From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
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Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
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Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Formed from decorative divider 184 in paint.net. Vectorised with Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
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This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
A yellow tiled background... Blurriness, bokeh effect and rectangles pattern in one mix.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin