2168
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Wavy background #2016
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Background pattern 225 (colour 2) #2326
Yellow CC 0Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Bird pattern (colour 2) #2292
Green CC 0Utilising 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.
Source Firkin
White Texture@2X #132
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Abstract Paper-Like Background With Colorful Stains #1226
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture #1025
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Always Grey #53
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Page ornament 54 #2059
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin